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Grief. Grace.
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Where life's hardest stories meet hope, healing, and a little Southern charm.

Bailey, host of Pretty & Painful

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Honest conversations about grief, healing, faith, motherhood, and becoming who you were meant to be — even after life knocks the wind out of you.

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Episode 36 8 min

Episode 36: Today, The Cake is Bitter

Episode 36: Today, the Cake Is Bitter Bitterness rarely arrives all at once. It starts with a broken promise, an unanswered apology, a betrayal, a loss, or a wound that never truly healed. Before long, the hurt we’ve been carrying begins to shape the way we see people, the way we love, and even the way we see ourselves. In this episode of Pretty & Painful, we’re having an honest conversation about

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