Love, Letters, and Reckoning: A Grief Journey Through Bars and Beyond

In this deeply moving first part of a two-part series on The Empowered Grief Journey, host Chris Mamone sits down with Jessica, a writer and speaker whose remarkable story weaves together love, loss, and redemption in unexpected ways.

Through her relationship with a man incarcerated for murder, Jessica discovered a profound emotional and spiritual bond — one built through handwritten letters, raw honesty, and deep inner reckoning. Her journey challenges perceptions of grief, healing, and what it means to truly see and be seen.

Together, we explore how grief can emerge in unconventional relationships, how love can coexist with pain, and how spiritual transformation often takes root in life’s darkest corners.