The Grief Disruptor™

What happens when your husband diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer and dies at 49 and the world expects you to shrink, disappear, or “move on quietly”?

In this powerful episode of Triggs Table Talks, Dr. Wilton Triggs sits down with Donielle Young, speaker, grief transition expert, and founder of The Grief Disruptor™, for a raw, unfiltered conversation about loss, identity, leadership, and rebuilding a life around grief not in spite of it.

After losing her husband to stage 4 colon cancer, Donielle returned to corporate life, only to realize something was missing: representation of women especially Black women who were not just surviving widowhood, but evolving through it. So she became the voice, presence, and example she couldn’t find.

In this conversation, Donielle and Dr. Triggs explore:

• Losing a spouse young while raising a teenager through grief

• Why grief doesn’t “end” and how to build a meaningful life around it

• The difference between grit and performative strength

• How culture, judgment, and social media shape the grief narrative

• Dating, desire, identity, and joy after loss

• Aging, body image, and reclaiming femininity

• Donielle’s G³ framework — Grief → Grit → Glow-Up — as a leadership and life model

This episode is not about “getting over” grief.

It’s about leading through it.

Donielle Young brings a rare combination of intellectual depth, emotional intelligence, and lived experience, making her a sought-after voice for conferences, panels, corporate spaces, nonprofits, and media platforms seeking conversations that actually move people.

🎤 Available for speaking engagements, panels, and moderated discussions.

If you’re looking for a speaker who challenges outdated narratives, commands the room, and leaves audiences changed this is the conversation to watch.

in this episode of The Knucklehead Podcast, hosts sit down with Donielle Young, speaker, grief transition expert, and founder of The Grief Disruptor™ a powerful voice redefining how we talk about healing, trauma, and life after loss.

Donielle doesn’t offer surface-level motivation. She tells the truth about what happens after survival mode when the grief quiets, but the work begins.

This conversation explores why so many people carry pain silently, how unresolved trauma shows up in adult relationships, and what it actually takes to rebuild identity after loss, heartbreak, or major life disruption.

Together, they unpack:

• Why grief is often hidden, minimized, or delayed

• How survival mode rewires relationships and self-worth

• Trauma patterns passed down through generations

• The psychological cost of “being strong” for too long

• What it means to reclaim power, voice, and identity after loss

This episode is raw, grounded, and deeply human especially for anyone navigating grief, transition, or emotional burnout.

Donielle Young brings lived experience, intellectual depth, and commanding presence to conversations that most people avoid making her a sought-after speaker for podcasts, panels, corporate spaces, nonprofits, and leadership forums.

🎤 Available for speaking engagements, panels, and moderated discussions.

If you’re ready for an honest conversation about healing that doesn’t sugarcoat the process this episode delivers.

📍 Watch the full interview on The Knucklehead Podcast (YouTube).