We recently had the chance to connect with Theo Boyd and have shared our conversation below.
Theo, really appreciate you sharing your stories and insights with us. The world would have so much more understanding and empathy if we all were a bit more open about our stories and how they have helped shaped our journey and worldview. Let’s jump in with a fun one: Who are you learning from right now?
I am learning the most from myself. It may sound crazy, but when I pursue a certain thing, or try a new strategy in my business – well, mistakes happen. It is in those mistake that I learn. We always hear that we never truly stop learning, and the same goes for making mistakes. We are not growing if we are not trying new things and learning from those experiences, failed or not.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Thelizabeth “Theo” Boyd was born and raised on a farm in Whitney, Texas, named after her grandmothers Thelma and Elizabeth. Known as “Theo” since middle school, she began writing poems with her father and learning resilience from her mother. She pursued higher education later in life, becoming a high school English and Creative Writing teacher—earning “Rookie Teacher of the Year” her first year—and contributing as a newspaper columnist.
In 2019, Theo experienced a traumatic loss that inspired her debut memoir, My Grief Is Not Like Yours, and launched her podcast, Think Theo, where she explores the complexities of grief. Since the book’s release in May 2023, Theo has been featured on numerous media outlets, including Newsweek, The Sun, and The Daily Mail, and has received 17 national and international book awards, including the Indie Excellence Award, two Global Book Awards and the 2025 Rising Lone Star Author Award.
Hope All the Way, Theo’s second book, is set to release December 2, 2025. This book is a soulful, stirring invitation to see life—and loss—through a different lens. In this compassionate and candid follow-up to My Grief Is Not Like Yours, Theo Boyd shares her personal story of moving through traumatic grief and into healing and hope. With unflinching honesty and gentle wisdom, she reveals how moments that may seem like mere coincidences—clocks stopping, lights going out, dreams unfolding—are actually divine whispers of love from above.
When not writing or speaking, Theo enjoys farm life with her dog, Manly, as they build their new home. She is passionate about helping others navigate grief, using both personal stories and national research to offer hope and healing, and has recently become a Certified Grief Educator.
Great, so let’s dive into your journey a bit more. What was your earliest memory of feeling powerful?
When I was in high school, I participated in a U.I.L. event. I chose public speaking, which was way out of my comfort zone. My daddy helped me write the speech on “Drug Abuse Awareness,” and I received a third place trophy. I was thrilled to see that my voice was heard and to be placed out of over fifty students that had enrolled in this event. It was then that I realized that what my daddy had said all along was very true, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” It is through our words and how we use those words that we can make change, a change for the better.
When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
It wasn’t long after my mother’s farming accident that I realized the world wasn’t going to stop for me. I had to decide, right then and there, whether I was going to allow the pain and suffering of grief to stop me or push me to go. When I started journaling, then writing my first book on grief, I wasn’t sure anyone would read it and I didn’t care if they did. After they did begin to read it, making reviews, it was then that I saw that my pain was becoming purpose. A purpose to help others that were like me.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Is the public version of you the real you?
Absolutely! Almost to a fault!
I have always been an open book, a class clown, and a friend to anyone. I learned this from my parents. They were there for anyone and everyone, no matter their class, their ethnicity, their status. I can honestly say I learned from the very best how to always be myself. Momma would always say, “You never know what someone is going through, so be yourself, and help them in the best way you can.”
Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
My prayer is that one day people will say that I did my best to make a difference in broken hearts. I hope that my words will still resonate and that there will be generations that benefit from my writing.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.thinktheo.com
- Instagram: @think_theo
- Linkedin: @Thelizabeth (Theo) Boyd
- Facebook: @THINKTHEO
- Youtube: @THINKTHEO357
Image Credits
PHOTOS by Neil Jones Photography
