A song comes on. Three minutes later, you don’t know if you just got sad or got healed. Maybe both. That’s what a handful of songs do to me. Earth, Wind & Fire’s “That’s The Way of the World.” Enigma’s “Return to Innocence.” Supertramp’s “The Logical Song.” Pink Floyd’s “Another…
Grief isn't a checklist of stages you complete. It's a seed that gets planted in you, and what grows from it depends on how you tend it. In this short film, grief guide and certified grief educator Brian D. Smith shares the philosophy behind Grief 2 Growth: an approach to…
The raw pain of abandonment and chosen separation lingers, shaping adult relationships. A childhood learned to suppress, pushing loved ones away for fear of further hurt. #AbandonmentIssues #ChildhoodTrauma #Adulting #EmotionalHealing #PersonalGrowth
Miist was five years old when her parents removed themselves from her life. Not through death — through choice. As she tells me in this episode, that distinction made the wound deeper, not shallower. She knew they could come back. They simply didn't. By 28, she had a terminal cancer…
A few weeks ago I was talking with a client. I’ve changed some of the details, but this happened. I’ll call her Pat. Her husband Frank passed about a month ago, after thirty-two years of marriage. She spent more than half her life with him. She can barely eat now.…
What if the loneliest moment of your life was also the moment something started growing? Miist was abandoned by her parents at five years old. At 28, she was handed a terminal cancer diagnosis. She didn't write her first song until she was 34 — and now her music has…
At 18, Maya Tiwari was given a death sentence — six months to live. Instead, she spent six months alone in the Vermont woods, and came back a different person entirely. That single decision set her on a path that led through 25 years as a Vedic monk, a pioneering…
What if the power you've been looking for outside yourself has been inside you all along? My guest today is Maya Tiwari — a spiritual teacher, humanitarian, and the pioneer who brought Ayurveda to North America. But before any of that, she was an 18-year-old given a death sentence: six…
Within two weeks of meeting John, Marcie Dean received a message she hoped was only fear: enjoy this, it's real, but he's going to die. He'd been getting the same feeling before they ever met. He was 38, healthy, five years younger than her. They chased down every explanation, found…
John made Marcie Dean a promise. If anything ever happened to him, he would come through in music. In June of 2023, John passed while saving his son's life during a boating trip off the North Carolina coast. What happened in the months after is the reason this conversation exists.…
When someone passes by suicide, the casseroles don't come. Neither do the cards or the phone calls. Jayne Madigan's sister lives in a neighborhood with a meal train for every birth and every death. When her 24-year-old son Brandon passed, she got nothing. That silence is its own second loss,…
When you lose someone to suicide, the phone stops ringing. No cards. No casseroles. No neighbors at the door. Jayne Madigan learned this in 1992, when her uncle Ray passed by suicide and her family was told not to say how he died. She learned it again in 2022, when…
Discover your past lives and best future with this interactive book by Michelle Brock. Designed for everyone, whether you're a seasoned regressionist or new to the concept. #PastLives #FutureSelf #SelfDiscovery #InteractiveBook
Michelle Brock shares how past life regression offered profound healing for grief, providing an instant knowing of connection and future reunion, acting as a balm for a soul-shaping loss. #PastLifeRegression #GriefHealing #MichelleBrock #SpiritualHealing #SoulConnection
Lisa Campion explains the empathic call to service work and the burnout it can cause. Learn how managing energy and setting boundaries is the key to thriving in caregiving roles without sacrificing your own well-being. #Empath #CaregiverBurnout #EnergyManagement #Boundaries #ServiceWork
What if the grief you're carrying stretches back further than this one lifetime? In this episode, I sit down with Michelle Brock, a past life regression specialist, psychic medium, and spiritual life coach, for a conversation that turned deeply personal. Michelle recently guided me through my own past life regression,…
What if the grief you're carrying reaches back further than this one lifetime? In this episode, I talk with Michelle Brock, a past life regression specialist, psychic medium, and spiritual life coach based in New York City. This one got personal. Michelle recently guided me through my own past life…
Ever walk into a room and know exactly who is upset before anyone says a word? If you come home from the grocery store exhausted for no reason you can name, this conversation is going to explain a lot. Lisa Campion is a psychic, energy healer, and best-selling author of…
You walk into a room and you know who is upset before anyone opens their mouth. You come home from a store you were only in for forty minutes and you have nothing left. Your friends bring you their pain because you are the one who can hold it, and…
Have you ever felt a chill in the room and wondered if someone you love was trying to reach you? 💫 In this episode of Grief 2 Growth, I sit down with medium Barbara Banner — a woman who spent 35 years in crisis hotlines, hospital ERs, and the LA…
Barbara Banner didn't set out to become a medium. It found her — through flying clocks, flickering lights, and orbs that showed up in her audition tapes, all within the span of a few days. What she didn't know then was that she was stepping into a gift that had…
This week, we lost one of the true pioneers of near-death research. PMH Atwater passed away, and as a tribute to her, I'm re-releasing the very first interview I ever recorded with her back in 2019 — before she knew who I was, before I knew what I was doing,…
Ask me where my wife is right now. I’ll get it right, down to the couch cushion. Ask about my daughter Kayla, and I’ll get that right too. Her drive to work. Her Tuesday. I don’t have to think about it. I just know. But when Shayna passed, when I…
Dina Bell-Laroche shares her journey with STUGS, sudden temporary upsurges of grief, 25 years after losing her sister Tracy. Discover how enduring love transforms pain into a commitment to keep memories alive and make the world better. #GriefJourney #LoveEndures #MemoryAlive #SisterLove #STUGS