What if the grief you've been carrying isn't only in your heart — but lodged in your lungs, your gut, your tissues? And what if the one thing you've done since the moment you arrived in this world is also the key to releasing it? 🌬️

In this episode of Grief 2 Growth, I sit down with Kurtis Lee Thomas — founder of the global wellness movement Breathwork Detox, founder of the Just Breathe Foundation (partnered with Nike, NASA, and others), and author of *Breathwork Detox* and *The World Is Yours: The Secrets Behind The Secret*. Kurtis's path didn't start in a wellness studio. It started in suffering: a five-year stomach condition no doctor could diagnose, and the loss of his brother to gun violence in 2011.

What he discovered changed everything — and it may change how you think about healing your own grief. We go deep on why talk therapy can only take you so far, what actually happens in a breathwork session, and why even Navy SEALs and NFL players end up in tears on the mat.

If you've done all the "right" things and still feel like something is stuck inside you, this conversation is for you. 💜

**In this episode, we explore:**

✨ Why grief lives in the body — and the specific place the emotion of loss gets stored
✨ What really happens in a breathwork session (and why roughly 60% of people cry without planning to)
✨ The science of "transient hypofrontality" — how breath quiets the inner critic and creates startling clarity
✨ Why Kurtis calls breathwork "humanity's original medicine" — and why his TED Talk got banned
✨ Letting go to let in: the airplane-runway secret to manifesting and moving through grief

**If you've ever asked...**

🤍 "I've tried everything — why do I still feel this weight in my chest?"
🤍 "Is grief something I have to think my way through, or is there another way?"
🤍 "How do I find clarity when my mind won't stop spinning?"

...then press play. This one's for you.

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00:00 🌱 Cold Open: Planted, Not Buried
00:44 👋 Welcome to Grief 2 Growth
01:13 🎙️ Meet Kurtis Lee Thomas
03:42 🩺 The Mystery Illness No Doctor Could Diagnose
05:25 💔 Losing His Brother & a Medium at a 7-Eleven
11:42 🫁 Why Grief Lives in the Body
13:42 😢 Grief Is Stored in the Lungs (Why People Cry)
17:46 ⚡ The Hidden Blockage: Stagnant Energy & the Gut
20:41 🌍 From Buddha's Tree to a Massage Therapist in L.A.
25:31 🧠 The Science: Quieting the Mind, Finding Clarity
29:29 🚪 Why Breathwork Beats Meditation & Yoga
38:05 🚫 The Banned TED Talk: Humanity's Original Medicine
41:52 ✨ Starseeds, Light Workers & the Great Reset
49:46 🎈 Letting Go to Let In: Empty the Cup, Clear the Runway
54:49 📚 Kurtis's Books, Foundation & Where to Find Him