Grief and Longing: Why Your Loss May Be a Sacred Signal with Chris Sansone
What if the ache you feel after loss is a signal from your soul, one asking you to listen instead of fix?
In this episode, I sit down with author and spiritual coach Chris Sansone to explore grief and longing. Chris shares how he began writing his book in the winter of COVID, just after his father passed and while his mother was in hospice. You'll hear how a medium's guidance, a late-night poem, and eight tablets of handwriting became Longing: A Pilgrimage to Your Quiet Power Within.
Together we talk about what Chris calls "sacred calamities," the moments that shake us to our foundations, and how to tell the difference between pain that simply wounds and pain that is trying to transform you. We also explore why you can't bypass the hard parts of grief, why pushback on "silver linings" is natural, and why you won't go back to who you were (and may not want to).
We also go into past life regression: what a session looks like, why you stay in control the whole time, and how it can bring peace to unresolved grief, fear, and unfinished business. Chris closes with a simple first step anyone can take to begin listening to their own longing.
In this episode, you'll hear:
• Why longing gets loudest in grief when everything familiar has fallen away
• How Chris wrote his book while grieving both of his parents
• Why spirit sometimes comes through a medium with a playful puzzle instead of a name
• What "sacred calamity" means, and why it never means bypassing the pain
• Why Chris calls grief a pilgrimage and not just a journey
• What Hoffman Institute retreats taught Chris about the deeper yearning in every person
• How past life regression works and why people keep control throughout
• How knowing that life continues can bring lightness to grief without taking away the sadness
• A simple first step toward your own longing: 5 to 15 minutes of stillness a day
About Chris Sansone
Chris Sansone is an author, spiritual coach, and teacher with a PhD in human development, coaching certification through the Coactive Training Institute, training in trauma response, and certification in past life regression therapy. Through his practice, Live Life Soul, based in Boulder, Colorado, he walks alongside people in life-defining seasons of change, helping them uncover what's beneath the noise of daily life, heal old wounds, and reconnect with their sense of purpose.
Connect with Chris
Website: https://livelifesoul.com
Book: Longing: A Pilgrimage to Your Quiet Power Within, available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever books are sold. You can also ask your local bookstore to order it.
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