What if the deep ache you feel after loss is a signal from your soul, one asking you to listen instead of fix? 🌱
In this conversation, I sit down with author and spiritual coach Chris Sansone to explore grief and longing: why longing gets loudest when everything familiar has fallen away, and how that ache can point you toward who you are becoming. You'll hear how Chris wrote his book while grieving both of his parents, what he means by "sacred calamities," and why he believes you can never go straight to the silver lining. 💜
Whether you're early in your grief or years down the road, you'll leave with a new way of looking at your pain and one simple practice to begin listening to your own longing.
In this episode:
✨ Why longing gets loudest in grief and what it may be asking of you
✨ What Chris calls "sacred calamities" and how to tell pain that wounds from pain that transforms
✨ Why grief is a pilgrimage, and why you can't bypass the hard parts
✨ How past life regression can bring peace to unresolved grief, fear, and unfinished business
✨ A simple first step to start listening to your longing: stillness
If you've ever asked, "Why am I here, and where am I going?" this conversation is for you. 🌟
If you've ever asked, "Will I ever feel like myself again?" you'll find hope here. 🕊️
If you've ever asked, "Is there more to this life than what I can see?" stay with us. ♾️
About my guest:
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. His book is Longing: A Pilgrimage to Your Quiet Power Within.
🌐 Chris's website: https://livelifesoul.com
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Chapters:
00:00 🌱 Close Your Eyes and Imagine
03:16 💔 Writing a Book While Grieving Both Parents
08:18 🧠 What Is Human Development?
11:44 🔮 Why Spirit Plays Little Games in Mediumship
17:25 🕊️ Grieving Without Knowing It
19:44 ✨ What Is a Sacred Calamity?
23:48 🥾 Why a Pilgrimage and Not a Journey
26:13 🌟 Silver Linings and Why Pushback Is Natural
29:21 🌳 You Won't Go Back to Who You Were
31:49 💫 Why Longing? Lessons from the Hoffman Institute
37:04 🌍 A Humanity Listening to Its Longing
45:04 🌀 Past Life Regression: How It Works and Why It Heals
54:25 ♾️ Continuity After Loss and the Gift of Responsibility
59:13 📖 Longing: A Pilgrimage to Your Quiet Power Within
1:00:19 🧘 The First Step: Stillness
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