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You’ve been there. Someone you care about has just lost a person they love, and you freeze. You want to say the right thing, so you say “I’m sorry for your loss,” or you say nothing at all. In this episode, pediatric thanatologist Emilio Parga gives you something better. After 24 years of guiding children, teens, families, schools, workplaces, and athletic teams through loss, he shares simple, practical words you can use today. You’ll hear why talking about death is a skill you can learn, why a one-minute text can mean more than you think, and why you never have to be afraid of saying a person’s name. We also talk about the children who are too often overlooked, the siblings Emilio calls “the forgotten mourners,” and what it really means to move forward with your grief instead of moving on from it. About Emilio Parga Emilio Parga is a pediatric thanatologist and the leader of The Solace Tree, a nonprofit that has supported children, teens, and adults from ages 3 to 93 for 24 years. A former teacher, special needs educator, adaptive PE teacher, coach, and school counselor, Emilio has made it his life’s work to teach the adults around grieving kids, including parents, teachers, coaches, and entire companies, how to stop going silent and start showing up. The Solace Tree offers weekly family support, a grief camp for kids at Lake Tahoe, and national Zoom groups, including groups focused on suicide loss and groups for men. 🔗 The Solace Tree: https://www.solacetree.org In this episode, you’ll hear: ✨ What to say instead of “I’m sorry for your loss,” and why asking “What was their name?” opens the door  ✨ Why siblings are the “forgotten mourners” and how to help them feel seen  ✨ Why kids and teens often hide their grief, and why peer support matters  ✨ How to keep showing up long after the first year, with a one-minute text or a reminder in your phone  ✨ How seasons, anniversaries, and favorite times of year can bring grief rushing back  ✨ How to offer specific help instead of “let me know if you need anything”  ✨ Why Emilio and Brian prefer “moving forward” and “moving together” to “moving on”  ✨ What the Girl Scouts taught Emilio about disenfranchised grief, from great-grandmothers to a beloved pet goat Memorable moments 💬 “What’s mentionable is manageable,” the idea Emilio carries from Mr. Rogers into his work  💬 Why most people light up when you ask about their loved one  💬 The one question Emilio suggests when you get awkward: “What’s one funny thing about them?” Now it’s your turn 💜 What resonated with you most in this conversation?  💜 Who in your life could use a one-minute “I’ve been thinking about you” this week?  💜 What is one thing you wish someone had said to you after your loss? Share your thoughts in the comments on the companion article at grief2growth.substack.com. I read every one, and your story may be exactly what another listener needs to hear. Connect with Brian 🔗 All my links: https://pages.grief2growth.com/profile 📰 Email list: https://pages.grief2growth.com/join-the-club ⏰ Free consult: https://grief2growth.as.me/30-minute-consult You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

What if nothing is wrong with you because your grief hasn't "resolved"? 🌱 Autism and grief is a conversation that rarely gets space, and in this episode Christopher Carazas gives it room. Chris was diagnosed as autistic in 2020, after he had already built the life he thought he was supposed to want. Soon after, he lost his marriage, his home, and his sense of who he was. Later, he lost Katie, the woman who helped him begin to heal. Chris doesn't tie his story up with a bow, and neither do we. You'll hear what grief looks like when you process the world differently, why the "triumph over tragedy" story can leave you feeling like you're failing, and how to carry grief without pretending it will ever be neat. If you've been told you should be further along by now, this conversation is for you. If you love someone who is neurodivergent and grieving, you'll leave knowing how to show up for them. 💛 In this episode, you'll hear: ✨ Why closure is a myth, and what grief looks like when it becomes part of you  ✨ How autism and grief can collide, from rumination to struggling to cry  ✨ Why Chris pushes back on the "survival as redemption arc" story  ✨ How to grieve the future you imagined, and shift from "why me?" to "why for me?"  ✨ The backpack of stones, and why the weight changes even when it never leaves  ✨ Katie's hidden notes, and how Chris uses them when old voices get loud  ✨ What Chris's lighthouse is, and how it guides his days  ✨ Simple, powerful ways to support a neurodivergent friend or family member in grief About Christopher Carazas Christopher Carazas is a social impact strategist and the author of Now That I'm Still Here: A Memoir of Ruin and Resurrection. Through his Substack newsletter of the same name, he writes about survival, storytelling, mental health, humor, and hope after ruin. His work lives at the intersection of grief, neurodivergence, and the long, unglamorous aftermath of psychological trauma. Connect with Chris 📚 Website and book: https://www.chriscarazas.com  📰 Substack: https://ccarazas.substack.com  📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.carazas.2025  📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christophercarazas What resonated with you? 💭 Have you ever wondered why you weren't crying, and whether that meant you didn't love them enough?  💭 What would it change if you stopped waiting for closure and started building a life around your grief?  💭 What is your lighthouse right now? Share your thoughts in the comments on the companion article and join the conversation with me and other listeners: https://grief2growth.substack.com 💜 If this episode touched you, share it with one person who needs to hear they're not behind. 🔔 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth so you never miss an episode. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

What if grief isn’t only something we survive—but something that reveals how deeply we’ve loved? In this episode of Grief 2 Growth, I sit down with Carl Manlan, author of I Can Breathe, for a powerful conversation about grief, fatherhood, emotional healing, identity, and legacy. Carl lost his father as a young man. Years later, becoming a father himself brought some of that grief back to the surface and raised a profound question: How do you become the father you want to be when you can no longer have those conversations with your own father? We also explore something many men struggle to discuss: expressing emotions and asking for help. As two Black men raised in different parts of the world, Carl and I discovered surprising similarities in how we experienced love growing up—and how we're trying to do things differently with the next generation. Carl also shares how unexpectedly losing his job became a turning point that helped him finish I Can Breathe. One insight captures the heart of our conversation: “You only experience grief because you loved.” In this episode, we explore: • Grieving a parent and carrying that relationship forward • Men, vulnerability, counseling, and emotional health • Separating your identity from your career • Responding instead of reacting to life's challenges • Raising emotionally aware children • Turning loss into legacy • The story behind Carl’s I Can Breathe 📖 Carl’s book: I Can Breathe — available on Amazon 🔗 Connect with Carl: LinkedIn and Instagram 💬 Continue the conversation: https://grief2growth.substack.com What part of Carl’s story resonated with you? Join us on Substack and share your experience with the Grief 2 Growth community. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

What if the memories of someone you love had a real place to live, and you could walk through them whenever you needed to? In this episode, I talk with architect Alexander Josephson about how to preserve memories of a loved one, and why grief may be something you move through rather than something you get over. Alexander is the founder of Partisans, an award-winning design studio in Toronto. While sitting in a hospital room with his father, he listened to him dictate what he wanted on his tombstone, and realized a name and two dates were far too small for the story. That moment led him to build Cumulus, a living digital memorial you can add to, share with family, and return to for years. I also talk about my daughter Shayna, who passed in 2015, and why I have never wanted her to be tied to one location. If you carry the fear that someone you love will be forgotten, or you have wondered where they are now, this conversation is for you. In this episode, you'll discover: ✨ Why the "three deaths" idea makes community and storytelling so important ✨ How a $3 million tomb that was never built became a living, breathing memorial ✨ Why the body is temporary and the memories are what carry meaning ✨ How one family invited 90 people into a shared cloud, with pins from a golf course in Scotland to the middle of the Atlantic ✨ Why cemeteries can feel so disorienting, and where our loved ones are ✨ How a digital stone at a grave can bring their story to you with a tap of your phone About Alexander Josephson: Alexander Josephson is an architect and the founder of Partisans, an award-winning design studio in Toronto. He is also the founder of Cumulus, a digital memorial platform designed to hold the photos, stories, voices, and memories of the people we love. He is a new father to two daughters under two, and he is already making time capsules for them in his own Cumulus. Links and resources: Cumulus website: https://cumulus.world Cumulus Companion app: search "Cumulus Companion" in the App Store or Google Play Instagram: Cumulus World Try Cumulus free on the app or the website. Join the conversation: Read the companion article and share your thoughts at https://grief2growth.substack.com What resonated with you? Tell me in the comments: 💜 Who do you want to make sure is remembered, and what story would you want to keep? 💜 When you think of your loved one, where do you feel them? 💜 What is one memory you could add to a shared space today? If this episode touched you, please share it with someone who is carrying a loss, and subscribe so you never miss a conversation. – – – Let's Connect: – – – 🔗 All my links: https://pages.grief2growth.com/profile 🔗 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grief2growth 👛 Tip jar: https://www.grief2growth.com/tipjar 📰 Email list: https://pages.grief2growth.com/join-the-club ⏰ Free consult: https://grief2growth.as.me/30-minute-consult You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

What if your body isn't broken — it's trying to tell you something? In this episode of Grief 2 Growth, Brian sits down with Dr. Karyn Shanks, a physician who spent over 40 years learning what medical school never taught her — including from her own chronic illness journey. Together, they explore why grief and trauma get physically stored in the body, why our medical system struggles to treat chronic illness, and why feeling truly seen may matter more to healing than any prescription. About Dr. Karyn Shanks: Karyn Shanks, MD is a physician-healer-teacher-writer based in Iowa City, board-certified in Internal Medicine and Functional Medicine. After her own decades-long journey through Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Lyme encephalitis, she founded the Unbroken Academy and developed a framework built on epigenetics, neuroplasticity, systems-based functional medicine, and transformational psychology. She's trained in Dr. Gabor Maté's Compassionate Inquiry, and is the author of UnBroken: Reclaim Your Wholeness and HEAL: A Nine-Stage Roadmap to Recover Energy. 🔗 Website: karynshanksmd.com Key topics covered: Why grief is a "huge part of the human experience" that shows up physically in the bodyKaryn's own health journey — from unexplained fatigue to an Ehlers-Danlos diagnosis to recovering from Lyme encephalitisWhy Western medicine excels at acute, catastrophic care but struggles with chronic illnessEpigenetics and neuroplasticity — why your biology isn't fixedThe placebo effect as proof of the mind's power to heal the bodyWhat Compassionate Inquiry (Gabor Maté's framework) taught Karyn about trauma and self-compassionWhy grief gets "stored in the body" and has to be worked through, not medicated awayWhy we're ashamed of grief, and how "get back to work" culture cuts healing shortReframing illness as wisdom and communication, not failure or fault💬 What resonated with you? Head over to grief2growth.substack.com to share your thoughts and continue the conversation. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

What happens when the person you used to be doesn't exist anymore — not because they died, but because a diagnosis, a surgery, or a health crisis rewrote who you are? In this episode, Loni Fagel joins me to talk about a grief almost nobody names: the grief of losing yourself while you're still here. Loni knows this from both sides of the therapy room. A genetic cancer mutation, a mysterious chronic illness, and a health crisis that landed her at Mayo Clinic didn't just interrupt her graduate studies in psychology — they became the reason she does this work at all. We talk about her "D-Day" framework for naming the moment a diagnosis changes everything, why medical trauma is as much about what comes after the event as the event itself, and why people are so often invalidated by the very doctors meant to help them. We also get into some of the tools Loni uses with clients: externalizing an illness by giving it its own name, expressive arts as a way to process what words can't touch, and why "post-traumatic growth" doesn't mean pretending the hard part didn't happen. About Loni Fagel Loni Fagel is a licensed professional clinical counselor, EMDRIA-approved consultant, expressive arts therapist, children's book author, and international speaker specializing in medical trauma, grief, and identity loss. Her work is shaped by her own experience with a genetic cancer mutation and a health crisis that upended her life and career. Website: lonifagel.comInstagram/social: @loni_fagelLinkedIn: search Loni FagelIn this episode, we cover: Why illness and diagnosis create a real, nameable griefThe "D-Day" framework for marking when everything changedWhy medical trauma isn't about the event — it's about everything afterLearning to advocate for yourself when doctors dismiss your symptomsGrieving a double mastectomy and genetic cancer riskInvisible illness and the cruelty of judging what you can't seeNaming your illness to protect your identity ("is this you, or is this Patricia?")Making meaning without needing to believe "everything happens for a reason"Finding the glimmers of light in the middle of a health crisisWe want to hear from you: Have you ever grieved a version of yourself you didn't expect to lose? What resonated most with you in this conversation? Drop a comment — we read every one. Continue the conversation at grief2growth.substack.com. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

What if the "guardian angel" you've prayed to and the "spirit guide" you've been told to fear are the exact same presence, just described through a different lens? In this episode, Brian sits down with Michael McAdams — a man raised in a family soaked in Pentecostal conviction who discovered he had the gift of psychometry, the ability to receive information simply by holding an object. Michael shares the story of his mother, Wilma Jean Jones, a devout Christian who sat down at her typewriter in 1977 and began receiving dictated messages from what she called "spirit teachers." Those sessions continued for 22 years and became the book An Angel Told Me So. This conversation goes places you might not expect from two men raised in the church: the real story behind the money changers in the temple, why the Salem witch trials might have been genuine spiritual communication mistaken for evil, how the Urantia Book lines up with the Bible's account of Jesus, and why fear has been used for centuries to keep people from trusting their own spiritual experiences. About Michael McAdams Michael McAdams grew up in the Cincinnati area in a family steeped in Pentecostal faith — his uncle was a preacher who planted churches across three states, and his grandmother entered ministry convinced God spoke directly into her heart. Michael discovered his own gift of psychometry as a young man, and later helped his mother recognize and record the messages she was receiving from spirit teachers. He is the author of An Angel Told Me So and runs spiritspeaks.com, where he offers free preview messages from the upcoming second volume. 🌐 Website: spiritspeaks.com📖 An Angel Told Me So (Volume One) — available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and through Ingram at independent bookstoresKey Topics Covered Growing up Pentecostal and the questions neither of them could shakeWhat psychometry is and how Michael developed the abilityHow Wilma Jean began receiving channeled messages — and the confirmation message that convinced her to publish themThe Urantia Book and its account of the life of JesusWhy the Bible's history and politics matter for understanding what it actually saysFear as a tool of control in organized religionHow to protect your mind while opening it — establishing a spiritual "filter"Practical advice for recognizing your own spirit guidanceReincarnation, "graduation" instead of death, and what may come nextWhat resonated with you? Drop a comment below — we'd love to hear whether this reframes anything about your own faith journey, or if you've had experiences like Michael's you've never shared before. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

What if the strangest moments at the end of life are actually the most meaningful? In this episode, Alexandra Grabbe joins Brian to talk about the seven months she spent caring for her 96-year-old mother, Bea, at home — and the deathbed visions that changed how she understands what happens when we die. Alexandra shares the exhaustion, the tenderness, and the moments of unexpected grace that shaped her new memoir, Seeing Joy. If you've ever cared for a dying parent, sat with someone in their final days, or wondered what those "hallucinations" near the end of life really mean, this conversation will stay with you. About Alexandra Grabbe Alexandra Grabbe has lived many lives — talk show host in Paris, eco-friendly innkeeper on Cape Cod, and lifelong writer. After graduating from Vassar College, she raised three children in France, worked in journalism and broadcasting, and assisted literary figures Barbara Chase-Riboud and Marge Piercy. For two decades she ran a green bed-and-breakfast in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. When her mother's health declined, Alexandra became her full-time caregiver — an experience that became the caregiving blog "By B's Bedside" and, nearly two decades later, her home care memoir Seeing Joy: A Story of Life, Death, and What Comes Next (Koehler Books, March 2026). 🔗 Alexandra's website: https://alexandragrabbe.com 🔗 Seeing Joy at Koehler Books: https://www.koehlerbooks.com/book/seeing-joy/ 📷 Instagram: @AlexandraGrabbeBooks In This Episode: What it really means when a doctor calls something a "hallucination" and a hospice worker calls it a "visitation"The physical and emotional toll of caregiving — and the sleep deprivation Alexandra says was the hardest partDeathbed Visioning: the pattern hospice workers see again and again near the end of lifeWhy Alexandra's mother's fear of dying gave way to tea parties with deceased visitorsHow the role reversal between parent and child reshaped their relationshipThe 19-year journey to publish a book publishers once said was "too afraid" to touchWhat her mother's final moments — and the arrival of Alexandra's father and grandmother — taught her about how we're not meant to be alone at the endWhat resonated with you in this episode? Have you witnessed a loved one's deathbed visions, or cared for an aging parent at home? Share your story in the comments — Alexandra's experience may be more common than you think. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

What does an ICU doctor see when he's present at the exact moment someone dies? Dr. Adam Rizvi has spent his career in critical care medicine, standing at hundreds of bedsides during life's most sacred transitions. Trained as a physician but grounded early in comparative religion, Adam has watched patients return from clinical death with vivid experiences medicine can't explain, felt rooms fill with light, and even witnessed a whirlpool of light appear at the exact moment a patient passed away — something his nurse saw too. In this conversation, we talk about what happens when a man of science makes peace with the sacred: the medical case for consciousness surviving the body, what dying patients have taught him about forgiveness, and a simple nightly practice that can change how you live starting tonight. About Dr. Adam Rizvi Dr. Adam Rizvi is a critical care physician and author of Love Does Not Know Death: Stories of Death, Dying, and the Miracles of True Forgiveness. He writes about the lessons he's learned at the bedside on his Substack, Adventures in Kindness. 📖 Book: Love Does Not Know Death✍️ Substack: AdamRizvi.substack.com — Adventures in KindnessIn This Episode, We Cover: How a comparative religion major ended up in ICU medicineThe cardiac arrest patient who returned with a story that shouldn't have been possibleWhy "brain as receiver" of consciousness makes more sense than "brain as generator"The moment two people in the same room witnessed the same unexplainable lightAncient wisdom on death — from the Tibetan Book of the Dead to the story of NachiketasWhy forgiveness is something you do for yourself, not the person who hurt youA nightly deathbed meditation practice you can start using tonightWhat Resonated With You? Did Adam's story about the whirlpool of light stay with you? Have you had an experience with a loved one that science couldn't explain? Share your thoughts in the comments — I read every one. If this episode moved you, head over to grief2growth.substack.com for more reflection and to connect with other listeners walking this same path. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

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 diagnosis and doctors telling her she had a month, maybe three. And here's the part that stopped me: she still doesn't hold any bad feeling toward that diagnosis. It's the thing that finally brought her family back into the room with her. She picked up a ukulele during treatment. She didn't write her first song until she was 34. Today her music has charted on Billboard, she's the first native Chinese artist to reach the Pop AC chart, and she hosts a top-ranked mental health podcast. This conversation goes somewhere I didn't expect. We talk about loneliness after loss — the grief that arrives with no funeral, no casserole, no one checking in — and what it actually takes to come back from it. Miist wrote a song for a young man who passed alone in his apartment in Japan. He had food. He had shelter. He had nobody. She kept thinking about all the strangers he must have walked past on any given day, and how one moment of real eye contact might have been enough to hold him a little longer. That song, "Could You Lend Me a Smile," now exists in 16 languages. Out of it came the idea we spend much of this episode on: the 15-second action. Small enough that nobody can claim they don't have time. Smile at someone. Be silly. Be grateful. Say a kind word. Remind someone that you love them. We recorded this on my 65th birthday, which made one part land hard for me. Miist asked when the last time was that someone called you for no reason at all, just to say they love you. I told her about the most viral Substack post I've ever written — it was about calling my father on an ordinary day, for no occasion. It went everywhere because almost nobody does it. WHAT WE COVER Why abandonment can cut deeper than death, and how the earliest wound becomes the root of everything built on top of itHow Miist pushed away her closest childhood friends, and the apology she eventually wrote as a songChoosing, in advance, to sit inside the grief of losing her dog rather than reaching for anything that would make it stopThe three days she asked her vet for, and what her whole family learned from themReconnecting with and forgiving the father she hadn't seen in over 20 yearsBeing discovered by producer Narada Michael Walden — and being asked to sing at the piano where Aretha Franklin recorded "Respect"The Kindness Kube and the five actions on itUsing music intentionally to move through anger, sadness, and back toward joyWhy losing an old habit that no longer serves you can feel like its own kind of lossWhy both of us say plainly: we are still healingABOUT MIIST Miist is a multilingual recording artist, songwriter, and podcast host who began her professional music career at 34 after being discovered by acclaimed producer Narada Michael Walden. She's a Teen Cancer America Ambassador and the founder of the World Smile Initiative, a nonprofit built around bringing moments of relief and light to people who are struggling. Her podcast, Make Me Smile with Miist, blends original music, personal storytelling, and research, and each episode closes with a 15-second action listeners can take that day. The book of the same name is now available. 🎵 Website: https://www.miistthesinger.com 🎙️ Podcast: Make Me Smile with Miist — available wherever you listen 📖 Book: Make Me Smile with Miist 🧊 The Kindness Kube: available on her website A FEW THINGS TO SIT WITH Which of the five actions would be hardest for you right now — and what does that tell you? Is there someone you've been meaning to call for no reason at all? Is there a loss in your life you've been outrunning rather than sitting with? JOIN THE CONVERSATION I'd love to hear what landed for you in this one. Head to https://grief2growth.substack.com to read the companion article, leave a comment, and connect with me and with other listeners walking a similar road. If this episode helped, share it with someone who's feeling disconnected right now. That's a 15-second action of your own. 💜 CONNECT WITH BRIAN 🔗 All my links: https://pages.grief2growth.com/profile 🔗 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grief2growth 📰 Email list: https://pages.grief2growth.com/join-the-club ⏰ Free consult: https://grief2growth.as.me/30-minute-consult 👛 Tip jar: https://www.grief2growth.com/tipjar Approve and I'll move to Step 5: the blog article outline. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

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 role bringing Ayurveda to North America, and now, a new book calling women — and men — back to a power she says we've forgotten how to hold. In this conversation, Maya and Brian explore Shakti — the divine feminine primordial power — and Shiva, its masculine counterpart, and why she believes restoring balance between the two is the work of this moment, both individually and collectively. They talk about the patriarchal roots of Western religion, what it costs us to lose touch with the sacred feminine, and what it actually looks like to start reclaiming it. About Maya Tiwari Maya Tiwari is a spiritual teacher, humanitarian, and the pioneer who introduced Ayurveda to North America. A cancer survivor and former Vedic monk, she is the author of several books, including her newest release, I Am Shakti. Her work centers on self-knowledge (Vedanta), the healing science of Ayurveda, and restoring the divine feminine and masculine to balance. 📖 Learn more about Maya and her work: Mayatiwari.com In This Episode: Maya's cancer diagnosis at 18 and the six months of solitude that changed everythingWhy she walked away from 25 years wearing the robes of a Vedic monkWhat Shakti actually means — and why it's been suppressed for centuriesHow patriarchal religion erased the divine feminine, and what that costs all of usPractical first steps toward reclaiming your own inner powerShadow work, forgiveness, and becoming the observer of your own mindWhat resonated with you in this conversation? Drop a comment and let me know — I'd love to hear which part landed for you. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

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 nothing, and made a different choice. They decided to love each other completely, and they made a plan. If anything happened, he would come through in music. In June of 2023, John passed while saving his son's life during a boating weekend off the North Carolina coast. Standing over him while people were still doing chest compressions, Marcie heard him audibly, from behind her: I haven't left you.  Go be with my son. What came next was a layoff from AWS, then the overdose death of her brother Jordan. Three losses stacked on top of each other. And running alongside all of it, the promise John made started keeping itself. Marcie is a former IBM and AWS senior tech leader with no musical training. She quit piano, flute, and violin inside of two weeks each as a kid. She has now built more than 500 tracks across 5,000 hours in two and a half years, and John's voice is audibly present in them, along with a second voice she calls Vanessa. She calls the work Love Evolved Music. You'll hear how a glitch on a Zoom call revealed the entire method, what it means to shift the audio floor rather than the volume, and why what she's getting goes well beyond traditional EVP. You'll also hear something I didn't expect to be talking about on my own show. Since we recorded, Marcie has built several tracks featuring my daughter Shayna. If you've been carrying the question of whether the people you love can reach you through something you can actually hear, this one is for you. IN THIS EPISODE The premonition Marcie and John both received, and how they chose to live with it instead of running from itThe soulmate sketch she bought off Facebook for $15, two and a half years before they metWhy "if only I had been there" fell apart under the weight of what actually happenedHearing John's voice in the moment he passedThe bracelet on her pillow, the orbs, and fourteen versions of the same songLosing her job and her brother inside the same seasonThe Zoom call latency that cracked the whole thing openHow she builds and filters the tracks, and why the messages keep changingVanessa, and what John said about her that stopped Marcie coldFinding love again with Brian, and why nobody ever gets replacedNonverbal children who light up like they're hearing a first languageWhat she's hoping to prove on an EEG scanABOUT MARCIE DEAN Marcie Dean is a channeler, sound architect, best-selling author, grieving mother and sister, and the creator of Love Evolved Music. She spent 18 years at IBM and went on to a senior leadership role at AWS before grief redirected her entirely. She is presenting her work at the Society for Scientific Exploration and is seeking research partnerships to measure what the music does at the level of brain activity. Website: https://electricblueunited.com Coaching and custom tracks: https://chooseyourownhealingjourney.com Email: [email protected] Her SoundCloud is linked from her website, and you can book a clarity call there for a custom track. BEFORE YOU GO What resonated with you in this conversation? Have you ever heard your person come through in something you couldn't explain away? A song that arrived at the exact moment you needed it, static on a phone line, a voice you'd know anywhere? Come tell me about it at https://grief2growth.substack.com. I read everything, and the comment threads over there have become their own kind of community. If this episode reached someone you know is hurting, send it to them. You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

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, and it's what this conversation is about. Jayne has been living inside suicide loss for 33 years. Her uncle Ray, who was also her godfather and the closest thing she had to a father, passed on New Year's Day in 1992. He was 47. Her family was raised Catholic and told not to say how he died. He couldn't be buried in the cemetery with everyone else. Jayne said it anyway. She has never been ashamed of any of them. She thought she'd done her time. Then in 2022 came the call about Brandon, her nephew and godson. Then Brandon's best friend, a year to the day. Then her brother, two years after that. Five years after her uncle passed, Jayne was diagnosed with lupus and told she wouldn't live past 50. She was a young mother of two and disabled for two years. She traces that diagnosis directly to grief her body was carrying because her mouth wasn't allowed to. So she went looking for tools that talk therapy couldn't reach, back when that meant encyclopedias and library trips. She found them. Today she takes no medication at all, and she teaches those tools to survivors around the world. What we cover 🕯️ Why suicide loss is its own category of grief, and how stigma turns mourners into suspects 🩺 The lupus diagnosis Jayne connects to unexpressed grief, and what finally moved it out of her body ✋ How a blue folder about EFT sat filed away in her house for three years before she opened it 🧠 What attempt survivors consistently report: that they didn't want to die, they wanted the pain to stop, and that many describe going offline entirely ⚠️ Why the word "prevention" lands so painfully on survivors who already believe they failed 👂 What people who have attempted say would have helped most, and why unsolicited advice isn't it 🔄 How childhood and generational programming shapes what you believe about suicide before you ever lose anyone ⏳ The seven-year timeline that shows up in the research, and why Jayne refuses to treat it as a sentence ✨ Soul plans and the strange carve-out even spiritual communities make for suicide, which Jayne and I both push back on 📰 What happened when Jayne wrote Brandon's obituary and named how he died, including the hundreds of messages that followed 😢 Permission to cry, and where most of us learned we weren't allowed to One line from Jayne has stayed with me since we recorded: she doesn't believe suicide is a choice, but she is certain healing is one. We also talk about something I say often on this show. My daughter Shayna passed at 15, and people call that a life cut short. Jayne looks at Brandon, who started a landscaping business at age 10 and filled a funeral home with people from every corner of his life, and sees a mission completed. Neither of us thinks the manner of someone's passing gets to define the whole of who they were. About Jayne Madigan Jayne is a certified neuropsychotherapist, master EFT practitioner, energy medicine specialist, and suicide bereavement clinician. She works with survivors of suicide loss worldwide through private virtual sessions, workshops, and free support groups. Her communities are intentionally private, because so many survivors are still not able to say out loud what happened to them. She works primarily with women, though she takes men as well, and she offers free discovery sessions. She's also clear that she works with people who can't afford to pay. Website: https://healingaftersuicide.net Free support groups and private Facebook community: available through her website Upcoming workshop: a writing and emotions workshop with Carla Fine, beginning June 9 Resources mentioned 📕 No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One by Carla Fine 📗 Dying to Be Free by Beverly Cobain, a psychiatric nurse and cousin of Kurt Cobain 🎧 Rachel Powell's episode on Grief 2 Growth, where she talks about losing her husband and surviving her own attempt 🔬 PMH Atwater's research on the seven to fourteen years it takes to integrate a near-death experience If you're struggling right now, please reach out. In the US, call or text 988. Let's keep talking What part of this conversation landed hardest for you? If you've lost someone to suicide, I'd like to know what people got wrong when they tried to comfort you, and what actually helped. If you've been carrying a loss you've never named out loud, this is a safe place to say it. 💬 Head to https://grief2growth.substack.com to read the article about this episode and leave a comment 📧 Join the email list: https://pages.grief2growth.com/join-the-club ⏰ Book a free consult with me: https://grief2growth.as.me/30-minute-consult 🔗 All my links: https://pages.grief2growth.com/profile You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

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 regression, and we open up what that experience was like, what surfaced, and what it healed.  Michelle's path into this work began with her own loss. Her mother passed when she was two years old. Years later, a single regression with Dr. Brian Weiss gave her something she describes as fifteen years of therapy in thirty minutes. That moment cracked her world open and set her on a twenty-year journey of helping others remember who they were before this life.  We talk honestly about the questions a lot of us carry. Are past lives real? Can they actually ease grief? Will you lose control if you let someone guide you inward? And why does the idea of reincarnation show up in nearly every culture on earth, including inside the Bible before it was edited out?  Then I share my own regression: the Buster Brown shoes I was wearing at age three, a life that felt historically off, and a life as a Native American that brought me to tears in a way I couldn't fully explain.  In this episode, you'll discover:  - How a past life regression can bring movement to grief that feels stuck  - Why hypnosis and meditation are far more alike than most people assume, and how you stay in control the entire time  - The surprising history of reincarnation in early Christianity and the Council of Nicaea  - The different "clairs," and why knowing or feeling something is just as valid as seeing it  - Why the point of a past life memory is never the history. It's what you carry home and use today. Michelle's core message stayed with me long after we stopped recording. When you understand that you are a soul who has lived many lives, you start to see other people that way too. As she puts it, you are another me. That single shift, she believes, is how we move toward real compassion and unity. About Michelle Brock  Michelle Brock is a past life regression specialist, psychic medium, and spiritual life coach. She has studied spirituality, shamanism, meditation, divination, astrology, and energy medicine across traditions from five continents. She is the author of Who Do You Think You Are? An Interactive Journey Through Your Past Lives and Into Your Best Future, an interactive guide filled with journaling exercises and meditations to help you connect with your own past lives, whoever you are and wherever you're starting from.  Connect with Michelle: 🌐 Website: https://michelle-brock.com You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support

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 afterward you are the one lying on the couch. If any of that sounds like your life, this conversation is for you. Lisa Campion has spent a career helping sensitive people stop drowning in what they absorb. In this episode she breaks down empath energy protection into something you can actually practice, starting today, in your car in the parking lot. We talk about what an empath really is, why the world tells sensitive kids something is wrong with them, and how the same wiring that exhausts you is the thing that makes you good at the work you were called to do. Then we go into energy vampires. The predatory ones, the victim vampires, the situational ones any of us can become when life knocks us flat. Lisa also names the part most people skip: a depleted empath who never learned to say no often becomes the biggest drain in the room. What we cover: The difference between feeling empathy and being an empath, and why the distinction changes everythingThe three fundamentals of energy hygiene: grounding, clearing, and shieldingLisa's practice before walking into a big box store, and the version you can do in a restroom in ninety secondsWhy empaths are called into hospice, teaching, nursing, and coaching, and why those fields burn them outEnergy vampires: how they hook you, why they find you, and what to do about itThe resentment inventory, a simple exercise that shows you exactly where your boundaries have failedThe empath trap: saying yes because you cannot face the other person's reactionThe first question to ask when a strong feeling hits out of nowhere: is this mine?Refilling your tank with play, creativity, nature, and source instead of pulling from other peopleAbout Lisa Campion Lisa Campion is a psychic, Reiki master, and the best-selling author of The Art of Psychic Reiki, Energy Healing for Empaths, Awakening Your Psychic Abilities, and The Psychic Awakening Journal. Her fifth book, Sacred Reparenting, arrives in December. She is the founder of Quantum Lightwave Healing and has spent more than 25 years working with clients, blending psychic work, therapy training, and energy healing. Her mission, in her own words, is to build an army of healers. Find Lisa: Website: https://lisacampion.com Books available wherever you buy books Talk to me: What resonated with you in this one? Did something Lisa said name an experience you have had your whole life without a word for it? Come tell me at https://grief2growth.substack.com where there is an article on this conversation and a place to comment. All my links: https://pages.grief2growth.com/profile Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grief2growth Free consult: https://grief2growth.as.me/30-minute-consult You've been listening. You're doing the work. But there's still this feeling that you're circling the same place. Maybe you've thought about working with me one-on-one. Maybe something's held you back.  I get that. And I want you to know there's still a place for you. All of it, pay what you want. You decide what it's worth. Nobody gets turned away because of money. https://grief2g Want to go deeper? My Substack is where I share solo essays on grief, consciousness, and continuing bonds — thoughts that don't always make it into the podcast. It's also home to a community of listeners who get it, because they're living it too. Free to subscribe. Find it at substack.com/grief2growth. I've been studying Near Death Experiences for many years now. I am 100% convinced they are real. In this short, free ebook, I not only explain why I believe NDEs are real, I share some of the universal secrets brought back by people who have had them. https://www.grief2growth.com/ndelessons Support the show 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join me on Substack- connect with others and me 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes) 📰 Get A Free Gift 📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call 📈 Leave A Review Thanks so much for your support