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In this episode, Casey sits down with Christina Nguyen, a licensed acupuncturist at Magnolia Wellness in Costa Mesa. Christina specializes in women's health, fertility, and cosmetic acupuncture, blending Western and Eastern medicine after thirteen years in practice. She was running the session where grief first moved through Casey's body. They talk about how grief hides in the body, showing up as cortisol spikes, exhaustion, and a cycle that stops making sense. About how acupuncture can release what Botox keeps locked in place. About giving yourself permission to slow down instead of pushing through, especially while you're grieving. They talk about learning to receive instead of doing it all yourself, and why that's harder for most women than it sounds.

In this episode: why we don't actually choose when souls come and go, what sleep paralysis looks like from a metaphysical perspective, how grief is designed to shape us rather than break us, the difference between fear and anxiety and how encounters in the dark helped Dr. Juergen Hess finally lose his, special needs children as higher level souls, demons as the infrastructure of growth, and why the Bigfoot left a green rock that looked exactly like a grape. Follow Dr. Hess’ field work on YouTube: @HooDooTall  Instagram @ababyraven

In this first episode of The Beauty of Grief, host Casey Patridge sits down with her first wizard: Mirabai Starr — bestselling author, grief teacher, and mystic who lost her daughter Jenny at 14. Together, they explore why our instinct to fix grief keeps us from the sacred experience of actually feeling it, and why writing — not problem-solving — may be the most powerful healing tool we have. In this episode: Why grief is sacred ground, not a problem to solveThe science of writing as an emotional processing toolNavigating grief rage without shameHow to hold space for someone who needs to be aloneMasculine vs. feminine approaches to griefRituals, anniversaries, and honoring the ones we've lost Mirabai's gift to listeners: A guided writing prompt from Mirabai herself — a taste of the wild heart writing practice she teaches inside Holy Lament. Find it at Casey's Substack. https://substack.com/@caseypatridge Instagram: @caseypatridge Find Mirabai at: https://www.wildheart.space/holylament Instagram: @mirabaistarr