

Grief 2 Growth
Brian D. Smith
"Transform your grief into growth with Brian Smith, an empathetic life coach, certified grief educator, public speaker, and author who has walked the treacherous path of profound loss. Grief 2 Growth unravels the intricacies of life, death, and the spaces in between, offering listeners a new perspective on what it means to be 'Planted. Not Buried.'Join Brian and his compelling guests—bereaved parents, life coaches, mediums, healers, near death experiencers, and experts in various fields—as they discuss topics like survival guilt, synchronicities, and the scientific evidence supporting the existence of the afterlife. You'll come away with actionable advice, renewed hope, and the comforting knowledge that love and life are eternal.One of the most powerful ways we know what awaits us and where we came from is Near Death Experiences. Much of Brian's knowledge is derived from extensive study of this phenomenon, along with interviewing dozens of near death experience experiencers.Brian knows the soul-crushing weight of loss; his journey began with the sudden passing of his fifteen-year-old daughter, Shayna. It's not an odyssey he would have chosen, but it has been an odyssey that has chosen him to guide others.Grief 2 Growth is a sanctuary for those grieving, those curious about the beyond, and anyone eager to explore the fuller dimensions of life and death. Each episode delves into topics that matter most—how to cope, grow, and connect with loved ones in the afterlife. If you ask: “Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going?” this podcast is for you.This isn't about forgetting your loss or simply 'moving on'; it's about growing in a new direction that honors your loved ones and your spirit. It’s about finding joy and purpose again.Grief 2 Growth is more than a podcast; it's a community of souls committed to supporting one another through the darkest valleys and highest peaks of human existence. Listen today and start planting seeds for a brighter, more spiritually connected tomorrow."
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Oct 13, 2022 • 1h 14min
Grief Speaks Out with Jan Warner
Send me a Text MessageWhen Jan Warner's husband died, she felt an intensity of grief she had not anticipated. Her husband was a recovering alcoholic who spent his sober life being available to other alcoholics and addicts. In order to honor him, she decided to make herself available to other grieving people, thinking if she reached one person that would be enough. Jan started a blog, Stop Thief Don’t Steal My Grief which, even though she doesn’t write new posts, still often has 2000 or more hits per month. Her Facebook page, Grief Speaks Out, has seven daily posts and 2.4 million likes worldwide. Her book, Grief Day by Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss, has sold almost 70,000 copies and has over 1800 reviews on Amazon - the majority of them five stars. She has also been a guest on many podcasts.Jan is also a vagabond who has been to all seven continents and is involved in the arts, having produced documentaries. She is currently a producer of the SuperYou musical. Her favorite role in life is being a grandmother.Jan's websites:www.facebook.com/GriefSpeaksOutwww.griefspeaksout.netJan's Book: Grief Day by Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss griefdaybyday.comVisit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Do near-death experiences inspire you? Are you moved by the research showing we are more than our bodies?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of near-death studies, IANDS has launched the Chrysalis Campaign. Join at the Supporting level or higher, or make a donation of $100 or more, you’ll receive a commemorative mug.🌍 Visit IANDS.org and click “Give” to support this vital work. What really happens when we die? And how can understanding near-death experiences transform the way we live?Join nearly 1,000 attendees August 27–31, 2025 at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills near Chicago for four days of soul-stirring keynotes, healing practices, and conversations that expand your understanding of life, death, and everything in between.Register now at Conference.IANDS.org Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Oct 10, 2022 • 1h 13min
SHARED DEATH EXPERIENCE REVEALED: How to Cross Over WITH Your Loved Ones!
Send me a Text MessageYou've heard of a Near Death Experience. You may not be as familiar with a Shared Death Experience. A Shared Death Experience is when a healthy person shares in the crossing over of someone transitioning into the next world. Surprisingly, this phenomenon can be induced with the proper training and intention._________________________________________________________________________________________Thursday, October 13, 2022, attend a free webinar to learn to have a shared crossing.SIGN UP NOW FOR THE FREE WEBINARhttps://www.sharedcrossing.com/a/2147520967/pyp5bj5pFinding the Pathway Home: An Introduction to the Methods that Enable a Shared CrossingThe free, live online webinar introduces participants to the methods that will enable them and their loved ones to:· MANIFEST a conscious, connected, and loving end-of-life experience.· ENABLE a shared death experience and other shared crossings.· REALIZE that our bonds with loved ones continue beyond human death._____________________________________________________________________________________________William Peters is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project and director of its Research Initiative, a nonprofit that raises awareness and educates people about the profound healing experiences possible for the dying and their loved ones. William is a global leader in shared death studies and end-of-life phenomena. He conducts workshops and presents internationally.William is a psychotherapist specializing in grief and bereavement and served as a hospice worker with the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco. He has had two NDEs and a variety of shared crossings that inform his Visit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Do near-death experiences inspire you? Are you moved by the research showing we are more than our bodies?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of near-death studies, IANDS has launched the Chrysalis Campaign. Join at the Supporting level or higher, or make a donation of $100 or more, you’ll receive a commemorative mug.🌍 Visit IANDS.org and click “Give” to support this vital work. What really happens when we die? And how can understanding near-death experiences transform the way we live?Join nearly 1,000 attendees August 27–31, 2025 at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills near Chicago for four days of soul-stirring keynotes, healing practices, and conversations that expand your understanding of life, death, and everything in between.Register now at Conference.IANDS.org Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Oct 6, 2022 • 1h 21min
Kelvin Chin- A Brief History Of Spirituality Over The Last 7,000 Years
Send me a Text MessageKelvin Chin is Executive Director & Founder of the “Turning Within” Meditation and Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundations and is an internationally-recognized meditation teacher featured in Business Insider, Newsweek, and Kaiser Health News, and has taught meditation at West Point and in the U.S. Army, including on the DMZ in Korea. Kelvin has been meditating for 50 years, has taught meditation for 49 years to thousands of people in over 60 countries, and his past life memories reach back 6,000 years. He graduated from Dartmouth, Yale, and Boston College Law and has lived in 7 countries.Kelvin also organized the 30th November event held in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2014, where a talk was given by George Hammond, who gave the history of spirituality on Earth in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic-Vedic traditions over the past 10,000 years, as shared in quite some detail with him by the founders of those traditions -- who are all now on the Other Side.We discussed how that event came about and what topics were covered in that talk -- so a sort of preview today of the 30th November talk -- so that you will have a better idea of what it is about before you all go to that website and listen to it yourselves.Also, on Wednesday, 30th November 2022, this year at 12 Noon Pacific (3 Eastern), Kelvin will conduct a Q&A worldwide for all who have watched that talk over the past 8 years.Key links: www.30thnovember.comwww.kelvinchin.orgVisit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Do near-death experiences inspire you? Are you moved by the research showing we are more than our bodies?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of near-death studies, IANDS has launched the Chrysalis Campaign. Join at the Supporting level or higher, or make a donation of $100 or more, you’ll receive a commemorative mug.🌍 Visit IANDS.org and click “Give” to support this vital work. What really happens when we die? And how can understanding near-death experiences transform the way we live?Join nearly 1,000 attendees August 27–31, 2025 at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills near Chicago for four days of soul-stirring keynotes, healing practices, and conversations that expand your understanding of life, death, and everything in between.Register now at Conference.IANDS.org Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Sep 29, 2022 • 1h 12min
Shocking Messages from the Other Side! Teo’s Story of Unbreakable Bonds After Death
Send me a Text MessageWhen it comes to After Death Communication, it's hard to beat Teo.Cecilie Surasky and Carolyn Hunt are the parents of Teo Hunt Surasky, an exceptionally vibrant, compassionate, and loving young man who unexpectedly passed in July 2020 at 18 years old, a month after graduating from Berkeley High in California. Death did not stop their relationship or their communication. In profound shock from the sudden loss, Carolyn and Cecilie reached out to their extended community at an impromptu Berkeley High vigil, including Teo's friends. Through regular Zoom-circles, outdoor gatherings during COVID lockdown, non-religious rituals, and storytelling, they began an ongoing community healing process that has spanned continents, cultures, and generations. These circles have facilitated sharing dozens of Teo contact stories, including vivid dreams, visitations during meditations, signs, complex synchronicities, direct communication, and more experienced by close to 35+ friends and family who know and love Teo.Visit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Do near-death experiences inspire you? Are you moved by the research showing we are more than our bodies?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of near-death studies, IANDS has launched the Chrysalis Campaign. Join at the Supporting level or higher, or make a donation of $100 or more, you’ll receive a commemorative mug.🌍 Visit IANDS.org and click “Give” to support this vital work. What really happens when we die? And how can understanding near-death experiences transform the way we live?Join nearly 1,000 attendees August 27–31, 2025 at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills near Chicago for four days of soul-stirring keynotes, healing practices, and conversations that expand your understanding of life, death, and everything in between.Register now at Conference.IANDS.org Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Sep 27, 2022 • 7min
What Is Consciousness?
Send me a Text MessageWe all experience consciousness. But, can any of us be sure of what it is, where it comes from, and where it goes?Philosophers and scientists have wrestled with this question for hundreds of years. It's confused some so much that they've thrown up their hands and declared consciousness is an illusion. Ironic since the only thing we know for sure is that we are conscious, everything and anything else could be an illusion. Our brains filter out most of what is around us. They interpret everything else and often give us false information.In this episode, I give my thoughts on what consciousness is. What do you think?Join the Facebook group and sound off: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grief2growthVisit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Sep 22, 2022 • 1h 14min
Egyptian NDE UNVEILS Psychic Powers! Amirah Hall’s ASTONISHING Near-Death Story
Send me a Text MessageI've never heard a Near Death Experience quite like Amirah Hall's. Of course, every NDE is different, as I believe they are tailored for the individual.Rev. Amirah Hall, M.Msc. blends “sacred with science” and has been on a four-decade journey of exploring secrets to manifesting and healing. She is a gifted clairvoyant, spirit medium, channel, and quantum healing pioneer. Amirah's spiritual awakening was triggered after her father’s death, divorce, and life-threatening autoimmune disease, all within six months. It was further amplified with a near-death experience while traveling in Egypt when her gifts of psychic vision, channeling, and mediumship opened up. Amirah has a reputation as a world-class psychic, mystic, and mentor with the honor of working with an international client list, including Dubai Royals. Amirah has her master’s in metaphysical science and is an ordained Minister dedicated to providing spiritual tools and guidance to seekers going through their ascension process, reaching higher levels of awareness and healing.🔗 https://www.amirahhall.comShe's the author of 6 books, including Manifesting Miracles 101, LOVE UP Your Life, and The Essential Guide To Spiritual Awakening. The High Vibe Coloring BookVisit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Do near-death experiences inspire you? Are you moved by the research showing we are more than our bodies?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of near-death studies, IANDS has launched the Chrysalis Campaign. Join at the Supporting level or higher, or make a donation of $100 or more, you’ll receive a commemorative mug.🌍 Visit IANDS.org and click “Give” to support this vital work. What really happens when we die? And how can understanding near-death experiences transform the way we live?Join nearly 1,000 attendees August 27–31, 2025 at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills near Chicago for four days of soul-stirring keynotes, healing practices, and conversations that expand your understanding of life, death, and everything in between.Register now at Conference.IANDS.org Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Sep 21, 2022 • 12min
What's Sabotaging You Is Coming From Within
Send me a Text MessageI've been training in Positive Intelligence for several months. In the program, we learn about "saboteurs", the voices in our heads that tell us that we aren't good enough, that our circumstances aren't good enough, and more self-destructive things.This short bonus episode is some of the observations I made in recent daily life about how insidious these saboteurs are. I hope it helps you begin to identify how your saboteurs are lying to you and holding you back.Visit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Sep 15, 2022 • 1h 7min
Transform Your Life TODAY: Gitanjali Hemp's POWERFUL Insights on Humanity and Joy!
Send me a Text MessageI had a terrific conversation with Gitanjali about the nature of humanity and how we can live more joyous lives. Make sure you stay to the end for this one.Gitanjali Hemp is a master energy healer, visionary mystic, and the founder of Syntara System. She brings over 23 years of study and training with healers and masters from some of the world’s richest traditions and cutting-edge healing models.She has spent 21 years in active practice, both as a practitioner and teacher: leading retreats, workshops, professional training, virtual courses, and facilitating ceremonies and women’s groups. She loves nothing more than helping people awaken to the magic of creation and fully embody their unique brilliance in service to the whole.Gitanjali offers a free meditation that you can experience here: 🔗 https://www.syntarasystem.com/greater-intelligence🔗 https://www.syntarasystem.comVisit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Do near-death experiences inspire you? Are you moved by the research showing we are more than our bodies?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of near-death studies, IANDS has launched the Chrysalis Campaign. Join at the Supporting level or higher, or make a donation of $100 or more, you’ll receive a commemorative mug.🌍 Visit IANDS.org and click “Give” to support this vital work. What really happens when we die? And how can understanding near-death experiences transform the way we live?Join nearly 1,000 attendees August 27–31, 2025 at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills near Chicago for four days of soul-stirring keynotes, healing practices, and conversations that expand your understanding of life, death, and everything in between.Register now at Conference.IANDS.org Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Sep 8, 2022 • 1h 11min
AFTERLIFE MYTHS DEBUNKED! Kelvin Chin Unveils the TRUTH About What Happens When We Die
Send me a Text MessageThis is my good friend Kelvin Chin's third appearance on Grief 2 Growth. I consider Kelvin to be one of the leading experts in the world on what we call the afterlife. He's also one of the world's experts on meditation.This conversation covers some misconceptions about what happens to us when we die and why people might believe them. Kelvin clearly and concisely explains concepts. He uses logic and reason as well as emotion and experience. Kelvin Chin is an author and Life After Life Expert. His first book “Overcoming the Fear of Death: Through Each of the 4 Main Belief Systems,” is a nonreligious approach to overcoming the fear of death. And his new book, “Marcus Aurelius Updated: 21st Century Meditations On Living Life” is a collection of 67 essays ranging from Emotions, Life Principles, Meditation, and the Spiritual.Kelvin is Executive Director & Founder of the “Turning Within” Meditation and Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundations, and is an internationally-recognized meditation teacher featured in Business Insider, Newsweek, and Kaiser Health News, and has taught meditation at West Point and in the U.S. Army, including on the DMZ in Korea. Kelvin has been meditating for 50 years, has taught meditation for 49 years to thousands of people in over 60 countries, and his past life memories reach back 6,000 years. He graduated from Dartmouth, Yale, and Boston College Law and has lived in 7 countries.Visit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Do near-death experiences inspire you? Are you moved by the research showing we are more than our bodies?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of near-death studies, IANDS has launched the Chrysalis Campaign. Join at the Supporting level or higher, or make a donation of $100 or more, you’ll receive a commemorative mug.🌍 Visit IANDS.org and click “Give” to support this vital work. What really happens when we die? And how can understanding near-death experiences transform the way we live?Join nearly 1,000 attendees August 27–31, 2025 at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills near Chicago for four days of soul-stirring keynotes, healing practices, and conversations that expand your understanding of life, death, and everything in between.Register now at Conference.IANDS.org Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support

Sep 1, 2022 • 1h 4min
UNLEARNING the LIES: Stephani Grace’s Guide to Discovering Your TRUE Self and Finding Real Happiness!
Send me a Text MessageStephani Grace is an author, motivational speaker, therapist, and mindfulness expert. Her book, Creating Real happiness A-to-Z: A Mindful Guide To Discovering, Loving And Accepting Your True Self was one of the things we talked about during this interview.🔗 Her website: https://www.stephanigrace.com🔗 All my links and contact info:https://pages.grief2growth.com/profile👛 Toss me a tip:https://www.grief2growth.com/tipjar💰 Become a Patron (regular donor)https://www.patreon.com/grief2growth🌐 Grief 2 Growth website:https://www.grief2growth.com🎙️Podcast:https://podcast.grief2growth.com/⏰ Book a free 30-minute consultationhttps://grief2growth.as.me/30-minute-complimentary00:00:00 Introduction00:01:30 Who Is Stephani Grace?00:02:20 Becoming An Empty Nester00:03:42 Why Stephani Chose Mental Health Therapy00:04:41 What Is It We Have To Heal?00:05:11 Unlearning Conditioning From The World00:08:18 How Ego Is Different From Our True Self00:08:36 The Conditioned Self00:11:22 Knowing Who You Are Is The Key To Everything00:12:37 People Come Because They Are Tired Of Suffering00:13:09 Choosing Language That Works For You00:13:26 Gratitude Or "What's Working" Practice00:17:58 What Is Real Happiness?00:23:59 Why Happiness Is In Our Control00:25:17 How Acceptance Is Different from Giving Up00:27:15 Why Going With The Flow Works00:31:26 Opening Up To Possibilities00:33:30 Preparing For The Worst To Keep Ourselves Safe00:36:18 Self Acceptance00:40:11 Self-Discipline Is Self-Love00:43:41 Why Forgiveness Is Important For Happiness00:52:08 What's In Stephani's Book?00:52:58 Doing Mirror WorkVisit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:Guided MeditationsMy book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved onesMini-coursesMini-guidesCheck it out at https://grief2growth.com/store Do near-death experiences inspire you? Are you moved by the research showing we are more than our bodies?To celebrate the 50th anniversary of near-death studies, IANDS has launched the Chrysalis Campaign. Join at the Supporting level or higher, or make a donation of $100 or more, you’ll receive a commemorative mug.🌍 Visit IANDS.org and click “Give” to support this vital work. What really happens when we die? And how can understanding near-death experiences transform the way we live?Join nearly 1,000 attendees August 27–31, 2025 at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills near Chicago for four days of soul-stirring keynotes, healing practices, and conversations that expand your understanding of life, death, and everything in between.Register now at Conference.IANDS.org Support the show🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education 👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)📰 Get A Free Gift📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call📈 Leave A ReviewThanks so much for your support