Grief 2 Growth
"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."
Episodes
470 episodes
What Hospice Nurses Know About Death— With Christa McDonald | EP 485
What if the people who've spent the most time at the threshold of death have something to teach the rest of us about how to live?Christa McDonald has spent more than 20 years as a hospice nurse, watching thousands of people take their fi...
Dawn Brunke's Eight Week Conversation With Her Deceased Husband Bob | EP 484
What if death didn't end the conversation?When Dawn Baumann Brunke's husband Bob died suddenly in September 2024, she had 20 years of experience communicating with animals across the veil. But nothing fully prepared her for losing...
SHOCKING Awakening: How a Diving Accident Changed Kat B's Life and Career!
Kat Baillie is an International Evidential Psychic Medium | Clinical Hypnotherapist | Sound Healer | Reiki Master | CBT Psychotherapist. Kat experienced a Kundalini awakening after a diving accident. This awakening opened up severa...
MEDIUMSHIP INSIGHTS: Techniques, Limitations, and Best Practices with Kat B
Kat and I are friends going back a couple of years. We each have a daughter in spirit. Kat is the affiliate leader of the UK Helping Parents Heal group. Kat had a successful business career before having a Kundalini awakening experience and bec...
Talking to Lost Loved Ones With AI | John Kammer EP 483
What if you could finally have the conversation you never got to finish?John Kammer lost three of his closest friends in just a few years — each loss sudden, each one leaving words unsaid. Out of that grief, and after more than a decade ...
Microdosing for Grief: Heal and Reconnect with Your Loved Ones | Kayse Gehret | EP 482
What if grief could be metabolized — not just managed?Most of us have been told to process grief through talking, reading, and time. And those things help. But what if there's a layer of grief stored in your body that talk therapy simply...
What You Don't Know About Grief | With Amanda Beth Johnson | EP 481
What if grief isn't something to get over — but something to grow through?In this powerful episode, Brian sits down with intuitive healer, ThetaHealing practitioner, and bestselling author Amanda Beth Johnson, who was widowed at just 27 ...
Born a Medium: How Fara Gibson Uses Mediumship and Grief Healing to Prove Love Never Dies | EP
What if the most painful moments of your life were actually part of a plan? And what if the people you've lost are closer than you ever imagined — just three feet away?In this beautiful, wide-ranging conversation, Brian welcomes spiritua...
Verified Near-Death Experiences: Proof of an Afterlife with Simon Bown | EP 479
The materialist argument that consciousness ends with the brain has a serious problem: the evidence. In this episode, I sit down with Simon Bown — clinical hypnotherapist, past life regression guide, and author of Verified Near-...
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He Died for 3 Hours — The Near Death Experience Transformation That Changed Everything | Jonathan Ashford | EP 478
What happens when someone doesn't just brush the edge of death — but actually crosses over?On May 22nd, 2023, Jonathan Ashford's organs failed. He collapsed alone on his bathroom floor at 4:30 in the morning, clinically dead f...
My Daughter Predicted Her Own Death — And Never Stopped Talking to Me | Louise Crist | EP 477
What if your daughter spent years telling you exactly how she was going to die — and then kept communicating after she did?That's the extraordinary story Louise Crist lives every day. In this episode, Louise shares the most re...
How Grief Made Me a Better Parent: Lisa Woolery's Surprising Confession | EP 476
When Lisa Woolery found her husband Eric slumped over in his home office—gone at 53 from sudden heart failure—she never imagined what would come next. Not just the frozen assets, the angry 12-year-old, or walking 20,000 steps a day to process t...
Intuitive Signs Before Death: How Your Soul Prepares You for Loss- with Tami Pitetti Sanders | EP 475
What if those unexplainable feelings you get — those quiet nudges that something is about to change — aren't just anxiety or imagination, but your soul preparing you for what's ahead?In this deeply moving episode, I talk with Tami Pitett...
When Grief Takes Everything: Vanessa May on Surviving Compounded Loss | EP 474
What happens when grief doesn't just visit once—but keeps coming back? In this deeply honest conversation, Vanessa May shares how she navigated losing her son Harry, then her husband Anthony, and father during the pandemic, all while battling C...
Healing Inherited Patterns with Dr. Lotte Valentin | EP 473
Some struggles don’t make sense.You do the work.You try to heal.And yet the same emotional patterns, grief, anxiety, or disconnection keep resurfacing.In this special Grief 2 Growth episode, Brian D. Smith welcomes ...
What if the pain you’ve been avoiding is actually pointing you toward healing? with Alexis Leigh | EP 472
In this deeply moving episode of Grief to Growth, Brian Smith is joined by writer and seeker Alexis Lee, author of Pain Is a Portal to Beauty, for a courageous conversation about grief, trauma, and radical self-healing.
Free Will Or Fate? The Answer Is Yes- with Richard Ashworth | EP 471
Before the microphones were turned on, Richard Ashworth asked Brian for his birth information. What followed was an unexpected and deeply personal moment—Richard identified a pivotal event at age seven that reshaped Brian’s view of life....
Preserving Voice, Memory, and Legacy with AI | Cristian Cibilis Bernardes | EP 470
What if your voice could continue to guide the people you love—long after you’re gone?In this deeply moving episode of Grief 2 Growth, Brian D. Smith is joined by Cristian Cibilis Bernardes, founder and CEO of Autograph ...
Grief, Faith, and Suicide Loss: When Belief Is Shaken and Hope Feels Impossible- with Rachel Powell | EP 469
What happens when grief collides with faith — and suicide shatters everything you thought you believed?In this candid and raw episode of Grief 2 Growth, Brian sits down with Rachel Powell, widow, author, speaker, and founde...
AI Communication With Loved Ones After Death with Janet Kaufman | EP 468
What if your loved one never truly left?What if grief itself is the doorway to a deeper connection?In this deeply moving episode of Grief to Growth, Brian D. Smith speaks with Janet Kaufman, author of Through the Ve...
On Her Own Since 13 Years Old- Overcoming Trauma with Angela Jean | EP 467
Nervous System Healing After Trauma: From Survival to Sovereignty with Angela JeanWhat if healing isn’t about fixing your thoughts—but about retraining your body?In this deeply moving episode of Grief to Growth, Br...
The Not So Only Child with Rich Boerner | EP 466
What if a single moment in your grief revealed a truth that rewrote your entire identity? That’s exactly what happened to today’s guest, Rich Boerner, whose life changed forever after his mother’s passing. While cleaning out her apartmen...
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The Million Stages of Grief: Surviving the Unthinkable with Michael Reed | EP 465
In this deeply moving conversation, Brian sits down with Michael Reed, author of The Million Stages of Grief, whose life changed forever on the night of the 2016 Gatlinburg fires. Michael lost his wife Constance and daughters Ch...
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Supporting a Grieving Spouse with Compassion: A Conversation with Samina Bari | EP 464
In today’s powerful episode of Grief 2 Growth, Brian sits down with Samina Bari — author of Don’t Call Me Widow and host of the Afterlife podcast — for a raw and insightful look at spousal loss, s...
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What Your Dreams Are Telling You- with Theresa Cheung | EP 463
In this powerful episode of Grief 2 Growth, internationally bestselling author and dream expert Theresa Cheung joins me to explore the deeper meaning of dreams — including the ones that frighten us, comfort us, and stay with us lo...
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