How can you transform grief into strength through gratitude? This week, in celebration of Thanksgiving, we're bringing back a heartfelt and transformative episode with Dr. Peggy DeLong, The Gratitude Psychologist. Dr. Peggy is a psychologist, grief therapist, speaker, and author who teaches how to embrace the power of gratitude to heal and thrive during life's toughest challenges.

In this episode, Dr. Peggy shares her deeply personal journey of loss—from the heartbreaking passing of her fiancé to the loss of her cherished father—and the spiritual signs that bring her comfort each year. She reveals how gratitude and joy became her guiding lights, helping her and countless others navigate grief and find hope again.

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Angela Clement is a certified grief coach, speaker, writer, healer, and the creator of the online series “Awaken Your Soul’s Journey.” Formerly a school principal and distance-learning teacher, her path shifted after an energy healer helped her young son recover from a rare disease, which inspired Angela to train in multiple energy-healing modalities to help others find their inner light and heal. In 2021, after her husband Blaine, Angela’s best friend and the love of her life, died of colon cancer, Angela came to understand grief as a spiritual experience that was perfectly, profoundly, and proficiently designed for her to awaken to who she truly is. Tune in to hear why Angela firmly believes that grief is a pathway to transformation and growth, the difference between feeling lonely as a part of grief and being alone, what it means to be an angel intuitive, and so much more, for this uplifting and enlightening interview!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

● The ways Angela’s knowledge of energy healing helped her husband Blaine with his cancer symptoms. 

● How Angela moved from deep pain to a place of joy and purpose.  

● Why reframing our beliefs about grief help us to navigate the process.  

● The difference between grief and mourning and why mourning is key to healing. 

● How Angela’s angel readings help people to heal grief and other issues. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS ANGELA:

● What simple steps do you recommend people take when they're too overwhelmed to take care of themselves?

● How do angel readings work with you?

● What is the best advice to reframe those beliefs to help you get through?

● What available tools can help with those feelings of loneliness?

● Why is community so important in the grieving process and how has it helped you?

● What advice do you give to people who feel like they'll never find joy again after loss?

Get your free chapter of Angela's new book: Awakening Through Grief

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Wouldn’t you love to know how Dr. Gina Williams, an amazing physical therapist, has been guided by dreams and spirit to bring healing to so many? With over 20 years of experience, she combines physical therapy and a deep understanding of people’s emotional journeys through grief and trauma. In this beautiful conversation, she shares how her online telehealth sessions can help you recover—even from home! Whether it's a knee injury or emotional pain, her heart-centered approach, covered by insurance, offers true healing. Reach out to Gina for an appointment at: https://mobilityhealthpt.com/

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✨ Get the audiobook version of my book, They Serve Bagels in Heaven for FREE when you sign up for Audible's FREE 30-day trial using my link: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

✨ For a curated collection of my favorite books, music, healing events, and self-care essentials, head over to kit.co/GriefandRebirth.

✨ Find your next source of healing and inspiration at the Grief and Rebirth Bookshop.

Listen to all episodes of the Grief and Rebirth Podcast HERE:

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Find Irene on social media:

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✨ Get your copy of Irene's book: They Serve Bagels in Heaven: One Couple's Story of Love, Eternity, and the Cosmic Importance of Everyday Life

 Get access to The Live Your Most Evolved Life Summit Replay, where we showcase a synergy of talent that will heighten your intuition and will undoubtedly illuminate, enlighten, and spark your soul on your evolutionary journey towards ascension.

✨ Sign up for the Grief and Rebirth newsletter to stay up-to-date on forthcoming episodes, events, healing tools, and announcements.

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Next on Grief and Rebirth, Irene interviews mom, preschool teacher, and writer, Sydnei Kaplan about the different ways we can learn that our souls never die and we remain connected forever, her journey of spiritual discovery after her mom transitioned, the story behind her truly lovely children’s picture book titled The Heaven Phone, and more!

Nicky Alan is an extraordinary Psychic Medium, Author, and Social Media Influencer in the UK who worked as a police officer for 18 years. After her retirement for medical reasons in 2003, she transitioned into a full-time Psychic Medium, Spiritual Teacher, Writer, and Angel Expert who has been a freelance paranormal writer regularly published in mainstream spiritual magazines, she is the current columnist in Take a Break’s Fate & Fortune Magazine as The Psychic Detective, and she is a resident features writer in Haunted Magazine. Nicky has appeared internationally on radio and TV programs, appeared in a cinema film paranormal documentary titled The Birdbrook Ghost Hunt and she has starred in European theatre tours, seminars, retreats, and workshops to 3,000 strong crowds on the afterlife and angel phenomena. After a catastrophic road accident limited Nicky’s touring in 2012, she began to pursue her passion as a Spiritual Author and teacher. Her recently published second book, which is titled The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Best Psychic Medium, is a number one best seller that reveals many impressive miracles, incredible messages, and connections with the deceased. You will love Nicky and this enlightening, fun, at times humorous interview!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• Why Nicky transitioned from a police detective to a psychic medium when she heard a spirit baby crying.
• How a catastrophic road accident changed Nicky’s destiny.
• Spirit people stay real and true to who they were down here, be they scoundrel or saint.
• The spirit world’s perspective on the current earthly chaos.
• Why Nicky calls dogs, cats, and domestic animals Earth Angels.

 SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS NICKY:

• What was it like to be born into psychic mediumship?
• Do murder victims suffer, or do their souls leave their bodies before the actual murder takes place?
• Do people ever die completely alone?
• What is The Rainbow Bridge, also known as Pet Heaven?
• Can a soul with dementia leave its living body and communicate with Mediums?

Twitter: http://twitter.com/@nickyalan07

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NickyAlan

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickyAlanAuthorandPsychicMedium

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicky_alan_psychic?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Watch Nicky’s helpful Spiritual Education videos on my YouTube Channel https://www.YouTube.com/NickyAlan

Coming this Wednesday! Irene welcomes the knowledgeable, authentic, and often funny Nicky Alan to the podcast to talk about what it was like to be born into psychic mediumship, her experiences with murder victims and people with dementia, how her deceased father visited her after her catastrophic road accident, her popular new book titled The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Best Psychic Medium, her thoughts about Celebrity Mediums, and so much more.

Communicating with Pets Beyond the Rainbow Bridge Changes Lives

Tami Hendrix is an intuitive animal communicator, a compassionate medium, an author, and a healer who is committed to helping relationships transform on every level. Her soul-level awareness enables her to communicate with animals emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, allowing her to tune in and see the soul path of an animal and how it intertwines with her client. Tami’s passion is to help pets who have crossed over connect with their humans in a beautifully healing way, and through her intuitive process called SoulSpeak, she also helps individuals through life transitions, personal crises, and the grieving process following the loss of a loved one. By holding the energetic space to receive spiritual messages that foster her clients' healing and transformation, Tami inspires her clients to embrace new perspectives about their life situations and connect with their own heart wisdom.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• The unique, pivotal experiences in Tami’s childhood that helped her forge a deep, compassionate connection with all beings.
• The important healing power of animals and the role they play in our personal and spiritual journeys.
• The life-changing way helping a client connect with a pet in Spirit can give birth to a new beginning in a client’s relationship with the animal. 
• Why many people have difficulty understanding feelings of grief over the loss of a pet.

Visit tamihendrix.com and sign up to receive a free copy of the "Soulful Journey" ebook about the magic that happens when people and animals connect heart-to-heart and soul-to-soul.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dEK3oYZxV1A

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This week Irene talks with Tami Hendrix about the unique experiences in her childhood that forged a deep, compassionate connection with all beings, the ways trauma and grief can catapult us into connection with our higher selves and result in soul transformation, her new e-book titled 'Soulful Journeys: Finding Healing and Connection Through Animal's, the important part animals play in our personal and spiritual journeys, the healing way Tami helps pets who have crossed over to connect with their humans, and much more.

Irene is thrilled to share her recent interview on the “Both Sides Now and Beyond Podcast,” hosted by world-renowned spiritual medium James Van Praagh and spiritual medium, psychotherapist, and psychic Kellee White!

Be sure to listen in to their enlightening conversation about spiritual awakenings, grief, rebirth, and finding joy in living. Irene reveals the important part James played in her spiritual awakening, and she also chats with James and Kellee about how she found her husband Saul after he transitioned, why she titled her book They Serve Bagels in Heaven, the profound messages she received that led to her popular podcast, Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life, and more! 

This warm, dynamic interview will bring you comfort, insights, and smiles! 

For more Both Sides Now and Beyond episodes, visit https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYSQ7QWu-dmfSsoXd0pjOmRhFA2M4I-F&si=tpKkEb85m7L49-ny

Connect with James at https://vanpraagh.com

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Debra Martin is a World-Renowned Intuitive Healer, an International Research Lab Certified Medium, a Spiritual Coach, a survivor of cancer, the author of six books, and a motivational speaker who has been on many radio networks such as Coast to Coast with George Noory, Hay House Radio, plus she will also soon be featured in two Gaia shows. She has survived three Near Death Experiences, and during her third NDE, Debra had an out of body experience, a conversation with God, her mediumship abilities were heightened, and she was given the gift of healing. Her inspiring, heart opening new book titled "Doctors, Faith & Courage,” is about her journey through cancer, the important lessons she learned, the tools she was given by Spirit, how cancer made her an even better healer, and much more. This is an unforgettable and very touching interview!

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/CvxsseDa7aw

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• The vision Debra received before she found out that she had cancer.
• How Debra turned her fear into faith.
• The army Debra built around her with both people here on Earth and on the Other Side.
• Important lessons Debra learned from Spirit during her illness. 
• How cancer was an opportunity disguised for Debra. 
• The ways cancer made Debra an even better healer. 
• How Debra’s journey with cancer brought her a greater appreciation for her body, being human, and for life itself. 

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World-renowned healer Debra Martin joins Irene for a conversation about the choice she was given to leave her family or go back to her earthly home during an out-of-body experience, how her most difficult hardships have been the source of her greatest lessons and blessings, her unique healing technique used nowhere else in the world, the famous murder and missing person case she helped to solve, and more.

She Lost Her Husband—Then Became a Medium to Talk to Him Herself

Phyllis Okon was a teacher, a CEO, and a best-selling, award-winning author of 72 books before she found her path as a gifted medium and psychic. From an early age, she acknowledged that she knew things, but she could never explain how she did. When her husband David, her life-long partner and soulmate, transitioned to the Other Side, she began taking courses in the hope of communicating with him, and not only was Phyllis able to validate that her relationship with her husband David had not ended, but he also began to serve as her guide, helping her connect with others’ loved ones. David was Phyllis’ helpmate in life and is still her helpmate, albeit now from the Other Side. 

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• How Phyllis’ experienced “knowing things” from an early age.
• The special message Phyllis received during her session with a medium that prepared her for her husband David’s transition. 
• Phyllis’ husband David began to serve as her guide, helping her connect with others’ loved ones. 
• The role of angels, spirit guides, and ascended masters in the world of mediumship.
• Loss is a hard road, and it should never be walked alone. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS PHYLLIS:

• What is the difference between a psychic and a medium?
• How did David help you find your way home when you were lost after he had transitioned? 
• Are you able to receive messages in languages other than English?
• Can you please explain the difference between spirit guides and angels? 
• Why do you say that finding joy in life has to do with lowering expectations?

Phyllis Okon’s books Mediumship Made Easy: A Guide to Connect with Your Intuitive Self and Expanding Mediumship: Exploring the Ways the Universe is Communicating

Tune in this Wednesday, where Irene interviews Phyllis Okon about her experiences “knowing things” from an early age, her relationship with her husband David both before and after he transitioned, her new book titled 'Mediumship Made Easy: A Guide to Connect with Your Intuitive Self', and much more.

Have you ever wondered what your pet is thinking? Pamela Miller, who is an animal communicator, a psychic medium, and a Reiki practitioner for both humans and animals, hears and feels the thoughts of the animals she encounters, including animals who are sick, injured, or in need of help. After 25 years of teaching and many, many signs from the Universe, Pamela retired, and in this heartfelt episode, Irene chats with Pamela about what it was like to see spirits during her childhood, how she telepathically communicates with animals, why she says that if you don't answer the call, the Universe will knock you on your butt until you answer, the healing that her gifts bring to both humans and animals, Pamela’s experience with a deer stuck in a fence, and more, for a touching, fun and enlightening interview! 

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE: 

• What the spirits Pamela saw when she was a child looked like and sounded like.
• How Pamela manifested her second husband John, who was her “dream come true.”
• What it is like on the “Other Side.”
• How a soul determines if he or she has accomplished all the goals set for oneself in a lifetime.  
• How Pamela’s encounter with a deer stuck in a fence inspired her to pursue her true calling. 
• How Pamela telepathically communicates with animals about their health, behavioral issues, and more. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS PAMELA:

• What kinds of valuable life lessons have the animals in your life taught you?
• Why do you say that there’s enough room in the sky for all the stars to shine?
• How do you find lost pets?
• What led to this belief of yours, if you don't answer the call, the universe will knock you on your butt until you answer?
• What is the process for an animal to cross over? 

$15.00 off all services if Grief and Rebirth is mentioned when booking: animalspiritintuitive.com

✨ Irene’s new anthology book, Good to the Last Drop! Embracing Your Life's Third Chapter, is now available on Amazon.

✨ Get the audiobook version of Irene’s book, They Serve Bagels in Heaven for FREE when you sign up for Audible's FREE 30-day trial using her link: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

✨ For a curated collection of Irene’s favorite books, music, healing events, and self-care essentials, head over to kit.co/GriefandRebirth.

✨ Find your next source of healing and inspiration at the Grief and Rebirth Bookshop.

Listen to all episodes of the Grief and Rebirth Podcast HERE:

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●   Spotify

●   Grief and Rebirth Podcast Page

Find Irene on social media:

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✨ Get your copy of Irene's book: They Serve Bagels in Heaven: One Couple's Story of Love, Eternity, and the Cosmic Importance of Everyday Life

Get access to The Live Your Most Evolved Life Summit Replay, where we showcase a synergy of talent that will heighten your intuition and will undoubtedly illuminate, enlighten, and spark your soul on your evolutionary journey towards ascension.

✨ Sign up for the Grief and Rebirth newsletter to stay up-to-date on forthcoming episodes, events, healing tools, and announcements.

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Modern Mediumship: The Latest Wellness Revolution

Sherry Gallant is a Spiritual Medium, an Intuitive Coach, and a leading voice in the movement known as “Modern Mediumship.” She had a profound life-changing spiritual awakening when a driver made a quick decision resulting in his vehicle colliding with Sherry’s, and when she came to, she was in a cemetery only steps away from the grave of a close friend named Michael, her son’s namesake who had passed away in 1993. This experience reaffirmed Sherry’s connection to the spirit world because she knew that it was Michael who had saved her life that day. Even her injuries, which should have been much more severe, were minimal, and Sherry had no recollection of the impact or pain of the crash. Sherry contributed a fascinating chapter about this life-changing experience to the book "Gathering at the Doorway - An Anthology of Signs, Visits, and Messages from the Afterlife," and she is a beacon of hope and healing for countless individuals worldwide.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/cOLRLMxWm6g

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• Children see Spirit. There is no such thing as “imaginary friends.”
• Sherry’s profound spiritual awakening during the car accident and how it felt as if someone took her out of her car.
• The free-floating lights called “orbs” that we often see in digital photos.
• The new wellness tool for healing, empowerment, and self-discovery called “Modern Mediumship.”

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS SHERRY:

• How did what you call your spiritual Re-Awakening transform your life?
• How can Mediumship be a powerful tool for healing and personal growth? 
• Do all free-floating lights, called “orbs,” look the same? 
• In what ways can those who are not mediums increase their personal connection to those on the Other Side?

Connect with Sherry on her Website, Instagram, and Facebook!

This Wednesday Irene welcomes Sherry Gallant, a Spiritual Medium and Intuitive Coach who has become a beacon of hope and healing for countless individuals worldwide. You'll hear about why she calls the accident her spiritual reawakening, her role as a leading voice in the “Modern Mediumship” movement, mediumship as a tool for healing, empowerment, and self-discovery, the free-floating lights called “orbs,” that we often see in digital photos, and more.

Colin Campbell, a writer and director for theater and film who was nominated for an Academy Award for Seraglio, a short film he wrote and directed with his wife, Gail Lerner, is the author of a powerful memoir about catastrophic loss titled Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss With Hope and Purpose. When his two teenage children, Ruby and Hart, were tragically killed by a drunk driver, Colin was thrown headlong into a grief so deep that he felt he might lose his mind, and he found much of the common wisdom about coping with loss—including the ideas that grieving is a private and mysterious process and that the pain is so great that “there are no words”—to be unhelpful. Join us as Colin shines a light on a path forward through the darkness of grief and empowers us to live more fully while also holding our loved ones close.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• The tragic accident that took Colin’s two teenage children’s lives.
• What a doctor did that became a “beautiful lesson” in Colin’s grief journey.
• Why “there are no words” is akin to the worst thing you can say to someone who is grieving. 
• The amazing, inspiring ways Colin turned his first birthday without his children into a powerful experience of love and active mourning. 
• Why leaning into pain helps a person to be less fearful and promotes healing. 
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SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS COLIN:

• Why is it important to take community with you on your journey through grief?
• What makes grief frightening, and why does it take courage to grieve?
• Why should anyone who has had a traumatic loss seek therapy? 
• Is therapy always unaffordable, and how can we discern if we need a different therapist?
• How did you find a way to think once more about a meaningful future and a life with purpose? 

Next up on Grief and Rebirth, Irene is joined by writer and director Colin Campbell. Colin shares the powerful memoir that he wrote following the catastrophic loss of his two teenage children and what he has learned from his own grief journey, offering an alternative path for processing pain that is active and vocal and truly honors loved ones lost.

Frances Rae Key writes enlightening books, songs, and scripts from the perspective of “the lookout tower of the soul.” Her newest eye-opening book, titled In the Company of Souls: The Remarkable Spiritual Experiences of One Extended Family, is an incredible collection of 87 stories that shine a light on true life supernatural events. Listen in for impressive evidence that our departed loved ones remain with us, heart to heart and soul to soul, to hear about true life mystical events, to learn why it is important to identify first as a soul before we identify with our bodies, and so much more!   

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/GvXjDyuBjww?si=EQlKDlRYnJO8lUIT

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• The deep, timeless connections that exist beyond our physical bodies and how these connections can profoundly impact our lives.
• Supernatural encounters that bridge the gap between the realms of the living and the departed.
• Why it is important to identify first as a soul before we identify with our bodies.
• Ways grief and loss can become transformative experiences that deepen our understanding of the interconnectedness of souls.
• We are all in the process of healing – it is part of the human experience. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS FRANCES:

• How are we heart-to-heart and soul-to-soul with our departed loved ones, even when we are not consciously aware of it?
• What is the concept of time from the soul’s perspective? 
• How can we stop judging when it appears someone is destroying rather than healing?

Frances is having a December sale on all her books, which you can find linked here: 

The Team: A Mother's Wisdom from the Other Side Book's 1–4: https://www.theteambooks.com/paperbkorder

In the Company of Souls: https://amzn.to/3ra0Sso

The Train to Hoffehausen: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1790497434?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

We are thrilled to welcome Frances Rae Key back to the podcast to talk about her latest book titled 'In the Company of Souls', an incredible collection of 87 stories that shine a light on true life supernatural events. Tune in this coming Wednesday!

Release Your Inner Light by Clearing Soul Blocks

Ellie Pechet is a Meta-physician, a Medium, a Shaman, and the author of Hitching a Ride: A Guide to Earthbound Spirits and How They Affect You. Her unique healing format, called The Pechet Healing Technique, combines her many skills and intuitive tools to access and dissolve the unconscious causes of emotional and physical issues, remove blocks at the cellular level, and disconnect attached negative entities. In this enlightening episode, Ellie shares the magic of her healing sessions, how she guides Earthbound spirits back to the light, the ways she offers closure to those left behind, and how she is able to bring peace to families torn apart by tragedy. Ellie also speaks about the accelerated evolution happening in our world, emphasizing that as we transition from the third dimension to the fourth and fifth dimensions, healing will be a key ingredient to creating more peace, harmony, and joy in our lives.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2__MSIHtqQ&list=PL7judgDzhkAWmfyB5r5WgFD6ahombBvoh&index=89

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• How clearing soul obstructions can lead to profound personal transformation.
• What are entities and how to know if entities are affecting you negatively.
• How Ellie removes negative entities from a person.
• The impact of accelerated evolution on our world and the quest for peace and harmony.
• How Ellie is the key that unlocks the door to a person’s freedom.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS ELLIE:

• How did your maternal grandmother open your third eye when you were two years old?
• Is removal of negative entities permanent? 
• How do you help stuck Spirits return to the light so that they can progress with their soul growth and development?  
• How does astral projection enable you to work remotely with your clients? 
• How did you help a client avoid invasive surgery?

Ellie is offering a free 30-minute Mediumship session when you sign up for 1 or more sessions. All you have to do is say you heard Ellie on this podcast: https://www.phoenixrisinghealing.com/ 

Ellie is also offering the first few pages of her book. If you are interested, you can purchase the book via Amazon. Please reach out to Ellie directly and mention The Grief and Rebirth podcast. 

Listeners can reach Ellie by: 

E-mail: ellie@phoenixrisinghealing.com 

Website: www.PhoenixRisingHealing.com 

My phone: 508-237-4929  

Connect with Ellie on Instagram: @phoenixrisinghealing 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixRisingHealing 

This Wednesday, we introduce listeners to Meta-Physician, Medium, and Shaman, Ellie Pechet. Irene talks to Ellie about why and how her maternal grandmother opened her third eye when she was just two years old, her unique and highly effective format called The Pechet Healing Technique, her new book titled Hitching A Ride, A Guide to Earthbound Spirits and How They Affect You, and much more.

With financial expertise, compassion, and kindness, Stacy Francis educates and empowers women in transition through divorce and widowhood to live their lives to the fullest. During her childhood, Stacy watched her grandmother stay in an abusive marriage because she did not have the skills to effectively deal with money, and this insight both changed Stacy’s life and inspired her career in finance. She is a Certified Financial Planner, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, a Certified Estate and Trust Specialist, and a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist who is the president and CEO of her company, Francis Financial, and Stacy is also the founder of the non-profit Savvy Ladies, which has positively impacted the lives of over 30,000 women by offering invaluable resources, webinars, and personalized guidance from certified financial experts. Join us for a heartwarming episode filled with wisdom, compassion, and inspiration, as Stacy highlights the significance of financial empowerment for women, explains how grief can affect a widow emotionally, physically, mentally, and even spiritually, describes self-care tools that allow women to take care of themselves emotionally, offers constructive ways a woman can cope with the effects of grief and more! 

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR THINGS LIKE:

• The ways Stacy’s grandmother’s story inspired the current trajectory of Stacy’s life. 
• Why choosing a financial advisor is a “gut thing.”
• The most objective and unbiased financial advisors are fee-only advisors who don’t get paid in any other way but from the client. 
• How the financial decisions a woman makes during her divorce impact her future, and the benefits of working with a Divorce Financial Planner. 
• Why the core values shared by Stacy and each member of her team is highly important for each of her clients.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS STACY:

• How does your work as a grief recovery specialist help you to support your clients who are experiencing and grieving the loss of a loved one? 
• In what ways can grief affect a widow emotionally, physically, mentally, and even spiritually?
• What are the benefits of working with a Divorce Financial Planner?
• How does the non-profit Savvy Ladies empower women to identify their goals, make proactive choices about their finances, and lead richer, more rewarding lives? 
• Why are the most important professionals a woman needs on her team an estate planning attorney, a financial advisor, and a therapist? 

Next on Grief and Rebirth, Irene Weinberg interviews Stacy Francis on how she is helping women who have lost a spouse with financial and legal matters, as well as equipping them with tools to look after their emotional well-being.

In honor of Baby Loss Awareness Week this year, we revisit Sherokee Ilse's poignant journey. After experiencing the heart-wrenching loss of three babies—through miscarriage, a full-term stillborn son, and an ectopic pregnancy—Sherokee became a mentor for grieving parents, helping them navigate their deep anguish and despair.

As a mother of two living sons and a pioneer in perinatal loss and bereavement, Sherokee has authored 18 books and booklets on loss and healing, including her most renowned work, Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death. With over 30 years of expertise, she has passionately spoken, trained, and consulted worldwide on topics such as miscarriage, stillbirth, NICU losses, sudden infant death, child loss, and general bereavement.

A wonderful story I wanted to share about this interview is that it inspired a woman named Julie Reskakis to reach out to her, affirming that this was the work Julie felt called to do. After training with Sherokee for seven months, both online and in person in Pittsburgh, Julie recognized Sherokee’s program as the gold standard in the field of perinatal bereavement. Upon becoming certified, she proposed a perinatal bereavement program at Holy Name Medical Center, aimed at supporting families through their loss and helping them create precious memories in the time they have together.

Now a member of the staff on the Labor and Delivery unit, Julie feels honored to do this vital work. She emphasizes the profound impact of the podcast and Sherokee's wisdom, which have changed her life and the lives of the families she serves.

Watch the interview with Sherokee here on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/nu7HUvFvhZU

You can learn more about Julie's inspiring story in Irene's latest book, Good to Last Drop: https://amzn.to/4ekLxsS.

Reach out to Sherokee at:

www.babiesremembered.org

www.babylossfamilyadvisors.org

www.sherokeeilse.com

Find out more about Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ:

https://www.holyname.org/

Julie Lazar Reskakis:

https://griffincaresfoundation.org/about/julie-lazar-reskakis/

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8 Steps That Healed My Trauma and Could Change Your Life Too

Melanie Smith started her career as a platinum-selling, international songwriter, and an award-winning actress. She is now a Master Level Coach who, having experienced much loss in her own life, is passionate about helping people in their healing. Melanie coaches her clients in all areas of relationships, love, loss, business, health, finance, branding, and creativity as they teach her every day that anything is possible, providing living proof that through hard work and commitment, we can all grow, change, and succeed. Her compassionate new book, titled Unfinished Business: 8 Steps to heal Your Trauma, Transcend Your Past, and Transform Your Life is a user-friendly guidebook for the heart that is infused with hard-won wisdom from Melanie’s own experiences with grief, loss, and trauma. 

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/HFs46ZVj4E0

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The amazing Melanie Smith joins Irene for a truly inspiring conversation on how having hope and curiosity during the time of healing is a profound pathway to true recovery.

Did you know that the Emotional Freedom Technique, known as tapping, can eliminate the subconscious blocks that are keeping you from creating the business – and the life – that you truly want? Nancy Linnerooth, who is a Harvard Law School-trained attorney, a therapist, and a practitioner of the Emotional Freedom Technique, is helping people to heal from those traumatic experiences causing the procrastination, avoidance, and self-sabotage impeding the successful lives they are dreaming of. Tune in for a fascinating interview that can surely open new doors for healing and transformation in your life! 

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• What inspired Nancy to become an attorney, then a therapist, then a practitioner of EFT?
• Nancy’s struggles with her own subconscious blocks. 
• How tapping on different parts of the body helps to balance energy, reduce physical and emotional pain, and get rid of unconscious blocks. 
• Some of the signs that indicate a person has internal blocks.
• How Nancy helped her client Pam to remove her money blocks and increase her profitability.
• Internalized rules many women absorb from their childhoods and trauma that get triggered when they go after their dreams. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS NANCY:

• How did releasing your own subconscious blocks change your life? 
• What is your unique system that identifies and ranks which internal blocks are holding a woman back? 
• How did three sessions of tapping along with your guidance help a woman named Rita to save her therapy practice?
• How did your client named Gillian release the subconscious block about her brother that kept her from being successful?
• Why is tapping more effective at pushing away subconscious rules and blocks than reason and logic?
• What is your Subconscious Blocks Quiz?

Did you know that the Emotional Freedom Technique, known as tapping, can eliminate subconscious blocks that are holding you back? Mark your calendars for this coming Wednesday, as Irene is joined by Nancy Linnerooth to share how you can use EFT tapping to create the business – and the life – that you truly want!

Jacob Cooper is a Mental Health Therapist, Thought Influencer, Healer, and Near-Death Experiencer who specializes in Past Life Regression Therapy. He is a sought-after speaker on grief, wisdom, and consciousness who mixes his deep spirituality with his knowledge of human psychology to help people uncover their emotional barriers, enjoy improved wellness, and achieve resiliency.

In this incredibly enlightening interview, Jacob and Irene discuss his powerful new book titled The Wisdom of Jacob’s Ladder, which reveals the many lessons Jacob learned from both his astounding Near Death Experience and out-of-body experiences, why he views death as a rebirth or renewal, how some of our past lives are significant to our current life, and what it means to be the holder of the keys to our own soul. And he challenges us by asking, “Are you stressed because you are living your life for temporary meaning instead of living for eternity?” Tune in for an insightful and interesting conversation about eternal consciousness and its profound impact on our well-being!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• Jacob’s astounding near-death experience when he was 3 years old and what it taught him about past lives, angels, and spirit guides.
• Why death is a rebirth or renewal, not an ending. 
• The difference between a Near Death Experience and an out-of-body experience. 
• Family members are not random occurrences, there is a spiritual lesson tied to our experiences with family. 
• The ways we can operate from a soul level instead of from judgment, especially with children.

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Prepare to be captivated as Irene Weinberg is joined by health therapist, thought influencer, and healer, Jacob Cooper. Together, they delve into the enlightening pages of Jacob's two powerful books: "Life After Breath" and "The Wisdom of Jacob's Ladder, and the profound insights he has gained from his Near-Death Experience.

Did you know that you’ve lived before, that there is a library of all your past lives, that you made a soul plan for this life you are living, and that you can change your karma? 

Tune in for this powerful interview with Lisa Barnett, the internationally recognized author, teacher, and healer who has devoted her life as a Divine channel of the Akasha, the library of each soul’s journey, that helps people connect to their soul guidance. 

Her empowering new book, titled “Your Soul Has a Plan: Awaken to Your Life Purpose through Your Akashic Records,” guides us to embrace the path our soul has laid out for us by finding the core truth of who we are. This incredibly insightful, enlightening, and transformative interview is not to be missed!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL HEAR THINGS LIKE:

• What it was like for Lisa to be born “consciously aware.”
• The library of each soul’s journey is known as The Akashic Records.
• How the Masters, Teachers, and Beings of Light keep track of our thoughts, feelings, actions, and deeds from each lifetime.
• How losing her two best friends as a teenager ignited Lisa’s soul path to become a healer.
• The way the Akashic Masters came into Lisa’s life and the profound information they conveyed to her. 
• Why most of us forget our life plans as soon as we are born. 
• How each soul path is created.
• The difference between our soul and our larger Oversoul.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS LISA:

• Have any of the Akashic Record Keepers had human lives? 
• In what ways do the Akashic Masters assist you with the healing work you are doing? 
• Do we have soul paths regarding the different types of relationships in our lives? 
• Is there good and bad karma? 
• How do the messages of our soul help us to feel clear, move forward, and be excited about our lives? 
• Does a person’s business or career have a soul?
• How does working with the Akashic Records help a person to find true love, improve existing relationships, and detach from toxic relationships?

Irene is joined by Lisa Barnett, an internationally recognized author, teacher, and healer with more than 30 years of experience in the Spiritual healing forum, to talk about why each of us has an intricately planned soul path. Stay tuned for more!

Irene gives a sneak peek at her forthcoming interview with Eric Hodgdon on why most people merely survive the loss of a loved one and struggle for the rest of their lives.

Next up, Irene has an upcoming interview with Pamela Miller, an animal communicator and psychic.

You'll hear Pamela talk about her childhood experiences, her ability to telepathically communicate with animals, and her encounters with lost pets and other animals. Don't miss it!

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Rob Schwartz is a spiritual teacher, a highly regarded hypnotist, and a therapist who specializes in past life and between lives soul regressions, which help people heal and understand their life plans.

In this fascinating and enlightening interview, some of the topics Rob speaks about are the choices we make before we are born that form our life plans, the difference between young souls and evolved souls, why we sometimes choose to add scary, hard, and difficult decisions to our lives, why some souls plan their lives with the possibility, or even the probability, of ending their lives, and the difference for the soul when a person ends his or her own life from fear or love. 

Tune in for deeply healing information about embracing life after the loss of a loved one to suicide, what it means to evolve and ascend, and much more! 

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR THINGS LIKE:

• Rob’s journey to writing three books about pre-birth planning.
• The difference between a young soul and an evolved soul.
• What it means to evolve and ascend.
• How all the details and planning for a new lifetime take place.
• How suicide affects a person’s desire to evolve and ascend.
• The healing that takes place for those who end their lives when they arrive on the Other Side. 
• How those who have lost a loved one to suicide can heal their deep wounds. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS ROB SCHWARTZ:

• Can you tell a young soul from an evolved soul while they are in a body? 
• Do we plan to experience great challenges before we are born in order to evolve and ascend? 
• How do all the details and planning for a new lifetime take place? 
• Does the soul consider the free will decisions that the personality may make when planning a new lifetime?
• Is suicide considered a sin, a transition, or a loss on the Other Side? 
• Do those who end their lives have to pick up the same lessons in another lifetime? 
• What is the difference for the soul when a person ends his or her life from fear or love?   

AJ experienced devastating grief when he lost his 33-year-old wife Cory to brain cancer, leaving him alone to raise their 1-year-old daughter Zoey. He also faced accepting his hearing impairment, learning to deal with anxiety and panic attacks, and recovering from job losses. But rather than succumbing to despair, AJ chose to embrace, accept, and grow from the challenges before him.

After he started his Keep Those Feet Moving blog in 2013 to share his advice, experiences, and philosophical wisdom with the world, close friends, and family members, who were all astonished by how AJ was able to stay strong after losing his precious Cory, encouraged him to write his book Keep Those Feet Moving: A Widower’s 8 Step Guide to Surviving and Thriving Against All Odds.

In Keep Those Feet Moving, which is AJ’s gift to people who are suffering losses and challenges, he offers wise actions that can be taken to move beyond difficulties and toward happiness. Be sure to listen in as AJ, who is now a Grief-Resilience Mentor, shares his remarkable story with impressive honesty, vulnerability, and strength!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR THINGS LIKE:

• The “life script” that AJ believes is already partially written when we are born, and the stopping points and forks in the road that can be life-altering and influence our life script. 
• How AJ overcame the bullying and resulting social challenges he endured during his childhood due to his hearing impairment, and how he did not let his impairment define him. 
• Losing Cory when he was 33 years old led AJ to discover his life’s mission.
• AJ’s “why” vs. “where” principle when it comes to coping with different types of grief and moving forward. 
• The ways AJ perceives Cory is now an angel in his and Zoey’s life.
• How AJ has handled the tough questions Zoey has asked him about her mom.
• AJ’s 5 steps to success as a single parent. 
• AJ’s experiences with job loss, and how he bounced back each time. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS AJ COLEMAN:

• Why do you compare losing someone you love with a marathon? 
• What healing modalities have you utilized to overcome trauma, panic attacks, anxiety, and guilt about dating once again? 
• What would you like to explain to us about our “comfort zones” and “trade-offs?”
• What do you mean when you say that “you are your own power source?”
• What is your wise guidance about finding happiness no matter what obstacles are in the way? 
• How did the spiritual transformation you had in Israel change your understanding of your life’s purpose, your hearing impairment, and all the setbacks you have experienced? 

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Keep Those Feet Moving: A Widower’s 8-Step Guide to Coping with Grief and Thriving Against All Odds

Julia Samuel MBE is a highly regarded psychotherapist and author in the UK whose work and insights into grief and trauma are prolific and profound. Her many accomplishments and accolades include being a Founder Patron of the leading national charity Child Bereavement UK, being appointed a Member of the British Empire for her services to bereaved parents of babies, becoming a vice president of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, writing three wise, transformative books about grief, and hosting a podcast called Therapy Works. In 2021, Julia launched her truly remarkable Grief Works app, which has earned over 1000 five-star reviews. It is a fantastic mobile application for IOS and Android that helps the bereaved navigate their grief, transforming the often-overwhelming grief journey into a reflective, supportive, and positive experience step by step, and literally at a person’s fingertips. The Grief Works app makes an incredible, meaningful gift of healing from those who wish to support a loved one or a friend who is experiencing the difficult and painful journey of grief, and it is also a special gift a grieving person can give him or herself. Tune in to this powerful, insights-filled episode with Julia Samuel today!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• What moved Julia to work with grieving individuals as her lifelong mission and purpose. 
• The wonderful work Child Bereavement UK does to support grieving families and train professionals.
• What inspired Julia to create the Grief Works app, her nurturing, healing resource for anyone trying to cope with the death of a loved one. 
• Why loss of identity is a common side effect of grief. 
• The comprehensive course in the Grief Works app that helps a person work through grief for a mere 15 minutes a day.
• How Julia’s Eight Pillars of Strength help those who are grieving become more able to cope with life.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS JULIA:

• What are the Stages of Grief and why is grief a naturally adaptive process?
• In what ways can grief affect the body, and why do grieving people often feel lost, alone, and fearful?
• How does the GriefWorks app provide compassionate guidance and support for managing emotions?
• In what ways does the Grief Works app present ideal coping mechanisms, and holistically guide transition into a new life?

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Coming tomorrow! Irene Weinberg interviews Julia Samuel MBE, a highly regarded psychotherapist, and pediatric counselor, about what inspired her to work with individuals grieving the loss of the person they love, how grief is a naturally adaptive process, and how her remarkable Grief Works App provides practical strategies, comforting advice, and a community of support, literally at a person’s fingertips.

Marv’s wife Marty once told him, “To be happy, you have to decide to be happy.” Marv’s touching book “When the Rocks Sing” couples Marv’s voice, a man who lost his beloved wife to cancer, with the perspective of the grief counselor who walked the road of rebuilding and resiliency with him.

Join us for a heartwarming, inspiring and wise interview with author Marv Weidner, whose poignant book, “When the Rocks Sing,” recounts his story of losing his beloved wife of 19 years to cancer and the incredible life lessons he learned as he grieved, found resilience, and rebuilt his life. One of those special lessons Marv learned is that resiliency is not about “snapping back” to life as it was. It’s about letting loss transform you into something new.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• The emotional and physical intimacy Marv and Marty experienced during her cancer that was deeper and more spiritual than anything they had ever experienced before.
• The importance of keeping a person safe within our hearts with acceptance and love and without judgment.The ways Marty taught Marv that being happy is a decision.
• How Marv discovered a new sense of purpose after Marty transitioned.
• The insightful perspective of Carol Davis, Marv’s therapist and co-author, who helped Marv to survive, ultimately thrive and fall back in love with life.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS MARV:

• Please tell us about your precious Marty, describe your relationship, and tell us about your shared Zen Buddhism.
• What was Marty’s remarkable response to the news that she had cancer from which there was no escape?
• What was the inspiration for the title of your book, “When the Rocks Sing”?
• How does accepting the impermanence of life help us to survive a loss?
• What is the greatest gift you and Marty ever gave each other, that transcends death?

This is a wise interview with a remarkable man that will touch your heart and inspire you: “Grief resulting from the loss of a loved one can overwhelm us for a time, it will become part of us always, but it does not determine our future. We can choose to be happy, choose our purpose and how we will live each day.”

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Your sensitivity is an extraordinary gift that allows you to tap into your intuition, amplify your vitality, and empowers you to create a beneficial influence on the world. Being a highly sensitive person (an HSP) is a gift that reveals our divinely intuitive natures, amplifies our vibration, and partners our hearts with our minds to uplift the world. This episode’s guest is Medium, Author, Intuitive Coach, and Spirit-Guided Musician Heidi Connolly, who is known as the Celestial Professor, Purveyor of Down-to-Earth Spirituality for Everyday Life, and this very enlightening episode is for everyone who knows an HSP, who loves an HSP, who wants to understand an HSP, or feels lost in their own high sensitivity!

Heidi’s newest book, Elevating Your HSPness: How to Live a High-Frequency Life That Amplifies Your Vibration, Celebrates Your Sensitivities, and Uplifts the World, holds the key to understanding the true meaning of sensitivity. In this illuminating discussion, Heidi reveals how sensitivity is not a curse but a profound blessing that unveils our divinely intuitive natures. She shares her personal experiences as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). identifies four superpowers of the highly sensitive person, and encourages us to embrace our sensitivities as a transformative journey that enriches our lives and makes a positive impact in the world. Don’t miss this captivating episode that will expand your perception of sensitivity and awaken you to your own divinely intuitive nature.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• Heidi’s transformation and rebirth after the loss of her husband Randy.
• What inspired Heidi to become a life coach for high sensitives and those grieving deceased loved ones?
• How each of us can identify if we are a high-sensitive?
• The four superpowers of the highly sensitive person.
• How to live a high-frequency life that elevates our vibration.
• The ways highly sensitive people partner the heart with the mind to uplift the world.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS NANCY:

• What are the common myths that center around high sensitivity?
• What is a “high-sensitive, and how can each of us determine if we are a “high-sensitive?”
• What is your guidance for the HSP when it comes to reeling in the superpower called psychic tentacles?
• What does the superpower known as the Intuitive Guidance System help to transform for an HSP?

Sheela Jaganathan became a past life/current life Regression Therapist and Life Coach after an out-of-body experience changed her view of the Afterlife. Her focus on guiding clients from all walks of life towards inner clarity and into their soul-knowing is beautifully expressed through Sheela’s remarkable book titled Hello Me!: Self-Empowerment and Healing Through Past Life Regression Therapy. She is also a contributor to the book Gathering At The Doorway: An Anthology of Signs, Visits, and Messages from the Afterlife, and she is a professional member of Spiritual Regression Therapy Association (SRTA) and Earth Association for Regression Therapy (EARTh). Tune in to this conversation to learn about Sheela’s out-of-body experience, the fascinating way she came to write her book Hello Me!, how writing Hello Me! brought closure to a past life that ended unfairly and tragically for her, the ways regression therapy integrates the lessons learned from the past into a client’s current life, what is soul knowing, and more!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR THINGS LIKE:

• Sheela’s out-of-body experience that changed her view of the Afterlife
• How Sheela’s daughter remembered that she had “fallen out of Sheela” before she was conceived
• What inspired Sheela to become a past life/current life regression therapist and Life Coach
• How past life regression therapy integrates the lessons learned from the past into a client’s current life
• What part of our current life experiences do we take with us when we depart from this life
• What is soul knowing
• How Sheela gets negative attachments to release their hold on a person

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS SHEELA:

• How does regression therapy go beyond viewing past lives to transforming challenging moments and integrating the lessons learned from the past into a client’s current life?
• What is our “higher self,” and what part of us reincarnates?
• How is releasing negative attachments like freeing ourselves from the influence of a toxic friend?
• How did various types of angels help your client to identify her current life purpose regarding love, communication, and spirituality?
• Why does it take a variety of healing modalities, ideas, and tools to help us navigate our adult lives?

Learn more about Sheela and her services, visit her website www.sheelajaganathan.com

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Harmony Kwiker is a psychotherapist, a professor of transpersonal counseling, the Founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment, and the author of two important books titled Reveal: Embody the True Self Beyond Trauma and Conditioning and her most recent book titled Align: Living and Loving from the True Self. Her purpose and mission is to bridge the divide between traditional and spiritual transformation by inspiring people to consciously heal and transform their lives, because when we are in alignment, life flows, it feels right to be alive, and relationships flourish!

In this episode, you'll hear about things like:

• Harmony’s spiritual awakening when she was 22 years old and the miraculous spiritual transformation she has experienced throughout her life.
• The difference between living and loving from the conditioned self and living and loving from the true self.
• The types of issues transpersonal psychology addresses.
• Why it isn’t selfish or self-centered to focus on personal development, and why, when we heal, the whole world heals with us.

Some questions Irene asks Harmony:

• What is the difference between having a relationship and being in a relationship, and what is the difference between being in an unconscious relationship and being in a conscious relationship?
• What is the difference between a spiritual awakening and spiritual transformation?
• How do the vibrations of our subtle energy body become mistuned by life and form blockages in our energy centers?
• What is the connection between spirituality, consciousness, and healing?

Lisa Snyder is a former engineer who was shown a Native American chief in her mind’s eye while in a meditative state during a massage. Healing sounds organically began to express through her vocal cords, and this very personal introduction to the world of Spirit not only inspired Lisa to train in evidential mediumship, but she also received evidence validating that the shared healing sounds expressed through her vocal cords are coming from the Highest Source—of love and light. Lisa refers to these sounds as Healing with the Ancients, using her voice in this unique way to help people raise their vibrational frequency to heal themselves.

In this episode, Lisa walks us through her journey of awakening, she shares how she uses her gifts to heal people who are struggling with trauma, and she treats us to a magical mini-healing session that gives us a sneak peek into her special, unique healing gifts. Tune in and be inspired by this truly fascinating conversation!

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/S7EUIy0Yrtg

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• How Lisa’s sensitivity expressed itself during her formative years.
• How an angel helped direct Lisa to where her lost son was in a park.
• Lisa received a vision of a Native American chief in her mind’s eye while in a meditative state during a massage, and healing sounds organically began to express through her vocal cords.
• How “Healing With the Ancients” helps people to raise their vibrational frequency to heal themselves and then share that healing energy with others.
• A magical mini-healing session that gives us a sneak peek into Lisa’s special, unique healing gifts.

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By easing the discomfort associated with talking about the often-taboo subject of death, Jamie helps people to face their mortality and live better, more meaningful lives. In this episode, Jamie Sarche, who is a writer, a seasoned speaker, and the Director of Pre-arranged Funeral Planning for Feldman Mortuary, Denver, Colorado’s most trusted Jewish funeral home, discusses how people can be less afraid of death by breaking down the taboos around discussing this often-difficult subject.

She shares her insights and approaches on how to have challenging conversations and address sensitive issues and explains her unique perspective on funeral pre-planning, which is to help people put their funeral plans in place long before they need them so that they can make educated decisions unclouded by grief.

Jamie also touches on the importance of allowing little children to be part of the death and grief process instead of protecting them from it and reveals which forms of “burial’ are best for the health of our planet. Tune in for a compassionate, honest, and thought-provoking discussion that offers a fresh perspective on death and dying.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• You live more fully when you recognize life is finite.
• Helpful, supportive tips for talking with kids about death and grief. 
• What Jamie says to people who demystify death and helps them face their mortality.
• Fire cremation is horrible for the environment.
• Jamie’s insights and approaches to having difficult conversations and addressing sensitive issues. 
• Grief is not a linear process.
• Giving our loved ones a ritual to process death is an important healing gift to them. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS JAMIE:

• Have you always been comfortable talking about often-taboo subjects?
• What do you say to people who demystify death and help them face their mortality?
• How does funeral pre-planning help a person avoid chaos and dysfunction when their loved one dies?
• Do you have any insights or approaches about how to have difficult conversations about sensitive issues?
• What do you teach people about dealing with the waves of grief?
• What are some of your helpful, supportive tips for talking with kids about death and grief?

Does grief get better and bring perspective over time? Kevin Campbell is a popular singer/songwriter whose latest album release, called The Stages, captures the whirlwind of feelings Kevin experienced after losing Melissa, his girlfriend of 22 years, during the spring of 2021. With its mix of styles ranging from blues, soul, jazz, funk, folk, country, and R&B, the songs in The Stages chronicle Kevin’s journey through the stages of grief and express the deep love Kevin shared with his girlfriend Melissa. There is an extra-special treat in this Grief and Rebirth Podcast interview, because not only does Keven share the amazing coincidences that occurred after Melissa transitioned, how his session with a medium 4 months after Melissa died helped him, the ways he helped himself to heal, and more, Kevin plays one of his songs from The Stages and shares its special meaning with us during the interview!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• How Kevin taught himself to play guitar at 26 years old.
• How Melissa passed, and her premonition that she might die young. 
• The surprise letter Melissa left Kevin that has helped him live his life and try to find joy. 
• How a session with a medium helped Kevin on his healing journey.
• How grief made Kevin the best version of himself.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS KEVIN:

• What was your relationship with Melissa like, and how did she pass? 
• What were the amazing coincidences that occurred in your life after Melissa transitioned?
• In what ways did grief show you how much people truly love you?
• How did grief make you grow up in unexpected ways?
• What would you like to play for us?

Check out Kevin's latest album called The Stages which chronicles his journey through the stages of grief: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5OBwFIxpHHkl55UfNB77gP?si=3IjfKVC7Q2CbDu5pApKlzg

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Many of us find comfort within our church community, especially when we’re at a difficult time in our lives. For Sandy Phillips Kirkham, what was a place of warmth became a place of intense trauma when she was 16 years old.

In this episode, she sits down with Irene Weinberg to talk about her award-winning book, Let Me Prey Upon You, in which she details how a charismatic youth mister preyed upon her, betrayed her, left her broken with a shattered faith, and brought about the ultimate shame of being blamed and forced from the church she loved. 

Sandy also describes her healing journey that began when she confronted the minister during her quest for justice and closure 27 years after his heinous behavior began. Now an advocate for other victims of clergy sexual abuse and child abuse, Sandy’s riveting, important story about dreadful clergy abuse is more than a story of intense trauma; it is an important story about healing and rebirth.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• How a charismatic youth minister targeted an innocent 16-year-old and preyed upon her.
• How grooming sets a victim up to accept unusual behaviors.
• How the minister established control over Sandy and manipulated her. 
• How Sandy eventually broke away from her abuser. 
• Sandy’s husband’s reaction when he learned about the degrading abuse Sandy had hidden from him for 27 years.
• The difference in perspective when the abuser is Catholic or non-Catholic. 
• How the ministry called Hope of Survivors is helping victims of clergy sexual abuse.
• How Sandy eventually forgave both herself and her abuser.
• How Sandy’s confrontation with her abuser came about.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS SANDY:

• What made you a vulnerable target for your youth minister, who was a charismatic wolf in sheep’s clothing?
• In what ways did your youth minister target you, groom you, and prey upon you when you were an innocent 16-year-old girl?
• How did understanding the terms love bombing, grooming, gaslighting, and manipulation allow you to begin your healing process?
• How did you eventually break away from your abuser?
• Please tell us about the people who believed you, believed in you, and supported you as you journeyed toward healing and resolution.
• How did your confrontation with your abuser come about?
• What is the impact spiritually when abuse occurs within the church?
• How were you able to eventually forgive yourself and your abuser?
• What inspired you to become an advocate for a ministry called The Hope for Survivors?
• What is your message about the importance of healing?
• Abuse forever changes a person and healing takes time. Can there be joy again?

Kerri Hummingbird Sami is a Shamanic healer, a Mentor, and the author of Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity. She is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose.

As a Shamanic healer and mentor, Kerri catalyzes mind shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom, noting that people operate through differing lenses of perception, therefore we must all be careful about what we give our power away to.

During this enlightening and highly transformative interview, Kerri shares how she overcame trauma, found healing through nature, and now serves as a channel for other people to all dimensions of time, space, and consciousness. She also brings us insights about the important planetary Wake-Up call that is on its way to all of us.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• How the violence in Kerri’s family system and childhood inspired her to pursue radical changes in her own life
• How Kerri set herself free from a negative mental diagnosis and abuse by taking the road less traveled.
• The important Wake Up Call that is coming, that will open our hearts and lead us to a new way of living.
• The fog that prevents us from seeing ourselves and others clearly. 
• The pathway forward to a New Earth of sovereign humans begins with each of us.
• The Luminous Warrior within is able to let others be true to themselves because she is true to herself. 
• The false personality that is constructed in phases of childhood development. 
• Kerri’s private mentoring, shamanic healing, illumination healing, and discovery sessions.
• Why it is essential to slow down, soften our hearts, and open our hearts to what is right in front of us in order to heal. 

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS KERRI:

• What was the trauma you experienced in your childhood, the diagnosis that put you in a proverbial cage, and the abusive life you created for yourself? 
• What is your story about the magic of a hummingbird visiting you on a Vision Quest in the woods? 
• Is the seismic Wake-Up Call associated with the rise in vibration on this planet from 3D to 5D?
• What is “The Smokey Mirror,” and how can we heal ourselves by working with it?
• What was your motivation to write your book Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity?
• What is the ancient Earth wisdom that we must remember that will save humanity?
• How are deep healing and forgiveness connected?
• What was your own personal Wake-Up call that transformed your life? 
• In what ways do people operate through different lenses of perception, and what does that have to do with giving away our power? 

Renewing your relationship with food is not just about what you eat, but how you think about food. It's a journey of self-discovery that can lead to improved health, a loving relationship with yourself, and a life filled with energy and vitality. In this episode, Bobbi Giudicelli, founder of Read The Ingredients, delves into the topic of abuse, addiction, and relationship with food. Bobbi tells her story of transformation, starting with her sister passing away from cancer, her father's heart disease and worsening dementia, and her own struggle with severe chronic fatigue. These events prompted her to look beyond traditional Western medicine and explore the impact of nutrition on our health and wellbeing. Bobbi also shares gold nuggets and sneak peeks from her book, Freedom From A Toxic Relationship With Food: A Journey That Will Give You Your Life Back. Bobbi discusses why diets always fail, the significance of comprehending the foods we consume in relation to our health and weight, and her personal journey towards a positive relationship with food. Tune in and learn how to transform your relationship with food.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/-2-wJa5e88U?si=wtNNZ1c1il2r5Qsq

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• Bobbi’s personal experience with severe eating disorders and how it has affected her personal life and relationships.
• The psychology of eating and food addiction.
• Why diets don’t work.
• Healthy lifestyle and aging.
• How Bobbi’s journey to change her relationship with food from toxic to loving impact her relationship with herself.
• The message of Freedom from a Toxic Relationship with Food: A Journey That Will Give You Your Life Back.
• What Read the Ingredients has to offer.
• How Bobbi transformed herself spiritually with the help of her horses.
• Bobbi’s advice on finding joy in life.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS NANCY:

• How was your experience with severe eating disorders?
• Tell us about the psychology of eating and food addiction.
• How would you define processed food?
• Why don’t diets work?
• Is it normal to accept that our weight is going to go up and our energy is going to go down as we age?
• Would you say getting older in any situation in life is more of a mindset?
• Who did you write the book, Freedom from a Toxic Relationship with Food: A Journey That Will Give You Your Life Back, for?
• How did your journey to change your relationship with food from toxic to loving impact your relationship with yourself?
• What is “gluten-free” all about?
• Tell us about Read the Ingredients. What are your popular items and where can people purchase them?
• Would you tell us a little more about the spiritual side of who you are with your horses and how this new lifestyle change has led to your desire to be of service to others?
• What is the Bobbi tip for finding joy in life?

Do you love to do something but have no courage to do it? What holds you back from leaping a bigger, better, braver life? Today, Nancy Pickard, the author of Bigger Better Braver, dives into conquering your fears and embracing the courage to transform your life. She also touches on shadow beliefs and how uncovering them in your conscious mind can help you transform your life. Nancy also explains why setting healthy boundaries benefits you. Let’s embrace courage and transform our lives. Tune in to this episode and start stepping into a bigger, better, braver life.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

·        How to move on from loss

·        Nancy’s journey to finding inner self-love

·        Nancy’s experience climbing Kilimanjaro

·        What shadow beliefs are and how they can sabotage your life

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS NANCY:

·        What inspired you to seek coaching, which led you to healing and transformation?

·        What is your advice to people who want to gain clarity about the type of relationships they want in their life, be it same-sex or love relationships?

·        How can a person uncover and embrace their shadow beliefs so that they can give themselves permission to live a bigger life?

What is your tip for finding joy in life? 

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