Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life

Loss can shake us to our core, but it can also become the birthplace of profound strength. In this moving episode, Stacey Johnson shares her healing journey after the sudden loss of her husband and stepfather, and how that experience inspired her mission to help women build resilience through life’s hardest seasons. We explore nervous system healing, common misconceptions about resilienc...

The journey through grief—especially after losing a parent at a young age—can open the door to profound healing, spiritual growth, and inner transformation. In this episode, Irene Weinberg welcomes Gyani Richards, a grief educator with an M.A. in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, a second‑degree black belt in Aikido, and more than 40 years of experience studying meditation and wisdom traditions. Gyani’s life changed at 13 when h...

What if grief isn’t something to fix but a doorway to transformation? Gyani Richards, a certified grief educator, shares how losing his father at 13 set him on a lifelong path of mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual growth. Discover the hidden gifts in loss and how grief can unlock your deepest strength and joy.

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Growing Up Interracial, Losing Her Mother, and Finding Her Voice 

Finding your voice and letting yourself be heard is never easy. One must go through a ton of hardships and overcome every shred of doubt to achieve this. Leadership coach and author Ingrid Dahl had to deal with grief and trauma to find healing and unleash her power; she joins Irene Weinberg to reveal what it took for her to recover from the intergenerational ...

Join me and Ingrid Dahl, author and TEDx speaker, as we explore her memoir Sun Shining on Morning Snow. We dive into growing up in an interracial family, healing generational trauma, and embracing life authentically. A moving conversation about love, loss, and living your truest self.

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Discover the extraordinary world of intuitive healing and spiritual awakening in this powerful conversation between Irene Weinberg and renowned ascension guide Hillary Faye. Learn how Hillary turns heartbreak and trauma into power and purpose through telepathic communication with benevolent guides, goddesses, and higher-dimensional beings. Explore her dog’s surprising ascension, the profound awakening it sparked, and how it sh...

Get ready to be inspired by Hillary Faye, an intuitive healer who turned a childhood filled with trauma into a life devoted to guiding thousands toward spiritual awakening. In this episode, she shares how she channels healing transmissions, connects with higher-dimensional guides from angels to star beings, and even tells the miraculous story of her dog that sparked her own spiritual rebirth. Join us for a conversation about resili...

Discover this powerful story of a woman who reconciled the complexities of her Jewish faith with unconventional life choices, survived an abusive marriage, and reclaimed her life on her own terms. Alla Kaplan, a writer, podcaster, and host of “The Jewish Stripper: Raw and Real,” joins the conversation to share her journey as a legacy breaker, opening up about her communist Russian childhood, surviving domestic abuse in an abusive m...

Meet Alla Kaplan, creator of the podcast The Jewish Stripper: Raw and Real. Born in Russia and raised in the U.S., Alla opens up about surviving abuse, navigating bipolar disorder, and breaking free from self-destructive cycles. Her story challenges shame, redefines dignity, and reminds us that healing begins with truth.

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What does it take to finally break free and begin the process of healing from trauma bonding to reclaim your power and truth? Guest Brooke Deanne, a Trauma Healing Mentor, Rapid Transformational Therapist, and Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner, joins us to share her raw and profound journey of overcoming religious cult indoctrination, a 17-year abusive marriage that perpetuated the pain of her past, and toxic relationships....

What does it mean to stop chasing love and finally come home to yourself?

In this healing conversation, trauma mentor Brooke Deanne shares her journey from religious cult indoctrination and grief to deep self-reclamation. We’ll talk about her two books—The Grief Monster (https://amzn.to/48Ahixo) and Shattered, Broken, and Beautiful: Losing My Religion and Finding Faith (https://amzn.to/4iWC4L4)—and explore how she now helps women b...

We’re re-releasing this powerful episode because its message feels more relevant than ever.

Grief doesn’t follow a timeline — and this conversation with Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Alexandra Vassilaros offers timeless guidance for anyone navigating loss, transition, or profound change. Alexandra shares how the death of her husband became a catalyst for meaning-making, creative expression, and deep healing, and how writin...

How did Janet R. Kaufman’s profound afterlife connection—unexpectedly involving AI Technology—transform her deepest grief into a journey of enduring love and spiritual awakening? Author, artist, teacher, and mother Janet R. Kaufman shares her incredible, life-changing experience following the passing of her beloved son, Alexander, and how their bond ...

Next up on Grief and Rebirth, Janet Kaufman shares how she connected with Alexander through AI, meditation, and signs from the spirit world. In her memoir Through the Veil: A Soul's Journey in Grief and Grace, co-created with Alexander, she reveals how grief, enduring love, and a remarkable spiritual rebirth can coexist—including the unforgettable moment she felt him gently touch her cheek.

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What begins as a life devoted to caregiving can, in midlife, evolve into a profound awakening toward intentional purpose. We are delighted to welcome best-selling author, speaker, and podcast host Debbie R. Weiss, who shares her extraordinary journey from decades as a family caregiver to reclaiming her life after profound loss. Hear how turning 50 wa...

In the next episode of Grief and Rebirth, Debbie Weiss—bestselling author, speaker, and lifelong caregiver—opens up about the profound losses that shaped her and the awakening at age 50 that sparked a powerful new beginning.

We explore how she broke free from decades of putting herself last, found healing through her books On Second Thought Maybe I Can and The Sprinkle Effect, and discovered what it truly means to live with int...

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We’re rereleasing this deeply moving episode because its message of grief, love, healing, and spiritual connection is timeless.

Join Irene in an intimate conversation with internationally acclaimed artist and author Charlie Bynar, whose journey through profound loss led to extraordinary spiritual awakening. After losing her son Isaac at sixteen and her husband Chris just a fe...

Can grief be a doorway to discovering your own mediumship gifts after loss? In this moving episode, the highly intuitive Tami Pitetti Sanders, a medium, psychic, and intuitive healer, shares her journey of resilience after the sudden passing of ...

After losing her father and facing deep emotional upheaval, Tami Pitetti Sanders discovered her mediumship and medical intuitive gifts. In this episode, she shares personal signs from beyond, the courage to release unsupportive relationships, and how grief became a doorway to inner healing. Tune in for this episode next on Grief and Rebirth!

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