Grief doesn’t just touch the heart—it shakes the entire nervous system. In this powerful episode, Irene Weinberg sits down with women’s empowerment coach and resilience mentor Stacey Johnson, who turned the sudden loss of her husband and stepfather into a mission to help women heal, regulate, and rise. Together, they explore what happens when grief leaves us stuck, how resilience is built, and how we can honor our pain while reclaiming joy. This conversation is a beacon of hope for anyone navigating life after loss, seeking to understand their own grief, regulate their inner world, and rediscover the possibility of joy.

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

• How Stacey’s life turned upside down after the passing of her husband and stepfather
• How working with a grief coach helped Stacey become unstuck from being anxious, regulate her nervous system and change negative or irrational thought systems. 
• How Stacey’s own healing led to her mission to support women navigating life storms.
• How the strategies Stacey teaches can save a person years of mental health treatment.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS STACEY:

• What are the most common misconceptions about healing and emotional resilience?
• How do you define emotional resilience?
• What science-backed techniques help your participants reclaim intimacy, presence, and joy while living fully anchored in who they are?
• What is the difference between coaching and therapy?

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: When Grief Hijacks the Nervous System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFbBOt6j0gc&list=PL7judgDzhkAWmfyB5r5WgFD6ahombBvoh&index=3

💗 Loss can shake us to our core—but it can also become the birthplace of profound strength. In this moving episode, Stacy 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. Together, we explore nervous system healing, common misconceptions about resilience, and the practical frameworks Stacy uses to help women reclaim their lives with confidence and hope.

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Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

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📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

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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 resilience, and the practical frameworks Stacy uses to help women reclaim their lives with confidence and hope.

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🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!)

They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond.

Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

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Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

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Books by podcast guests for healing & wisdom: https://bookshop.org/shop/griefandrebirth

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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 his father died, a loss that set him on a lifelong path of exploring mindfulness, body‑based wisdom, and the deeper meaning of sorrow. He views grief as one of the most powerful spiritual practices we encounter—an experience that reveals the architecture of our inner world and carries seeds of transformation. Rather than “fixing” grief, he serves as a compassionate guide, helping others create space where body, heart, and mind can shift and heal. Irene and Gyani dive into the principles of mindfulness that support emotional resilience, the hidden gifts within the grieving process, and the practice of Heartful Witnessing that allows true healing to unfold. Tune in for a heartfelt, insightful conversation about navigating loss, accessing inner strength, and understanding why healing is inseparable from our growth, evolution, and birthright as human beings.

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

• Transpersonal Counseling Psychology blends conventional and spiritual traditions to honor the integrated experience of the mind, body, and soul.
• Grief is a profound spiritual practice. It comes from the deepest part of us, revealing the structure of our inner world.
• Mindfulness and meditation help us develop the capacity to hold the immense size and intensity of sorrow.
• “Heartful witnessing” is crucial. Isolation makes grief more painful, so grief needs to be seen and shared.
• Body-based wisdom acknowledges that “the issues are in the tissues.” True healing must honor the physical, visceral experience of grief.
• The path of grief requires us to access inner resources like patience, trust, courage, curiosity, self-compassion, and self-kindness.
• Healing is inseparable from our growth and evolution. Being human is about aligning with this natural impulse to heal and evolve.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS-VfuLYZLo&list=PL7judgDzhkAWmfyB5r5WgFD6ahombBvoh

✨ Special Offer ✨ Gyani is offering a FREE 30-minute Zoom consultation to gently explore whether working together feels like the right fit. A relaxed, no-pressure space to connect, ask questions, and see what’s possible: [email protected]

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🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!)

They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond.

Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

📚 Grief & Rebirth Bookshop

Books by podcast guests for healing & wisdom: https://bookshop.org/shop/griefandrebirth

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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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🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!)

They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond.

Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

📚 Grief & Rebirth Bookshop

Books by podcast guests for healing & wisdom: https://bookshop.org/shop/griefandrebirth

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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 trauma she shared with her mother, the ways her memoir, Sun Shining on Morning Snow, discusses how to achieve self-transformation through forgiveness and live boldly in your own truth, and how writing Sun Shining on Winter Snow became both a vessel for Ingrid’s grief and a catalyst for her transformation .

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

• How Ingrid’s parents’ marriage challenged societal norms around family and marriage
• What is was like to grow up in an interracial marriage.
• How Ingrid connected with her mother in a shared death experience.
• The role of forgiveness in creating a more compassionate world where everyone’s truth is valued.
• The connection Ingrid continues to feel with her mother.
• How to live with and be comfortable with grief

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS INGRID:

• What is your advice to someone with a family member who cannot accept forgiveness?
• What was it like for you to grow up in an interracial family?
• What are the insights “never truly belonging” has given you?
• What was it like to heal generational trauma with your mom before her death?
• What was your path to rebirth, and what can you share with our listeners to encourage their own journeys to rebirth?

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKJYsRmKoTs&list=PL7judgDzhkAWmfyB5r5WgFD6ahombBvoh&index=3&t=51s&pp=iAQBsAgC

🌞 Sun Shining on Morning Snow: A Memoir of Identity, Loss, and Living Boldl 📖 Grab your copy: https://bookshop.org/a/93249/9781774586174 OR https://amzn.to/4prvOwn

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Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

📚 Grief & Rebirth Bookshop

Books by podcast guests for healing & wisdom: https://bookshop.org/shop/griefandrebirth

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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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🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!)

They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond.

Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

📚 Grief & Rebirth Bookshop

Books by podcast guests for healing & wisdom: https://bookshop.org/shop/griefandrebirth

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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 shaped her unique approach to energy healing. With more than 5,000 healers trained in her methods, Hillary reveals how to unlock your soul gifts, reconnect with loved ones in spirit, and experience deep emotional and spiritual transformation. This episode is perfect for anyone seeking to learn more about soul purpose, intuitive development, profound healing, and a deeper connection to the spirit world.

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

• How one moment in the closet changed Hillary’s life forever
• How adversities can lead to greatness
• How Hillary transforms trauma into purpose through telepathic communication with guides, goddesses, and higher-dimensional beings
• The astonishing story of her dog’s ascension—and the spiritual awakening it catalyzed
• What it truly means to understand your soul purpose
• How to access the spirit within and open to your own intuitive gifts
• Why healing is not just personal—it’s a ripple effect that touches every soul you encounter

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS HILLARY:

• What were the heartbreaks and trauma you experienced growing up?
• What resources did you invest in to help you begin to heal and transform?
• How did your dog’s surprise ascension change your life and teachings, and prompt an awakening and rebirth within you?
• How do you help people define their soul purpose and gifts?
• How do we have cosmic support to help with grief and rebirth?

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: Communicating with Angels, Arcturians, and the Pleiadians: Healing Beyond This World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaG_6MObb6Q&list=PL7judgDzhkAWmfyB5r5WgFD6ahombBvoh

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🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!)

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Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

📚 Grief & Rebirth Bookshop

Books by podcast guests for healing & wisdom: https://bookshop.org/shop/griefandrebirth

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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 resilience, soul growth, and the transformative power of love—you won’t want to miss it!

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🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!)

They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond.

Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

📚 Grief & Rebirth Bookshop

Books by podcast guests for healing & wisdom: https://bookshop.org/shop/griefandrebirth

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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 marriage, and confronting her battle with bipolar disorder and substance abuse. Alla shares the remarkable strength it took to break free from cycles of self-destructive behavior, demonstrating how she turned pain into purpose to inspire and empower others seeking their own path to freedom.

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

• Immigrating from communist Russia in the 70s to the United States as a child, the culture shock of American life, and the struggle to find her Jewish identity.
• The lack of exposure to healthy relationships in childhood, leading to an unconscious attraction to and marriage with an abusive, narcissistic man.
• How an abusive partner can “groom” someone into stripping, and the internal struggle and body comparison within the strip club environment.
• The profound turning point to leave the abusive marriage after a life-threatening physical assault, which stripped away fear and necessitated a choice for survival.
• The path of self-medication with drugs and alcohol, having a nervous breakdown, seeking therapy, and receiving a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
• The vital realization of needing to break free from codependent relationships to discover a sense of self-worth and identity: “Who am I by myself? Or that I’m enough by myself.”
• Candid discussion on the heavy stigma and misconceptions surrounding the stripping industry, and the decision to live authentically in her truth, regardless of judgment.
• The personal reconciliation of Jewish faith and a past life as a stripper, asserting that one’s faith and identity are separate from their profession.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: Stripping, Judaism, and Survival Inside an Abusive Marriage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvK8ZSoiTIU&list=PL7judgDzhkAWmfyB5r5WgFD6ahombBvoh

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🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!)

They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond.

Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

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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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✨ Grief & Rebirth: Healing Resources & Tools ✨

🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!)

They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond.

Listen Free on Audible as a First Time User: https://amzn.to/4dG4l4w

Get the Paperback or Hard copy: https://amzn.to/3XrE995

📚 Embrace Life’s Third Chapter

Good to the Last Drop—A powerful anthology on aging with purpose: https://amzn.to/3VJgEa5

🛍️ Healing & Self-Care Picks

Curated books and essentials from Irene: https://kit.co/GriefandRebirth

📚 Grief & Rebirth Bookshop

Books by podcast guests for healing & wisdom: https://bookshop.org/shop/griefandrebirth

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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. Brooke, author of Shattered, Broken, and Beautiful: Losing my Religion and Finding Faith, and founder of the podcast Goddess Rising, discusses how her spiritual awakening was catalyzed by grief, her reliance on Shadow Work and holistic methods to uncover the root source of her pain, and her mission to empower women to restore their nervous systems and fully integrate mind, body, and spirit.

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

• The psychological impact of being raised in a religious cult and a narcissistic family dynamic, and how this environment creates a trauma bond with abusers.
• How an unexpected, profound grief event can act as a catalyst for a spiritual awakening and force a person to confront years of ignored pain and false beliefs.
• The significance of finding a partner who can provide a safe space and act as a mirror to reflect trauma-based reactions, enabling the beginning of deep internal healing work.
• Discovering the root cause of complex PTSD through the surfacing of a repressed memory, and the subsequent healing modalities used, including Shadow Work, Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT/hypnosis), and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
• Why the nervous system keeps a “score” of trauma, and the holistic approach to retraining it to feel safe, release outdated patterns, and achieve mind-body-spirit integration.
• The belief that “pain is sacred” and serves as a necessary “fire” to sharpen a person, leading to growth, wisdom, and the ability to pass on generational wisdom instead of trauma.
• The mission to empower women to reject the “Damsel in Distress” narrative, take back their power from patriarchal messaging, and stop chasing love to finally “come home to themselves.”

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: From Religious Cult Trauma to Radical Self-Reclamation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sudOhBApr8s&list=PL7judgDzhkAWmfyB5r5WgFD6ahombBvoh

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