# Turning Pain Into Purpose: Healing Through Celebration with Shiaka McIntosh

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Podcast: [Conversations with Coach LA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coach-la-7109776)
Published: 2025-10-16T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

What happens when grief meets grace? In this week’s episode of Conversations with Coach LA, we sit down with Shiaka McIntosh, Founder of Parties From Above — a Boston-based movement bringing joy to children who’ve lost parents to violence or overdose. After losing her child’s father, Marcus Hall, Shiaka transformed her pain into purpose by creating safe, celebratory spaces for grieving families. Since 2023, she’s hosted more than 100 birthday parties and community events, proving that joy and healing can coexist. Coach LA and Shiaka unpack: ✨ Post-traumatic growth and the science of resilience ✨ How community care heals childhood grief ✨ Why celebration can be a trauma-informed intervention ✨ Ways to turn personal pain into purpose 💜 Tune in → Believe. Empower. Transform. Always #BETonSELF

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