# Ep. 61 – The Gift of a Broken Heart with Bryan Welch Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367/ep-61-the-gift-of-a-broken-heart-with-bryan-welch Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367/ep-61-the-gift-of-a-broken-heart-with-bryan-welch.md Podcast: [Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck with David Nichtern](https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367) Published: 2026-04-10T15:05:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/fe89dc8b-8799-4d68-9f02-2e37141e067e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/fe89dc8b-8799-4d68-9f02-2e37141e067e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367/episodes/ep-61-the-gift-of-a-broken-heart-with-bryan-welch Duration seconds: 3983 ## Resource Author and executive Bryan Welch shares how the grief of losing his child profoundly reshaped his heart, deepening his capacity for connection and compassion toward others. Grab a copy of Bryan’s book, The Gift of a Broken Heart, HERE In this episode, David and Bryan chat about: How grief can transform us in a beautiful way Bryan’s journey through the loss of his son, Noah Developing a deeper sense of compassion through Buddhism  Grief as a bridge of connection between ourselves and others Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable  Narratives of our own safety as narratives of superiority  Forgiveness and considering how the ego wants to be responsible Our involuntary reactions to grief, when compared to those of animals  Permission to cry & the relief we can feel from allowing emotions to wash over us  Sign up for Dharma Moon’s upcoming 8-week Buddhist Psychology Course HERE . About Bryan Welch: Bryan Welch is an author, business executive, farmer, and entrepreneur. For nineteen years, from its founding, he ran Ogden Publications, Mother Earth News, Mother Earth Living, Utne Reader, and several other leading media brands focused on sustainability and natural health. More recently, he served as co-CEO of Silk Grass Holdings, a family office developing 32,000 acres of regenerative organic farms and wildlife preserves in Belize. He was founder and CEO of B The Change Media, a multiplatform media company focused on business as a force for good in the world; and was CEO of Mindful Communications, a media and corporate meditation-training company; and CEO of Foster Care Technologies, a B Corporation that provides software that improves placements of children in foster care. Welch has served on the boards of the Silk Grass Farms, the Magazine Publisher… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367/episodes/ep-61-the-gift-of-a-broken-heart-with-bryan-welch/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/creativity-spirituality-making-a-buck-with-david-nichtern-92367/ep-61-the-gift-of-a-broken-heart-with-bryan-welch.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.