{"podcast":{"title":"Grief 2 Growth","slug":"grief-2-growth-247728","podcast_index_feed_id":247728,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/695488.rss","website_url":"https://www.grief2growth.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/oe4m0s9pi20ofimsywxiqw00b4jt?.jpg","author":"Brian D. Smith","episode_count":441,"summary":"\"Transform your grief into growth with Brian Smith, an empathetic life coach, certified grief educator, public speaker, and author who has walked the treacherous path of profound loss. Grief 2 Growth unravels the intricacies of life, death, and the spaces in between, offering listeners a new perspective on what it means to be 'Planted. Not Buried.' Join Brian and his compelling guests—bereaved parents, life coaches, mediums, healers, near death experiencers, and experts in various fields—as they discuss topics like survival guilt, synchronicities, and the scientific evidence supporting the existence of the afterlife. You'll come away with actionable advice, renewed hope, and the comforting knowledge that love and life are eternal. One of the most powerful ways we know what awaits us and where we came from is Near Death Experiences. Much of Brian's knowledge is derived from extensive study of this phenomenon, along with interviewing dozens of near death experience experiencers. Brian knows the soul-crushing weight of loss; his journey began with the sudden passing of his fifteen-year-old daughter, Shayna. It's not an odyssey he would have chosen, but it has been an odyssey that has…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T22:18:42.750042+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728"},"episode":{"title":"An Ancient Technique For Helping Grief with Dr. Irene Blinston | EP 488","slug":"an-ancient-technique-for-helping-grief-with-dr-irene-blinston-ep-488","published_at":"2026-05-28T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728/an-ancient-technique-for-helping-grief-with-dr-irene-blinston-ep-488","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728","url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19253946-an-ancient-technique-for-helping-grief-with-dr-irene-blinston-ep-488.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19253946-an-ancient-technique-for-helping-grief-with-dr-irene-blinston-ep-488.mp3","summary":"What if the people you love aren't as far away as they seem? For more than two decades, Dr. Irene Blinston has been quietly studying something most psychologists won't touch — an ancient Greek practice called the psychomanteum. Grievers sit in a darkened room with a tilted mirror and open themselves to contact with the other side. The research is staggering: 92% of participants experienced a measurable reduction in grief symptoms, and the relief held for months afterward. In this conv...","meta_description":"What if the people you love aren't as far away as they seem? For more than two decades, Dr. Irene Blinston has been quietly studying something most psycho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4621,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grief-2-growth-247728/episodes/an-ancient-technique-for-helping-grief-with-dr-irene-blinston-ep-488/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728/an-ancient-technique-for-helping-grief-with-dr-irene-blinston-ep-488.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}