{"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":"Finding the Will to Recover: Nick Prefontaine | EP 493","slug":"finding-the-will-to-recover-nick-prefontaine-ep-493","published_at":"2026-06-23T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728/finding-the-will-to-recover-nick-prefontaine-ep-493","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728","url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19383551-finding-the-will-to-recover-nick-prefontaine-ep-493.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19383551-finding-the-will-to-recover-nick-prefontaine-ep-493.mp3","summary":"Finding the Will to Recover: Nick Prefontaine on Running Out of the Hospital After Doctors Said He Never Would At 14, Nick Prefontaine caught the edge of his snowboard going off the biggest jump in the terrain park — and that was the last thing he remembered. He woke up in a world where doctors had already told his parents he might never walk, talk, or eat on his own again. Less than 90 days later, he ran out of the hospital. In this conversation, Nick takes us inside the recovery the motivat...","meta_description":"Finding the Will to Recover: Nick Prefontaine on Running Out of the Hospital After Doctors Said He Never Would At 14, Nick Prefontaine caught the edge of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3271,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grief-2-growth-247728/episodes/finding-the-will-to-recover-nick-prefontaine-ep-493/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/finding-the-will-to-recover-nick-prefontaine-ep-493.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}