{"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":451,"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":"2026-09-23T14:22:27.743778+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728"},"episode":{"title":"Grief Stored in the Body: Dr. Karyn Shanks on Why Illness Isn't a Failure | EP 506","slug":"grief-stored-in-the-body-dr-karyn-shanks-on-why-illness-isn-t-a-failure-ep-506","published_at":"2026-09-22T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728/grief-stored-in-the-body-dr-karyn-shanks-on-why-illness-isn-t-a-failure-ep-506","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728","url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19846045-grief-stored-in-the-body-dr-karyn-shanks-on-why-illness-isn-t-a-failure-ep-506.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19846045-grief-stored-in-the-body-dr-karyn-shanks-on-why-illness-isn-t-a-failure-ep-506.mp3","summary":"What if your body isn't broken — it's trying to tell you something? In this episode of Grief 2 Growth, Brian sits down with Dr. Karyn Shanks, a physician who spent over 40 years learning what medical school never taught her — including from her own chronic illness journey. Together, they explore why grief and trauma get physically stored in the body, why our medical system struggles to treat chronic illness, and why feeling truly seen may matter more to healing than any prescription. About Dr...","meta_description":"What if your body isn't broken — it's trying to tell you something? In this episode of Grief 2 Growth, Brian sits down with Dr. Karyn Shanks, a physician…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3920,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grief-2-growth-247728/episodes/grief-stored-in-the-body-dr-karyn-shanks-on-why-illness-isn-t-a-failure-ep-506/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/grief-stored-in-the-body-dr-karyn-shanks-on-why-illness-isn-t-a-failure-ep-506.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}