{"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":"He Died for 3 Hours — The Near Death Experience Transformation That Changed Everything | Jonathan Ashford | EP 478","slug":"he-died-for-3-hours-the-near-death-experience-transformation-that-changed-everything-jonathan-ashford-ep-478","published_at":"2026-03-04T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728/he-died-for-3-hours-the-near-death-experience-transformation-that-changed-everything-jonathan-ashford-ep-478","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728","url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/18739114-he-died-for-3-hours-the-near-death-experience-transformation-that-changed-everything-jonathan-ashford-ep-478.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/18739114-he-died-for-3-hours-the-near-death-experience-transformation-that-changed-everything-jonathan-ashford-ep-478.mp3","summary":"What happens when someone doesn't just brush the edge of death — but actually crosses over? On May 22nd, 2023, Jonathan Ashford's organs failed. He collapsed alone on his bathroom floor at 4:30 in the morning, clinically dead for three hours. When he woke up, his temperature was 94 degrees — and the man who had lived inside that body for 25 years was gone. The corporate executive who dismissed spirituality, chased material success, and would have laughed in your face if you mentioned an NDE...","meta_description":"What happens when someone doesn't just brush the edge of death — but actually crosses over? On May 22nd, 2023, Jonathan Ashford's organs failed. He collap…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3902,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grief-2-growth-247728/episodes/he-died-for-3-hours-the-near-death-experience-transformation-that-changed-everything-jonathan-ashford-ep-478/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/he-died-for-3-hours-the-near-death-experience-transformation-that-changed-everything-jonathan-ashford-ep-478.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}