{"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":"John Promised He Would Come Through in Music. Then Marcie Heard Him. with Marcie Dean | EP 499","slug":"john-promised-he-would-come-through-in-music-then-marcie-heard-him-with-marcie-dean-ep-499","published_at":"2026-07-30T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728/john-promised-he-would-come-through-in-music-then-marcie-heard-him-with-marcie-dean-ep-499","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728","url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19575608-john-promised-he-would-come-through-in-music-then-marcie-heard-him-with-marcie-dean-ep-499.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19575608-john-promised-he-would-come-through-in-music-then-marcie-heard-him-with-marcie-dean-ep-499.mp3","summary":"Within two weeks of meeting John, Marcie Dean received a message she hoped was only fear: enjoy this, it's real, but he's going to die. He'd been getting the same feeling before they ever met. He was 38, healthy, five years younger than her. They chased down every explanation, found nothing, and made a different choice. They decided to love each other completely, and they made a plan. If anything happened, he would come through in music. In June of 2023, John passed while saving his son's lif...","meta_description":"Within two weeks of meeting John, Marcie Dean received a message she hoped was only fear: enjoy this, it's real, but he's going to die. He'd been getting…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3945,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grief-2-growth-247728/episodes/john-promised-he-would-come-through-in-music-then-marcie-heard-him-with-marcie-dean-ep-499/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/john-promised-he-would-come-through-in-music-then-marcie-heard-him-with-marcie-dean-ep-499.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}