{"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":"What Hospice Nurses Know About Death— With Christa McDonald | EP 485","slug":"what-hospice-nurses-know-about-death-with-christa-mcdonald-ep-485","published_at":"2026-04-28T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728/what-hospice-nurses-know-about-death-with-christa-mcdonald-ep-485","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728","url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19084238-what-hospice-nurses-know-about-death-with-christa-mcdonald-ep-485.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19084238-what-hospice-nurses-know-about-death-with-christa-mcdonald-ep-485.mp3","summary":"What if the people who've spent the most time at the threshold of death have something to teach the rest of us about how to live? Christa McDonald has spent more than 20 years as a hospice nurse, watching thousands of people take their final breaths. What she's witnessed has reshaped everything she believes about death, grief, connection, and the soul. In this conversation, she brings that hard-won wisdom straight to you — and some of it will unsettle you in the best possible way. In this epi...","meta_description":"What if the people who've spent the most time at the threshold of death have something to teach the rest of us about how to live? Christa McDonald has spe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4120,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grief-2-growth-247728/episodes/what-hospice-nurses-know-about-death-with-christa-mcdonald-ep-485/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/what-hospice-nurses-know-about-death-with-christa-mcdonald-ep-485.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}