{"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":"What My Mother's Deathbed Visions Taught Me About What Comes Next | Alexandra Grabbe | EP 503","slug":"what-my-mother-s-deathbed-visions-taught-me-about-what-comes-next-alexandra-grabbe-ep-503","published_at":"2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728/what-my-mother-s-deathbed-visions-taught-me-about-what-comes-next-alexandra-grabbe-ep-503","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grief-2-growth-247728","url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19704445-what-my-mother-s-deathbed-visions-taught-me-about-what-comes-next-alexandra-grabbe-ep-503.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/695488/episodes/19704445-what-my-mother-s-deathbed-visions-taught-me-about-what-comes-next-alexandra-grabbe-ep-503.mp3","summary":"What if the strangest moments at the end of life are actually the most meaningful? In this episode, Alexandra Grabbe joins Brian to talk about the seven months she spent caring for her 96-year-old mother, Bea, at home — and the deathbed visions that changed how she understands what happens when we die. Alexandra shares the exhaustion, the tenderness, and the moments of unexpected grace that shaped her new memoir, Seeing Joy. If you've ever cared for a dying parent, sat with someone in their f...","meta_description":"What if the strangest moments at the end of life are actually the most meaningful? In this episode, Alexandra Grabbe joins Brian to talk about the seven m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2828,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grief-2-growth-247728/episodes/what-my-mother-s-deathbed-visions-taught-me-about-what-comes-next-alexandra-grabbe-ep-503/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-my-mother-s-deathbed-visions-taught-me-about-what-comes-next-alexandra-grabbe-ep-503.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}