Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life

Clear anxiety with neuroscience and somatic practice as Manna Abraham joins Irene to discuss the revolutionary EMPR method. Manna, a global mentor and founder of Life Full Circle, shares her unique journey from a high-stakes finance career to becoming a pioneer in trauma healing. She explains how the Emotion Memory Pattern Release (EMPR) method helps high-achieving professionals identify and resol...

Why does external success fail to bring true inner peace? Our next episode features former corporate CFO turned global trauma expert Manna Abraham, who reveals why traditional talk therapy often falls short and how to heal without reliving your past. Discover her book FINALLY FREE: The 6-Step Path to Healing Personal and Generational Trauma - When Talk Therapy Isn’t Enough and how her neuroscience...

Navigating life after a devastating spinal injury can feel insurmountable, yet it is entirely possible to discover a profound new sense of purpose . In this episode, Irene Weinberg welcomes Karen Olson , founder and CEO emeritus of Family Promise , to explore the beauty of resilience and the power of service. Karen shares her deeply personal journey of transforming the heartbreak of losing her mot...

n this episode, Karen Olson shares her extraordinary journey of surviving childhood trauma after losing her mother to suicide at just 12 years old. That early rupture awakened a radical empathy within her, eventually driving her to found Family Promise and dedicate her life to combating homelessness on a national scale. But when a spinal cord injury threatened to take everything away, she was forc...

Finding true healing after grief requires intentional steps and the courage to integrate new practices into our daily lives. Award-winning author, entrepreneur, and executive coach Laing Rikkers shares how the sudden loss of her sister, Ginna, propelled her into her darkest season and eventually led her to discover the transformative power of nature and mindfulness. In her acclaimed book, Morning...

There are moments that split life into "before" and "after." When executive coach Lang Rickers unexpectedly lost her younger sister, it changed everything. In this episode, she shares the emotional journey behind her acclaimed book, Morning Leaves , and how she transformed devastating heartbreak into a luminous guide for navigating life’s darkest seasons. --- ✨ Grief & Rebirth: Healing Resour...

Everyone’s grief journey is different from another's. As if your very own fingerprint, your experience with grief is uniquely yours – you do not need to compare. This is exactly what author and columnist Rebecca Faye Smith Galli believes in as someone who went through her own cascade of heartbreaks. Joining Irene Weinberg, she shares how she treated grief as a strange companion in her life after l...

Coming up on the podcast, we speak to Rebecca Faye Smith-Gailey—a woman who has faced a cascade of heartbreak that most couldn’t imagine. From losing her teenage brother and her son to becoming paralyzed just nine days after her marriage ended, Becky’s resilience is truly extraordinary. She joins me to share the wisdom found in her newest book, Morning Fuel , and explains why she believes your gri...

After losing three children and enduring years of silent, suppressed grief, Shruti Trivedi discovered that true healing isn’t about “moving on”—it’s about making friends with your pain and allowing it to become a gateway for transformation. In this deeply moving episode, we sit down with the life coach and pregnancy loss practitioner to discuss how she navigated over a decade of emotional wounds b...

After years of carrying grief in silence, Shruti Trivedi turned unimaginable loss into a journey of healing and purpose. This heartfelt episode explores pregnancy loss, self-discovery, and the courage to begin again. --- ✨ Grief & Rebirth: Healing Resources & Tools ✨ 🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!) They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond...

Grief is not just born from death. Sometimes, it may also emerge from loss of identity because of childhood trauma, loss of trust because of betrayals, and loss of self-awareness because of toxic relationships. Irene Weinberg is joined by Riana Malia , a board-certified neurosomatic practitioner and creator of the Clear to Create method™. She shares how she found her purpose helping women build th...

Riana Malia shares how high-achieving women can break free from painful relationship patterns by healing subconscious and somatic imprints of grief, betrayal, and self-sabotage. Through her powerful personal journey, she reveals how to reclaim your worth, step out of survival mode, and create the love and life that truly feel like home. --- ✨ Grief & Rebirth: Healing Resources & Tools ✨...

Depression, panic attacks, PTSD, insomnia, and trauma are deeply embedded within us, so they can need more than one method to properly address them. Holistic mentor and success habit coach Edit B. Kiss guides people from misery to peace by masterfully combining ancient practices and modern neuroscience. She joins Irene Weinberg to talk about how she uses her professional training as a Reiki Master...

Join me for an inspiring conversation with The Gap Filler Success author Edit B. Kiss, a holistic mentor, success habit coach, and international speaker whose journey is a powerful story of grief, healing, and transformation. After 15 years as a petroleum engineer, Edith followed her true calling to help others move from emotional pain to inner peace, often in just 30 days. We explore her personal...

How do you navigate the unexpected when your child comes out as LGBTQ+, which completely redefines your understanding of their world? For Heather Hester , the journey began in 2017 when her 16-year-old son came out as gay. What followed was a raw, transformative period marked by intense mental health struggles and substance use issues, forcing Heather to confront and unlearn bias inherited from he...

When her son came out, Heather Hester’s world shifted in profound ways. In this heartfelt conversation, the Parenting with Pride   author explores grief, growth, and how choosing love can transform families. --- ✨ Grief & Rebirth: Healing Resources & Tools ✨ 🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!) They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt story of love and life beyond. Li...

What happens when a professional ghostwriter, who has spent twenty years giving voice to others, is forced to confront her own story following her mother’s suicide? In this deeply moving episode, Emmy Award-winning producer and bestselling author Samantha Rose joins the show to discuss her award-winning memoir, Giving Up the Ghost . Samantha shares the tender, complicated journey of navigating her...

When Samantha Rose set out to write about her mother in Giving Up the Ghost: A Daughter’s Memoir , she uncovered something deeper—her own grief and healing. This honest conversation explores loss, mental health, and the courage to tell the truth. --- ✨ Grief & Rebirth: Healing Resources & Tools ✨ 🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!) They Serve Bagels in Heaven—Irene’s heartfelt...

Murder became the devastating catalyst that set this entire journey into motion . Guest Jackie Rubio , author of From Murder to Messages: A Mother’s Journey Through Darkness to Light After Tragic Loss , joins the show to recount her harrowing journey through the murder of her son, Devin, and the systemic failures that followed. A recovering alcoholic who navigated years of childhood trauma and add...

After the murder of her son Devin, Jackie Rubio was confronted with unimaginable grief and the collapse of everything she once knew. In this deeply moving conversation, she shares how Reiki, quantum healing, and intuitive practices became lifelines that guided her through loss and helped her rebuild meaning from the ashes of tragedy. Her journey is captured in her book From Murder to Messages: A M...

Even after going through a tremendous amount of grief, there is always the opportunity and hope to regain joyfulness and live again. Marie Crews learned this after going through two devastating losses: the unexpected passing of her mother and the sudden death of her son. Joining Irene Weinberg, she shares how she refused to be defined by her grief by embracing self-love, giving herself comfort, an...

Join me for a deeply moving conversation with grief guide, empowerment coach, and author of Even When She Rose, Marie Crews, who shares her journey through the sudden loss of her mother and son, and how these heartbreaking experiences reshaped her understanding of grief, love, and healing. --- ✨ Grief & Rebirth: Healing Resources & Tools ✨ 🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiobook!) T...

A former pastor who once built a church for men finds himself unraveling under the weight of addiction, infidelity, and a faith that no longer holds, and what follows is not a collapse but a return to something truer as Jason Lyle walks through the wilderness of grief, shame, and near self-destruction to rebuild a life rooted in honesty, curiosity, and self-love. In the quiet of the mountains and...

Jason Lyle shares his powerful journey through addiction, infidelity, and rock bottom and how grief became the catalyst for deep healing, spiritual awakening, and true purpose. Discover how he helps others rebuild their lives through nervous system healing, breathwork, and nature-based practices. --- ✨ Grief & Rebirth: Healing Resources & Tools ✨ 🎧 Irene's Books (Including a Free Audiob...

Through the experience of his mother dying, Steve Seidel ’s journey shows how loss can become a profound source of meaning, connection, and renewal. As a TEDx speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of GentsJourney.co , Steve shares how caring for his dying mother, alongside the earlier loss of his father, transformed his understanding of identity, vulnerability, and emotional healing. Through deeply p...