Have you ever felt like your emotions are running your life—despite your best efforts to control them? In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Cedric Bertelli, founder of the Emotional Health Institute and co-developer of EmRes (Emotional Resolution). Together, we explore the groundbreaking difference between regulating emotions and truly resolving them.

Cedric shares how emotional pain is not a life sentence, but a loop the brain is predicting over and over—and how learning to sit with our sensations can rewire those predictions for good.

This episode isn’t just informative—it’s transformational.

🧠 What We Talk About:

• Why traditional emotional regulation may be keeping you stuck
• The surprising science behind how your brain predicts emotions
• How trauma embeds itself through dissociation
• What “interoception” is and why it’s a game-changer
• A simple, body-based method to dissolve emotional charge
• The role of subconscious tension in your day-to-day reactions
• How MRAS helps with anxiety, anger, and even chronic physical symptoms
• Why grief must be felt—but guilt, shame, and anger don’t have to stay
• How to reconnect to your grief in a sacred, healing way

🔗 Connect with Cedric Bertelli:

🌐 Website: https://emotionalhealthinstitute.org

🔍 Practitioner Directory: Find a Certified EmRes Practitioner

📚 Free Classes & Trainings: Check the site calendar for upcoming sessions
👤 Cedric’s Personal Site: Search “Cedric Bertelli” for direct contact and coaching

💬 Let’s Reflect Together:

🔹 What emotions are you regulating—but not resolving?
🔹 Have you ever noticed a physical trigger that’s tied to a past trauma?
🔹 What would it feel like to fully grieve without guilt or shame?

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When we think of grief, we often picture death. But what about the silent grief that comes from illness — the kind that alters your identity, steals your energy, and isolates you from the world?

In this powerful episode, I speak with Brenda Snow, a woman who turned a life-changing diagnosis into a movement that’s touched millions. After being dismissed by doctors and told her symptoms were “all in her head,” Brenda found herself at rock bottom — until a single moment with her young daughter re-ignited her will to fight.

Now the founder of Snow Companies and author of Diagnosed: The Essential Guide to Navigating the Patient Journey, Brenda shares how she walked through grief, reclaimed her identity, and built a life of purpose.

We cover:

• The “unnamed grief” of chronic illness
• Why hope is essential — even before a diagnosis
• How Brenda went from patient to pioneer
• The power of storytelling in healing and advocacy
• What the healthcare system must do better
• Rebuilding identity when your body feels like a stranger
• The difference between giving up and accepting what is

I was especially moved by Brenda’s metaphor of taking MS “by the hand.” It reminded me of the core truth of Grief 2 Growth: we’re not buried—we’re planted. 🌱

Links & Resources:

📘 Diagnosed: The Essential Guide to Navigating the Patient Journey
🛒 Order the Book on Amazon

💌 Need a free copy due to hardship? Contact Brenda directly at brenda@brendasnow.com

🌐 Brenda’s Website: https://www.brendasnow.com

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✨ Listener Reflection Prompt:
Have you ever grieved something that didn’t involve death? How did it change your sense of self?
💬 Tell us in the comment

Visit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:

• Guided Meditations
• My book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)
• My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved ones
• Mini-courses
• Mini-guides
  
  

Check it out at https://grief2growth.com/store

I'm excited to announce a new resource I'm very proud of. This guide outlines the four daily practices I discovered on my grief journey. These techniques have helped dozens of my clients. Get it free today.

GEMS- 4 Steps To Go From Grief To Joy

This deck is a labor of love. It's a 44 card oracle deck that's about connecting you to your loved one in spirit. The deck comes with a companion digital guide that gives you an affirmation, a reflection, and an activity for the day.

Check it out at https://stan.store/grief2growth/p/oracle-deck

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Have you ever wondered why we suffer, where we go after we die, or what grief really means for the soul’s evolution?

In this eye-opening and deeply healing episode of Grief 2 Growth, Brian Smith welcomes spiritual teacher and mystic Hans Wilhelm, the creator of the wildly popular Life Explained video series and author of over 200 books with 40+ million copies sold.

Hans uses simple visuals and timeless spiritual truths to explain the laws of karma, reincarnation, Christ consciousness, and the spiritual reasons behind grief and suffering. Together, Brian and Hans explore how our deepest losses may hold the key to our greatest growth—and why Earth is not our home, but our school.

💬 Whether you're grieving, curious, or searching for peace, this episode is for you.

🔍 What You'll Discover:

• Why Earth is a spiritual school, not our home 🌍
• How karma works—and how we can release it through forgiveness 🔁
• Why reincarnation was removed from Christian doctrine ✝️
• What Hans means by the Christ Spark and inner healing 💫
• The truth about suicide and the afterlife 🕊️
• Why grief is often rooted in unspoken love or unmet expectations 💔
• A new way to relate to grief, gratitude, and your soul's path 🙏

🔗 Links & Resources:

🔹 Hans Wilhelm’s Website – https://www.lifeexplained.com

🔹 📺 Watch his YouTube series “Life Explained” – Hans Wilhelm on YouTube

🔹 📰 Continue the conversation – Join Brian at https://grieftogrowth.substack.com

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We want to hear from you:
👉 What insight from this episode resonated most with you?
👉 Has grief ever been a doorway to spiritual awakening in your life?

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Visit the Grief 2 Growth store for FREE items as well as other tools to help you along your journey:

• Guided Meditations
• My book GEMS of Healing (signed copy)
• My Oracle deck to help you connect with your loved ones
• Mini-courses
• Mini-guides
  
  

Check it out at https://grief2growth.com/store

I'm excited to announce a new resource I'm very proud of. This guide outlines the four daily practices I discovered on my grief journey. These techniques have helped dozens of my clients. Get it free today.

GEMS- 4 Steps To Go From Grief To Joy

This deck is a labor of love. It's a 44 card oracle deck that's about connecting you to your loved one in spirit. The deck comes with a companion digital guide that gives you an affirmation, a reflection, and an activity for the day.

Check it out at https://stan.store/grief2growth/p/oracle-deck

Support the show

🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Join Facebook Group- Get Support and Education
👛 Subscribe to Grief 2 Growth Premium (bonus episodes)
📰 Get A Free Gift
📅 Book A Complimentary Discovery Call
📈 Leave A Review

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