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Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life

Irene Weinbergireneweinberg.com

Hosted by author and trauma survivor Irene Weinberg, the Grief and Rebirth podcast, which is ranked in the top 1.5% of over 3 million podcasts globally by Listen Score and highly ranked on Apple Podcasts, explores the intersections of grief, loss, trauma, spirituality, and the afterlife and is your go-to source for healing, personal transformation, and spiritual insights. 


Each episode features powerful conversations with experts in grief recovery, trauma healing, spiritual awakening and growth, renowned psychic mediums, energy and light healers, past lives and angel experts, charitable organizations, and near-death experience survivors, along with inspiring personal stories of resilience. Whether you’re seeking comfort after loss, exploring spirituality, or curious about mediumship and the afterlife, this podcast offers wisdom, hope, and guidance.


Subscribe now and let us help you navigate your healing journey with insight, inspiration, and renewed joy in life!

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Episodes

Messages from the Other Side | Episode Teaser

Have you ever wondered if messages from the other side could guide you to heal and transform your life? Join me on the Inspired Connection podcast with Kat Baillie for our next episode, as I share my journey through grief, healing, and a profound spiritual awakening after the sudden loss of my husband, Saul. We’ll explore life reviews, the power of self-love, and how kindness can guide us through life’s toughest challenges. I’ll also share how these experiences inspired the Grief and Rebirth pod...

Feb 03, 20253 min

Nurture Personal Growth by Setting Intentions with the Cycles of the Moon

Mary D’Agostino, the intuitive creator of Heart of Gaia Healing Arts, leads listeners through part two of her Rise and Renew takeover, guiding you on a continued journey of personal growth. Joining us from her healing space in Colorado, Mary covers the significance of approaching the new year with self-authenticity, self-care, and self-love. Delving into ancient and modern practices—including astrology and journaling—she helps you facilitate self-discovery, healing, and empowerment. Mary brings ...

Jan 29, 20251 hr 10 minEp. 298

Journey to Renewal: A Six-Week Challenge

In this penultimate segment of the Rise and Renew Host Takeover Experience Series, grief coach, and healer Angela Clement shares her personal journey of losing her husband to colon cancer and the transformative lessons she learned. Angela discusses the importance of acknowledging and processing emotions during tough times, introduces effective techniques for managing grief, and explains the significant role of self-care. She also details her six-week course on managing grief with a supportive we...

Jan 22, 202530 minEp. 297

Techniques for Managing Grief | Episode Teaser

Coming next on our Rise and Renew Host Takeover Experience Series, grief coach and healer Angela Clement shares her personal journey of overcoming the loss of her husband. Learn the importance of acknowledging and processing emotions, explore effective techniques for managing grief such as energy healing and self-care, and discover Angela's six-week course and weekly support group for further guidance and connection. ------ ✨ My new anthology book, Good to the Last Drop! Embracing Your Life's Th...

Jan 20, 20253 min

Sound Healing and Meditation with Andrea Courey

In the third installment of the Rise and Renew Host Takeover series, sound healer Andrea Courey guides viewers through a powerful sound meditation to help reset and find peace. Sharing techniques she developed after the loss of her daughter, Chloe, Andrea leads a session that incorporates breathwork, visualizations, and affirmations aimed at reducing stress and fostering self-awareness. Join Andrea as she creates a safe, comforting space filled with light, and learn how these practices can conne...

Jan 15, 20251 hrEp. 296

Start the Year with Sound Healing | Episode Teaser

Join us this week for the third installment of our Rise and Renew Host Takeover series with guest host Andrea Courey, a sound healer! Andrea will guide us through a soothing meditation using sound healing techniques to help release stress and connect with our inner selves. Start the year with more light, love, and self-awareness as we set positive intentions together! ✨ My new anthology book, Good to the Last Drop! Embracing Your Life's Third Chapter , is now available on Amazon . ✨ Get the audi...

Jan 13, 20252 min

Thoughts and Feelings That Keep You Stuck in Grief

In this episode, Rosalyn Rourke, MSW , shares her profound story of transformation. After over 30 years as a psychotherapist, Rosalyn was enjoying a predictable and happy retirement when her life was irrevocably changed by the unexpected death of her 39-year-old daughter, Melissa. Rosalyn begins the episode with a short, thought-provoking quiz designed to help listeners explore their beliefs about death and grief. She then recounts how a pivotal moment during her grief journey completely shifted...

Jan 08, 202549 minEp. 295

Your Unique Grief Journey | Episode Teaser

Ever feel like no one truly understands your grief? In the next Rise and Renew Host Takeover Series segment, best-selling author and psychotherapist Roslyn Rourke, with her deep experience in mental health and trauma therapy, guides you through a reflective quiz to explore your unique grief journey. She encourages you to embrace your personal grief and challenges the idea that healing follows a specific path. Roslyn also invites you to join her intimate gathering experience and free monthly even...

Jan 06, 20253 min

2025 is the Year of You: Radical Self-Care is Joy in Action

Hello, and Happy New Year from Grief and Rebirth, and a very heartfelt welcome to our Rise and Renew: A Host Takeover Experience Series! For the first segment, we bring you guest host Mary D’Agostino, an intuitive astrologer, healer, and psychic medium. Setting the tone for the rest of the year, from the serene and nurturing energy of her Heart of Gaia Healing Arts space in Fort Collins, Colorado, Mary brings peaceful and grounding energy as she channels insight on how aligning with the cosmos a...

Jan 01, 20251 hrEp. 294

How Astrology and Journaling Can Guide You This Year | Episode Teaser

Want to learn how astrology and journaling can guide you through transitions and personal growth? Tune into today’s first segment of the Grief and Rebirth podcast’s Rise and Renew Host Takeover Series! I’m thrilled to introduce my friend Mary DiAgostino, an intuitive astrologer and healer. Mary will share how aligning with the cosmos and journaling can help you set transformative intentions for 2025. She’ll also guide you through a powerful meditation, offer insights on the Moon’s influence, and...

Dec 30, 20243 min

Don't Let Shame Eat Away at Your Quality of Life

Is shame like an emotional cancer that is eating away at the quality of your life? Meet Monica Gullotta , a mental health educator, a mentor, a lecturer, and the author of three eye-opening books about mental health, who talks with Irene about her personal journey with toxic shame, the causes and debilitating effects of shame, how shame induces grief, the importance of healing shame, her inspiring and touching new book titled Conquering Shame: Surviving to Thriving , and more. Monica has appeare...

Dec 26, 202447 minEp. 293

Healing Strategies for Breaking Free from Shame | Episode Teaser

Have you ever felt like shame is quietly sabotaging your life? In this powerful episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Monica Gulotta, a counselor who transformed her own battle with debilitating shame into a mission to help others heal. Monica shares how shame can act like an emotional cancer, slowly eroding your sense of self, and explores its deep connection to grief. She offers insightful healing strategies to conquer shame and talks about why it's so crucial to heal. This interview is...

Dec 23, 20242 min

Remembering Your Life Before Earth: Exploring Pre-Birth Existence with Christian Sundberg

Tune in for an incredibly enlightening interview with Christian Sundberg, who has worked for 16 years as a project manager for complex nuclear pump and valve manufacturing projects, and he also serves as a project manager for an insurance company. When he was a young child, Christian remembered his existence before coming to Earth, and the memory spontaneously returned 14 years ago as Christian took up a meditation practice, went through a personal awakening journey, and began to have Out-of-Bod...

Dec 18, 20241 hr 7 minEp. 292

Life Before Earth, Out-of-Body Experiences, and the Power of Love | Episode Teaser

Would you like to explore what it's like to remember your existence before coming to Earth? You're going to want to hear from Christian Sundberg, who has spoken at over 100 events, reminding others of who we truly are beneath our human experience. As a young child, Christian had a profound experience remembering his existence before Earth. He shares his out-of-body experiences, his life review, and even discusses narcissism and how it relates to an undeveloped spirit. Most importantly, he emphas...

Dec 16, 20243 min

Beyond This Life: A Life-Altering Accident, Near-Death Experience, and the Soul’s Eternal Existence with Irene Weinberg

On this week's special episode, Irene brings you a conversation where she had the privilege of being a guest on Dr. Lottie's podcast, Science with Soul . She shares her personal journey and how a life-altering car accident led her to a profound spiritual awakening and how these profound experiences led her to connect with mediums, explore past lives, and uncover a deeper understanding of the soul’s existence. She also introduces her newest book, “ Good to the Last Drop! Embracing Your Life's Thi...

Dec 12, 202450 minEp. 291

What’s It Like to Transition into Spirit?

What's it like to transition into spirit? Mary D’Agostino is a Professional Intuitive, Spiritual Counselor, Psychic Medium, Astrologer, Teacher, and Author who combines the various healing modalities she has mastered to assist others in living their most authentic, soul aligned lives. Mary, who has been serving her fellow humans across the globe through her healing arts practice, aptly named Heart of Gaia Creative Healing Arts, since 2003, is a mom to five grown children, one of whom is in spiri...

Dec 04, 20241 hr 5 minEp. 290

Divine Intervention, Shared Death Experiences, and Messages From the Other Side | Episode Teaser

Mary D'Agostino—a professional intuitive, psychic medium, spiritual counselor, astrologer, teacher, and author—shares deeply moving insights about the transition into spirit. Learn how her son Brandon described his journey to the other side and explore topics like divine intervention, shared death experiences, and the power of spiritual symbols like 111. Mary also reveals her life-changing moment of coming out of the spiritual closet to Oprah Winfrey in 1999. Discover how Spirit communicates thr...

Dec 02, 20243 min

Create Your Own Happiness with Gratitude (RE-RELEASE)

How can you harness the power of gratitude to transform your life, even in the toughest of times? This week, we revisit one of our most inspiring episodes, featuring Dr. Peggy DeLong. Peggy, who is known as the gratitude psychologist, advises us on how we can tap into gratitude and joy to create our best lives, no matter the circumstances, with powerful tools we can all use to shift our mindset and embrace happiness—especially when life feels heavy. With Thanksgiving upon us, it’s the perfect ti...

Nov 29, 202438 minEp. 291

Transforming Grief into Strength Through Gratitude | Episode Teaser

How can you transform grief into strength through gratitude? This week, in celebration of Thanksgiving, we're bringing back a heartfelt and transformative episode with Dr. Peggy DeLong, The Gratitude Psychologist. Dr. Peggy is a psychologist, grief therapist, speaker, and author who teaches how to embrace the power of gratitude to heal and thrive during life's toughest challenges. In this episode, Dr. Peggy shares her deeply personal journey of loss—from the heartbreaking passing of her fiancé t...

Nov 25, 20243 min

Is Grief Like a Helpful Friend for Healing?

Angela Clement is a certified grief coach, speaker, writer, healer, and the creator of the online series “Awaken Your Soul’s Journey.” Formerly a school principal and distance-learning teacher, her path shifted after an energy healer helped her young son recover from a rare disease, which inspired Angela to train in multiple energy-healing modalities to help others find their inner light and heal. In 2021, after her husband Blaine, Angela’s best friend and the love of her life, died of colon can...

Nov 20, 202437 minEp. 289

How Energy Healing Helped Angela Through Grief | Episode Teaser

How did energy healing help my guest Angela Clement find her way back to joy and happiness again? You'll want to hear this incredibly wise and very touching interview where Angela tells us about the heartbreaking loss of her husband, Blaine, her husband of 35 years, and how she used energy healing to help Blaine through his cancer symptoms and help herself through her intense emotions. Join us this week! ✨ My new anthology book, Good to the Last Drop! Embracing Your Life's Third Chapter is now a...

Nov 18, 20243 min

Connecting with the Soul of a Loved One Who Has Dementia

Is it possible to connect with the soul of a loved one who has dementia? Stephanie Banks is a highly sought-after intuitive channel, mentor, and guide who helps people connect on the soul level. She channels from the perspective of any soul currently on the planet, souls on the other side, and purely non-physical beings such as spirit guides, as well as trees, animals, and Gaia. Before becoming an intuitive channel, Stephanie’s professional endeavors included speech-language pathologist, birth d...

Nov 13, 202442 minEp. 288

Channel Messages from Loved Ones and Pets | Episode Teaser

Is it possible to channel messages from loved ones and pets? How did Stephanie Banks learn to communicate with her mother through her mother's dementia? And how does she communicate with a child's soul to learn about any issues a child is having? Come join us for this wonderful interview and find out! ✨ My new anthology book, Good to the Last Drop! Embracing Your Life's Third Chapter , is now available on Amazon . ✨ Get the audiobook version of my book, They Serve Bagels in Heaven for FREE when ...

Nov 11, 20242 min

Is There a Healing Path to Joy and Peace No Matter What Life Brings?

Dr. Kimberly Harms’ many life roles have included serving as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service, a dental school professor, a civil mediator, a clinical dentist, the President of an international women’s organization, and a National Spokesperson for the American Dental Association. She is also a death doula, a grief counselor, an award-winning, bestselling author, and an international speaker on the topics of grief, conflict, and legacy planning. Having suffered th...

Nov 06, 202453 minEp. 287

Preparing Children for Emotional Success After We’re Gone | Episode Teaser

Is there a way to find joy and peace, even after life’s most painful losses? In this deeply moving interview, Kimberly Harms shares her journey of resilience following the heartbreaking loss of her son, her mother, and her husband. Listen as Kim reveals how her son reached out from the other side and shares powerful insights on preparing our children for emotional success after we pass. Her story offers hope, wisdom, and guidance for anyone navigating grief and wanting to create a lasting legacy...

Nov 04, 20242 min

Do You Hold the Keys to Your Family Treasure?

Nancy Leve is the Founder of her innovative and heartwarming service called Video Journals Online, which beautifully captures and preserves the lessons learned and wisdom gained throughout a person’s unique life story, providing an important legacy for both loved ones and their future generations to come. Nancy’s unique and touching Video Journals Online via Zoom both nationally and internationally help people move forward from grief to joy, eliminate many of their regrets after the death of a l...

Oct 30, 202423 minEp. 286

Preserving Family Memories | Episode Teaser

Would you like to leave healing memories for your family and future generations? Meet Nancy Leve this week, whose Oprah-style interviews through Video Journals Online help people move from grief to joy and eliminate the regrets often felt after losing a loved one. 💖✨ Start capturing your family's cherished memories today: https://videojournalsonline.com https://videojournalsonline.com/?wpam_id=8" title="">default affiliate link</a> ✨ My new anthology book, Good to the Last Drop! Embrac...

Oct 28, 20242 min

How Does Physical Therapy Augment The Healing Process?

How have Dr. Gina Williams’ dreams and spirit guides led her towards a direct path of success? And how does Physical Therapy augment the healing process for those experiencing grief and trauma? In this heart-warming and insightful interview, you’ll hear about the incidents in Dr. Gina’s life that were catalysts for change, why our mental state is highly intertwined with our physical well-being, and how Dr. Gina’s holistic approach to physical therapy addresses both the physical symptoms and the ...

Oct 23, 202430 minEp. 285

Heal with Physical Therapy | Episode Teaser

Wouldn’t you love to know how Dr. Gina Williams, an amazing physical therapist, has been guided by dreams and spirit to bring healing to so many? With over 20 years of experience, she combines physical therapy and a deep understanding of people’s emotional journeys through grief and trauma. In this beautiful conversation, she shares how her online telehealth sessions can help you recover—even from home! Whether it's a knee injury or emotional pain, her heart-centered approach, covered by insuran...

Oct 21, 20243 min

Would You Like to Know What Your Pet Is Thinking?

Have you ever wondered what your pet is thinking? Pamela Miller , who is an animal communicator, a psychic medium, and a Reiki practitioner for both humans and animals, hears and feels the thoughts of the animals she encounters, including animals who are sick, injured, or in need of help. After 25 years of teaching and many, many signs from the Universe, Pamela retired, and in this heartfelt episode, Irene chats with Pamela about what it was like to see spirits during her childhood, how she tele...

Oct 16, 202452 minEp. 284
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