HeyJaredGrief Heals
We live in a grief-phobic society which tends to minimize loss and avoid the grief that leads to healing.
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Grief As Witness, Unity and Belonging (opens the original)
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What does it truly mean to find inner peace and connection in the wake of suffering, loss, or major life transitions? In this episode of Grief Heals , host Lisa Michelle Zega reflects on a powerful line from Neil Douglas-Klotz’s The Hidden Gospel : "You cannot seek unity without being unified." Sharing transparently from her own path, which includes navigating divorce, distance from family, and years of treating self-improvement as a way to "fix" herself, Lisa explores how true healing occurs wh
Carving Sorrow, Carving Joy (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Grief Heals with your host, Lisa Michelle Zega. In this grounding episode, we explore the exquisite, inseparable relationship between our deepest heartbreaks and our greatest moments of delight. Diving into Kahlil Gibran’s classic work, The Prophet, we reflect on the powerful truth that sorrow carves out the very spaces within us that allow us to contain more joy. The conversation begins with a gentle invitation to step into the rarest place we visit: the present moment. Lisa sha
Untying the Knots of Grief (opens the original)
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When life goes off-script, grief often feels like an enemy that robbed you of the future you were supposed to have. But what happens when you stop fighting the loss and make space for it instead? In this episode, Lisa Michelle Zega uses Aramaic spiritual wisdom to explore what it means to "love your enemies" when the enemy feels like grief itself. Drawing on her own journey through divorce and loss, Lisa offers a gentle invitation to slow down, release the pressure of who you thought you were su
Journey to Internal Unity (opens the original)
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Lisa explores the profound concept of unity and its intersection with personal healing, sparked by a powerful passage from Neil Douglas-Klots' book, The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Messages of the Aramaic Jesus . The quote, "You cannot seek unity without being unified," serves as the foundation for a deep dive into the nature of human suffering, self-compassion, and the transformative power of the "witness". Lisa discusses how observing our own experiences, emotions, and pain through a
Beautiful Gayle (opens the original)
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When I found out Gayle was in hospice, I began talking to her in my morning meditations. Somehow, I knew we were meeting in the spirit world and didn’t question the experience. That changed when she let me know she’d be leaving her body on Father’s Day. I had to be making it up, romanticizing her reunion with her husband of more than 50 years, who exited his body on Mother’s Day. I became critical of my experience – even ashamed of my silly mind. On Father’s Day, I confessed my foolishness to Si
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