Hosted by Brian D Smith | Grief Guide and Healing Journey Podcast Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 107 episodes
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A Place For UsIn short, personal reflections, Brian D. Smith shares thoughts on everyday living — on love, loss, presence, uncertainty, gratitude, and the quiet moments that shape us. grief2growth.substack.com
Brian D Smith | Grief Guide and Healing Journey Podcast Host hosts A Place For Us, a religion show with 107 episodes published.
There’s a door you’re afraid to open, and even more afraid will come bursting open. You know the door I mean. It’s the one at the top of the basement stairs. You crack it open, look down into the dark, and shut it fast.
I had panic attacks as a child because of God. Not because of death, or darkness, or the usual things that frighten kids. Well, yes, those things, but not because I feared being alone in the dark. I feared being there wi
I spent forty years certain I would die young. I was terrified. I’m sixty-five today. And the strangest thing happened on the way here: the fear didn’t get worse as the end got closer. It disappeared. When I was young, t
I have spent most of my life afraid of making the wrong decision. Not in a paralyzing way — I functioned, I decided, I moved forward. But there was always a low hum of anxiety underneath it. What if I missed something? W
I spent yesterday watching two women fight the same battle — and neither one knew it. One was my client, sitting across from me in the morning, wearing her daughter’s engineering school sweatshirt. The other was a strang
I grew up being told Jesus could come back at any moment. Not someday. Not eventually. Any. Moment. As a kid, that hung over everything. Plan for the future? Why? Build something? For what? Some people I knew didn’t go t
The morning after Shayna passed, I lay in my bed and thought about disappearing. Not because I wanted to die. Well, not exactly. But because I couldn’t bear the thought of what time might do to her. I remember it as if i
I posted something on Facebook a few days ago that really hit a nerve. Most of my posts go largely unnoticed. This one got 2,200 reactions. Nearly 600 shares. A post about Netanyahu, Trump, and why criticizing Israel’s g
My friend Eileen just lost her spouse. When I asked how she was doing, she said something that hit home for me. “All days are bad. Some are just not as bad as the others.” That’s early grief in one sentence. You don’t da
A few weeks ago, I wrote something I don’t usually write. I asked for help. I told you I was pushing toward 100 paid subscribers — the number Substack uses to award Bestseller status. I told you why it mattered, not just
Someone asked me a question after a recent talk, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. “What if we come here just to experience the uncontrollable?” Not to complete a mission. Not to fulfill a contract. Not
I used to think “passed away” was just a euphemism. A way to avoid the hard truth. I thought, “Why do they say passed away, transitioned, or went home?” Just be plain. “He died." Don’t sugarcoat it.” My first grief couns
I hate him. I can and should hate this malevolence. All decent, loving, compassionate people should. Every person claiming to care about what Jesus cared about should hate it. Good people should unapologetically hate atr
TL;DR Grief ambushes you at random—at the grocery store, in the car, at work. Emotional regulation isn’t about controlling your feelings or forcing positivity. It’s about intentionally moving through them. I use a 6-mile
“I’m sorry,” she said, reaching for the tissue box. “I didn’t mean to cry.” I hear this in almost every session. Clients apologizing for their tears. As if grief should be neat and dry. As if showing emotion is something
This morning, Tampa, Florida was colder than Juneau, Alaska. Let that sink in. The Sunshine State shivered at 27°F while the Alaskan capital sat at a balmy 33°F. Polar vortexes buckling. Weather patterns flipping upside
TL;DR I’m 51/100 of the way to Substack Bestseller status. I’m offering limited-time discount tiers ($2, $4, or $6/month for your first year) until I hit 100 paid subscribers—then they close forever. Only 49 spots left.
I don’t know how to do this. You were the first to see me in the morning and the last at night. My days began and ended because you were there to hold them. When I had a good day, you made me tell it again, so we could l
I was so excited about coming to Earth.I had it all planned out.The people I would love.The life I thought I was going to live. I couldn’t wait.I heard Earth was this great adventure. And just before I left, as I was tur
I’m a solar-driven person. All year long, we’re told that after December 22nd, “the light returns.” It sounds dramatic. Reassuring. Almost instant. But that’s not really how it works. The winter solstice isn’t the sudden
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