<![CDATA[the beauty of grief podcast]]>The Beauty of Grief is a space for truthful, soul-level conversations about healing, loss, and the messy, transformative path to finding your way home.

Born out of host Casey’s profound journey following the tragic loss of her 15-year-old daughter, Sadie, the podcast reframes grief not as a broken condition to be biohacked or repaired, but as a sacred piece of the soul and a catalyst for spiritual evolution.

On each episode, Casey invites her "Wizards"— the teachers, spiritual guides, mediums, and trusted voices who helped her navigate trauma, step out of survival mode, and build stillness as a system. Together, they explore topics ranging from ordinary mysticism and soul-level connection to trauma integration, spiritual readiness, and radical self-responsibility. The Beauty of Grief offers a sanctuary where listeners can honor death, embrace raw authenticity, and discuss deep pain without feeling like freaks

]]>www.thebeautyofgrief.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:06:49 GMTMon, 14 Sep 2026 16:56:05 GMT60Casey Patridge<p><b>The Beauty of Grief</b> is a space for truthful, soul-level conversations about healing, loss, and the messy, transformative path to finding your way home. </p><p></p><p>Born out of host <b>Casey’s</b> profound journey following the tragic loss of her 15-year-old daughter, Sadie, the podcast reframes grief not as a broken condition to be biohacked or repaired, but as a sacred piece of the soul and a catalyst for spiritual evolution.</p><p>On each episode, Casey invites her "Wizards"— the teachers, spiritual guides, mediums, and trusted voices who helped her navigate trauma, step out of survival mode, and build stillness as a system. Together, they explore topics ranging from ordinary mysticism and soul-level connection to trauma integration, spiritual readiness, and radical self-responsibility. <b>The Beauty of Grief</b> offers a sanctuary where listeners can honor death, embrace raw authenticity, and discuss deep pain without feeling like freaks</p>episodicCasey Patridgethecaseyloza@gmail.comyes<![CDATA[Christina Nguyen]]>In this episode, Casey sits down with Christina Nguyen, a licensed acupuncturist at Magnolia Wellness in Costa Mesa. Christina specializes in women's health, fertility, and cosmetic acupuncture, blending Western and Eastern medicine after thirteen years in practice. She was running the session where grief first moved through Casey's body.

They talk about how grief hides in the body, showing up as cortisol spikes, exhaustion, and a cycle that stops making sense. About how acupuncture can release what Botox keeps locked in place. About giving yourself permission to slow down instead of pushing through, especially while you're grieving.

They talk about learning to receive instead of doing it all yourself, and why that's harder for most women than it sounds.

]]>4951d88b-ae34-443f-8d80-696fef353e03Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:06:01 GMT<p>In this episode, Casey sits down with Christina Nguyen, a licensed acupuncturist at Magnolia Wellness in Costa Mesa. Christina specializes in women's health, fertility, and cosmetic acupuncture, blending Western and Eastern medicine after thirteen years in practice. She was running the session where grief first moved through Casey's body.</p><p>They talk about how grief hides in the body, showing up as cortisol spikes, exhaustion, and a cycle that stops making sense. About how acupuncture can release what Botox keeps locked in place. About giving yourself permission to slow down instead of pushing through, especially while you're grieving.</p><p>They talk about learning to receive instead of doing it all yourself, and why that's harder for most women than it sounds.</p>no00:59:39Christina Nguyenfull<![CDATA[Dr. Juergen Hess]]>In this episode: why we don't actually choose when souls come and go, what sleep paralysis looks like from a metaphysical perspective, how grief is designed to shape us rather than break us, the difference between fear and anxiety and how encounters in the dark helped Dr. Juergen Hess finally lose his, special needs children as higher level souls, demons as the infrastructure of growth, and why the Bigfoot left a green rock that looked exactly like a grape.

Follow Dr. Hess’ field work on YouTube: @HooDooTall 

Instagram @ababyraven

]]>5e544e7e-60b1-4cfd-abe2-7f9e0086c34eTue, 22 Sep 2026 07:34:42 GMT<p><b>In this episode:</b> why we don't actually choose when souls come and go, what sleep paralysis looks like from a metaphysical perspective, how grief is designed to shape us rather than break us, the difference between fear and anxiety and how encounters in the dark helped Dr. Juergen Hess finally lose his, special needs children as higher level souls, demons as the infrastructure of growth, and why the Bigfoot left a green rock that looked exactly like a grape.</p><p></p><p><i>Follow Dr. Hess’ field work on YouTube: @HooDooTall</i> </p><p>Instagram @ababyraven</p><p></p><p></p>no01:00:2812Dr. Juergen Hessfull<![CDATA[Mirabai Starr]]>In this first episode of The Beauty of Grief, host Casey Patridge sits down with her first wizard: Mirabai Starr — bestselling author, grief teacher, and mystic who lost her daughter Jenny at 14. Together, they explore why our instinct to fix grief keeps us from the sacred experience of actually feeling it, and why writing — not problem-solving — may be the most powerful healing tool we have.


In this episode:

  • Why grief is sacred ground, not a problem to solve
  • The science of writing as an emotional processing tool
  • Navigating grief rage without shame
  • How to hold space for someone who needs to be alone
  • Masculine vs. feminine approaches to grief
  • Rituals, anniversaries, and honoring the ones we've lost


Mirabai's gift to listeners: A guided writing prompt from Mirabai herself — a taste of the wild heart writing practice she teaches inside Holy Lament. Find it at Casey's Substack. https://substack.com/@caseypatridge
Instagram: @caseypatridge

Find Mirabai at:
https://www.wildheart.space/holylament
Instagram: @mirabaistarr

]]>d9c12300-76e9-4e3b-941a-efe9c9ff514aMon, 14 Sep 2026 18:23:58 GMT<p>In this first episode of <i>The Beauty of Grief</i>, host Casey Patridge sits down with her first wizard: Mirabai Starr — bestselling author, grief teacher, and mystic who lost her daughter Jenny at 14. Together, they explore why our instinct to <i>fix</i> grief keeps us from the sacred experience of actually feeling it, and why writing — not problem-solving — may be the most powerful healing tool we have.</p><p><br /><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why grief is sacred ground, not a problem to solve</li><li>The science of writing as an emotional processing tool</li><li>Navigating grief rage without shame</li><li>How to hold space for someone who needs to be alone</li><li>Masculine vs. feminine approaches to grief</li><li>Rituals, anniversaries, and honoring the ones we've lost</li></ul><p><br /><b>Mirabai's gift to listeners:</b> A guided writing prompt from Mirabai herself — a taste of the wild heart writing practice she teaches inside Holy Lament. Find it at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://substack.com/@caseypatridge" target="_blank">Casey's Substack</a>. <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://substack.com/@caseypatridge" target="_blank">https://substack.com/@caseypatridge</a><br />Instagram: @caseypatridge<br /><br /><b>Find Mirabai at</b>:<br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.wildheart.space/holylament" target="_blank">https://www.wildheart.space/holylament</a><br />Instagram: @mirabaistarr<br /><br /></p>no00:52:0711Mirabai Starrfull