"Love never dies, it only changes form." —John Masiulionis (from Walking Each Other Home— Zachary's Mission: A Hospice for Children)

Grief can turn an ordinary life into survival mode, where every small task feels like a mountain. This conversation stays with the reality of loss while showing how faith, service, and everyday kindness can slowly rebuild a sense of meaning. It is about learning to keep going when a loved one is gone, and discovering that purpose can grow out of the deepest pain.

Manager of PR From The Heart LLC | Award-Winning Children's Author | Certified Animal Communicator, John Masiulionis, shares how the loss of his grandmother, a testicular cancer diagnosis, financial collapse, and a lifetime of self-doubt became the soil for his award-winning children's book Walking Each Other Home— Zachary's Mission: A Hospice for Children, his spiritual work, and his path as a certified animal communicator.

Press play to be part of a honest, hope-filled conversation about grief, purpose, and love that does not end with death, including:

• How John's relationship with his grandmother shaped his spirituality and life work

• The turning point when testicular cancer, debt, and near-eviction redefined success

• The story behind Walking Each Other Home: Zachary's Mission, A Hospice for Children

• Why children's hospice, chronic illness, and early mortality need gentler stories

• How small "Earth Angels" moments can change the direction of a life

• The role of faith, forgiveness, and self-love in moving through grief

• How animal communication and our pets can support emotional healing

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Episode Highlights:

02:17 Meet John Babcia's Love and Spiritual Awakening

09:20 Career Change and Calling

12:44 Hitting Rock Bottom: Financial Crisis, Cancer Diagnosis, Learning Radical Trust

23:25 Self-Forgiveness, Self-Love, and Becoming a Better Man

27:43 Zachary's Mission

42:44 Keeping Loved Ones Alive by Name

46:45 Becoming an Animal Communicator

52:42 Follow Your Heart

Resources:

Books

📖Grid: Once in a Lifetime You Get to Start Over by Dr. Kimberly Hubenette

📖Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! by Dr. Kimberly Hubenette

📖Walking Each Other Home— Zachary's Mission: A Hospice for Children by John Masiulionis

🎨Walking Each Other Home—Zachary's Mission: A Hospice for Children-themed coloring sheet (to add link once John's website is updated)

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Life moves fast, and it rarely waits for us to feel ready. Many of us spend years reacting instead of choosing, putting off joy while handling responsibilities, loss, and constant pressure. This conversation centers on reclaiming control and deciding how we truly want to live.

Business strategist and connector, Heather Nelson, shares how unexpected loss reshaped her perspective on time, relationships, and leadership. Her journey from survival mode to intentional living now drives how she builds businesses, connections, and community.

Press play to explore how we move from drifting through life to actively shaping it.

• Becoming the driver of our own life

• How loss creates clarity and urgency

• Letting go of waiting for the perfect time

• Building a life aligned with values

• The role of connection in growth and resilience

• Moving from survival to thriving: how the road looks like

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Episode Highlights:

02:52 Meet Heather

09:58 Divorce, Starting Over & Choosing to Build a Life You Truly Love

15:28 Letting Go of Phones, Money Stress & Re-Focusing on What Really Matters

18:45 Moving Forward After Loss as a Business Owner (Getting Unstuck)

22:46 Rebuilding After Divorce

24:41 Mom of Four & Surrogacy

35:28 Manifesting, Abundance

43:53 Helping Hospitality & Event Businesses Grow

Resources:

Books

📖Grid: Once in a Lifetime You Get to Start Over by Dr. Kimberly Hubenette

📖Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! by Dr. Kimberly Hubenette

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"Let's change the conversation. Let's talk about grief like we talk about the weather." —Victoria Volk

Life can look fine on the outside while something underneath stays unresolved. Anger, numbness, anxiety, and self-sabotaging habits often point to grief we were never taught how to process. This conversation meets that reality without fixing, shaming, or spiritual bypassing.

The Unleashed Heart author, Victoria Volk, shares how unprocessed grief reshaped her identity and eventually led her to build a body-based, evidence-informed approach to healing that moves people from survival into real expansion.

Press play and sit with this conversation, then explore the themes that matter most right now:

• Grief beyond death and why endings linger in the body

• Trauma versus grief and how they interact

• STERBs and the behaviors grief often hides behind

• Rebuilding identity after life breaks open

• What thriving actually looks like after loss

• Living fully while carrying grief, not erasing it

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Episode Highlights:

02:13 Victoria's Grief Journey: Childhood Loss and Trauma

06:39 Childhood Emotional Suppression and Learning to Read the Room

10:14 Short-Term Coping: Shopping, Alcohol, Doom-Scrolling and More

14:12 Grief Timeline and the Reality of Doing the Hard Work

20:58 Energy Types Explained: Manifestors, Generators, Projectors, Reflectors

24:31 Grief Myths

27:26 What is Biofield Tuning and How Distance Energy Healing Works

31:33 How to Spark the Desire to Heal and Do the Inner Work

35:13 Short-Term vs Deep Work and Being Ready

Resources:

Books

📖Grid: Once in a Lifetime You Get to Start Over by Dr. Kimberly Hubenette

📖Live, Love, Survive, Thrive! by Dr. Kimberly Hubenette (COMING SOON)

📖Get Victoria's Book: The Guided Heart: Moving Through Grief and Finding Spiritual Solace by Victoria Volk

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To keep my podcast alive,

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