What if the worst thing imaginable happened… and instead of closing your heart, the spirit of the child you lost, inspired you to open it wider?

In this deeply moving episode, I sit down with Jenn Levi, mother, advocate, and co-founder of the Live Like Braun Foundation, to talk about what healing really looks like after unimaginable loss. Ten months after losing her 18-year-old son, Braun, Jenn shares how grief has reshaped her faith, her identity, and her sense of purpose. From losing their home in the Palisades fire to losing Braun just months later, she reflects on how back-to-back tragedy forced her to confront the question: How is grief going to shape you?

We talk about the reality that you don’t “get over” losing someone, especially a child. You learn to live with it.  Jenn shares how she’s building a life big enough to hold both love and pain, how giving her grief a job transformed it into service, and how the foundation is channeling heartbreak into scholarships, rebuilding public spaces, and fighting to reform DUI laws. We also explore how helping others can shift your own healing and the power of human connection in a disconnected world.  And finally, Jenn shares how her spiritual beliefs have evolved, not into easy answers, but into a deeper relationship with love, energy, and presence beyond the veil.

This conversation is raw, courageous, and honest. It’s about legacy. It’s about resilience. And it’s about choosing, every single day, to live with intention, even when your heart is shattered.

LINKS

Live Like Braun Website: https://livelikebraunfoundation.org/

Live Like Braun on Instagram @livelikebraunfoundation

Jenn Levi on Instagram @jennlevi2016

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