Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life podcast

September 24, 2025 Transforming Complex Grief into Authentic Power and Purpose

In this riveting interview, Dr. Michelle Peticolas—sociologist, award-winning filmmaker, international best-selling author, and transformational life coach—shares her extraordinary journey through complex grief, healing, and spiritual rebirth. She reveals how personal loss cracked open the door to her soul’s purpose, leading her from the heartbreak of betrayal and her mother’s poignant final moments to a life devoted to helping high-achieving women transmute pain into power. With 18 years of experience in coaching, hospice care, and storytelling, Michelle’s insights are not just profound—they’re life-altering. If you’ve ever faced loss or longed for deeper meaning, this conversation will stir your heart and illuminate your path.

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🎁 Special Gift for Grief and Rebirth Podcast Listeners

As a thank-you for tuning in, Michelle is offering the Complex Grief Checklist & Assessment—a powerful tool to help you understand where you are in your grief journey and what support could help you move forward.

👉 Get your free gift here: complexgriefchecklist.com/l/complex-grief-checklist

💫 Release Your Grief and Thrive

If you’re ready to release the weight of grief and reclaim your joy, Michelle is offering 10% off any of her Release Your Grief and Thrive programs—self-study, group mastermind, or private VIP—for listeners who book a discovery call through the G & R audience.

👉 Book your discovery call here: https://tally.so/r/nr2GgM

About the Program:

Release Your Grief and Thrive is an 8-session, 4-month private program designed to help you heal complex grief—especially when current loss is intertwined with past wounds like abandonment or unresolved trauma.

Through Michelle’s proven SERVE System of Transformation—Surrender, Engage, Reframe, Vision, and Express—you’ll receive: