What if grief isn’t something to be “fixed” but something to be felt, moved, and transformed? In this powerful episode, Paul Denniston, founder of Grief Yoga® and author of Healing Through Yoga: Transform Loss into Empowerment, shares how movement, breath, and sound can help us process loss and reconnect to love. Paul has trained thousands of therapists, counselors, yoga teachers, and health care professionals around the world, teaching how to create safe spaces for releasing pain and reclaiming empowerment. Through stories, practices, and gentle wisdom, Paul reveals how we can channel grief into growth and even discover resilience and laughter along the way.

Today we’re exploring something we all have in common: birthdays. For some, it’s a day of celebration. For others, it’s complicated—lonely, triggering, or just underwhelming.

My guest, Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming, is the author of How to Have a Happy Birthday and its companion workbook, and she’s here to help us turn our birthdays into a sacred celebration of who we really are.

Tamar is a birthday enthusiast with a wise and soulful perspective. Her work invites us to reflect, release pressure, and discover what will actually bring us joy on our special day.

The holidays can magnify everything: joy, grief, pressure, loneliness, and old wounds we thought were healed. In this timely and deeply needed conversation, Dana Grant is joined by mental health advocate and thought leader Ryan Phillips to unpack what really happens beneath the surface during the holiday season.

Together, they explore how to protect your mental health, set boundaries without guilt, navigate family dynamics, and recognize when “holiday cheer” is masking emotional burnout. This episode offers compassionate truth, practical tools, and grounding reminders for anyone who feels overwhelmed, triggered, or emotionally stretched this time of year.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re holding it together on the outside while unraveling on the inside, this episode is for you. Consider this your permission slip to prioritize your well-being, honor your emotions, and move through the holidays with greater self-awareness, strength, and grace.