Ep. 112 | Surviving Grief and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself with Jan Reed

Some conversations stay with you long after the episode ends. This is one of them.

Jan Reed is a transformational life coach, E4 spiritual psychology coach, and a coach within the Spiral Up program. She's also a retired teacher of over 30 years who has walked through some of the deepest loss imaginable and chosen, with full intention, to rise. In this episode, Jan shares her story with remarkable openness, and what she offers is not a tidy recovery arc but a real, honest look at what it means to grieve well.

We talk about her husband Mickey, the night everything changed, and the unexpected ways he has continued to show up for her since. We also talk about grief as something that lives in the body, the difference between surviving loss and truly moving through it, and why the words "choose" and "decide" are some of the most powerful tools we have.

What you'll hear in this episode:

• What Jan discovered about grief, her body, and the unexpected place where healing actually begins

• The identity shift that changed how Jan approached her loss, and why victim vs. victor is more than just a mindset reframe

• Why Jan believes joy and grief can exist at the same time, and what that duality actually looks like in real life

This one is tender, real, and full of wisdom you'll want to return to.

Meet Jan Reed

Jan Reed is a Transformational Life Coach, E4™ Spiritual Psychology Coach, Coach for Spiral Up™, and a retired teacher of more than 30 years. After the devastating loss of her husband to suicide, Jan stepped into a profound healing journey that awakened her deeper purpose.

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https://www.facebook.com/jan.reed.940

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