n this episode, Karen Olson shares her extraordinary journey of surviving childhood trauma after losing her mother to suicide at just 12 years old. That early rupture awakened a radical empathy within her, eventually driving her to found Family Promise and dedicate her life to combating homelessness on a national scale. But when a spinal cord injury threatened to take everything away, she was forced into her deepest reinvention yet—proving that we are all capable of finding joy after injury.

Discover how to turn your own hardest chapters into your truest calling in Karen’s inspiring book, Meant for More: Following Your Heart and Finding Your Purpose. Order your copy here: https://amzn.to/4uJb3zG

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Irene Weinberg is a public speaker, author, and host of the popular podcast Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life. Two months before, during and just after her husband died next to her in a tragic car accident, Irene received profound messages that led to a spiritual awakening and her book They Serve Bagels in Heaven. Having learned to pay attention when seemingly “out of the blue” messages dropped into her head, one day Irene suddenly heard the word “podcast” and so began the next part of her soul purpose.  The mission of Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life Podcast, which is touching and helping people all over the world, is to educate, enlighten, and provide healing choices through interviews with grief and trauma specialists, healers, mediums, and people who have inspiring stories of healing, transformation, and rebirth to share. 

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