Trauma Expert: You Will Never HEAL Unless You Do This | David Kessler

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August 10, 2026

Duration

1h 20m

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Lewis Howes

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• Recommended for you: https://youtu.be/TbsRU-crgsc Your grief is not the thing keeping you stuck. Running from it is. David Kessler spent years working alongside Elisabeth Kubler-Ross before everything he taught got tested against his own life, when his son died unexpectedly and the grief expert became the one who needed help. He talks about sitting in a grief group with his own books on the table and still not being able to say the words out loud. About discovering there is a stage past acceptance, one built on meaning instead of just getting through it. You will hear why anger is often just pain wearing a disguise, why your triggers are actually a map back to what needs healing, and why the people who seem to have it all together are usually the ones running the hardest. This conversation will change how you think about every hard thing you have survived and every hard thing still ahead. David’s books: Finding Meaning: the Sixth Stage of Grief Workbook: Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering with Love https://amzn.to/4f3zMbr Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief https://amzn.to/3QVz87W You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After a Breakup, Divorce, or Death https://amzn.to/3QPCAkt Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die https://amzn.to/4gWVWi1 Grief.com http://grief.com/ David's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iamdavidkessler/ David's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IamDavidKessler/ Online Grief Group and Grief Education http://aboutgrief.com/ Listen to this episode on the go! 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-school-of-greatness/id596047499 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07GQhOZboEZOE1ysnFLipT?si=a03d916bade54d4f For more info about this episode, go to https://lewishowes.com/1965 💰 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "Make Money Easy" today!https://lewishowes.com/moneyyou 📙 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "The Greatness Mindset" today! https://lewishowes.com/gmyo 📤 sign up for my FREE newsletter https://lewishowes.com/greatnessdelivered Follow Lewis! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LewisHowes 💻 Website: http://lewishowes.com/ 📲 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Get More Greatness! Greatness Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@GreatnessClips Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@LewisHowesEspañol Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/@LewisHowesPortugues Lewis Howes Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@lewishowesshorts 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:20 When the Expert Experiences Loss 00:06:43 Finding Meaning After Tragedy 00:14:26 Grief and Love Are Inseparable 00:19:54 Why Grief Must Be Witnessed 00:22:30 Lewis Reveals Childhood Trauma 00:35:25 Why Men Struggle With Vulnerability 00:37:36 Dangers of Unattended Grief 00:41:42 Using Triggers to Heal 00:50:51 Money Can't Fix Inner Pain 00:59:52 Avoiding Grief Means Avoiding Life 01:04:29 How to Stop Fearing the Future 01:15:00 Overcoming Guilt to Be Happy 01:19:07 The Three Truths and Greatness #greatness #inspiration #motivation

🎤 SPEAKERS

• David Kessler

  guest

  Grief and trauma expert and author known for work on the stages of grief and the concept of a sixth stage of meaning.

• Lewis Howes

  host

  Host of The School of Greatness and interviewer focused on personal development and high-performance conversations.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lewis Howes, featuring David Kessler and Lewis Howes, Trauma Expert: You Will Never HEAL Unless You Do This | David Kessler explores Grief, meaning, and connection: how witnessing pain transforms healing David Kessler defines grief as “a change we didn’t want,” arguing that learning to grieve well helps people manage change and live better.

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