When Your Child's Pain Becomes Your Greatest Teacher

In this episode, I’m joined by coach, mentor, and intuitive guide Cassie Collister for a heartfelt conversation about grief, healing, and what it means to support our children through life’s hardest moments. After experiencing the devastating loss of her grandson, Cassie began a deep journey of personal growth and healing that ultimately led her to leave the corporate world and step into her work helping others. Today, she combines coaching, mindset work, spirituality, energy healing, and holistic wellness practices to support people through transformation, self-discovery, and emotional healing. Together, we explore how trauma shapes behaviour, why unconditional love matters so much when our children are struggling, and how returning to love instead of fear can change the way we show up for ourselves and those we care about most. _________________________________ KEY TAKEAWAYS: Your child’s behaviour is not always about you. You can love your child unconditionally while still processing your own pain. Healing begins when we return to love instead of fear. _________________________________ EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: grief and loss, parenting through trauma, emotional intelligence, trauma-informed parenting, supporting struggling teens, mental health and addiction, healing after loss, unconditional love, self-awareness, emotional regulation, grief recovery, nervous system healing, childhood trauma, neuroplasticity, family relationships, resilience, personal growth, finding purpose after tragedy, parenting adult children, emotional healing _________________________________ ⭐If this episode resonated with you, I invite you to subscribe and continue this journey with me. In future episodes, I’ll share personal reflections, practical tools, and conversations with other parents who are walking a similar path. You don’t have to do this alone. Let’s turn the lens inward, together. _________________________________ RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED Instagram |   / heyitslisataylor   Facebook |   / lisa.taylor.ellet   Website | https://www.glowingconfidence.com/ Cassie’s Website | https://www.cassiecallister.com/ Cassie’s Facebook |   / cassie.callister.606898   Cassie’s Instagram |   / cass_call   _________________________________ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:54 Meet Cassie Collister 02:52 Who Cassie was before grief 07:47 Grief and purpose 12:22 The healing journey 17:04 Cassie’s loss 20:16 Watching your child suffer 22:15 Understanding grief and trauma 23:24 Behaviour is communication 29:49 Parenting from love, not fear 35:55 Healing instead of numbing 43:20 Why behaviours don’t just happen 52:06 Return to love