Why Does Grief Reveal Some of Our Deepest Connection to God?

Why Does Grief Reveal Some of Our Deepest Connection to God?

July 8, 2026 · 27 min · Episode 828

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This episode explores how grief enhances our spiritual sensitivity and connection to God.

In this episode we’ll talk about: Why grief has a way of doing what almost nothing else in life can do to our spiritual sensitivity How loss slows down our sense of time — and why that slowing down is where God tends to meet us Why we ask deeper questions in grief than we do in almost any other season How grief strips away the noise that usually stands between us and God Why the closeness people feel to God in loss is often the closeness that was always available — we just weren't quiet enough to receive it What we can carry from these seasons into the rest of our lives And more… START HERE… → Join The Niche Is You® — my Substack (20K+) — Weekly essays, the full workshop library, the private community + the Quarterly Challenges. → https://mattgottesman.substack.com/about NEW HERE… → 6 Days to Clarity Workshop — clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play. → https://mattgottesman.com/reverse-engineer-your-life (FREE) CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → TikTok — @mattgottesman → YouTube — @mattgottesman RESOURCES… → Write • Design • Build — my Content Creator Studio & OS masterclass (Included when you join my Substack) — Growing the niche of…

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Host: Matthew Gottesman

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