Change Starts Here

📝 Episode Summary

In this Spirit-anchored and neuroscience-informed episode, Dr. Leelo Bush delivers a powerful message inspired by Jesus' question to the man at Bethesda: “Do you want to get well?” Listeners are guided through the biblical truth that healing isn’t just a matter of time—it’s a matter of obedience and intentional action. Dr. Bush outlines the neurobiological impact of grief and presents practical tools, including her Healing the Grieving Brain Guide, journaling, and self-coaching frameworks, to help individuals and coaches alike find freedom and purpose after loss. Healing is not only possible—it’s promised when partnered with the truth and the Spirit.

 

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📚 What You’ll Learn

• Why time alone does not heal, but obedience and daily action can
  
  

• How grief rewires the brain—and how to retrain it toward peace
  
  

• The science behind naming emotions and why it calms the nervous system
  
  

• The power of structured healing tools like journaling and daily rhythm
  
  

• How neuroscience supports Spirit-led coaching methods
  
  

• The biblical truth that healing is a choice and a command
  
  

• How coaches can rise up and become healing agents in this generation
  
  

 

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💬 Quotable Moments

“Healing didn’t come through time. It came through obedience to the Word.”

“You are not stuck. Your grief is real. But it doesn’t get the final word.”

“We’re not waiting around the pool anymore. We’re taking up our mat and walking.”

“Your pain is not the end of the story—it’s just the beginning of the testimony.”

“What sorrow hijacks, hope can restore.”

✝️ Scriptures Mentioned or Referenced

• John 5:6–8 – Jesus says to the man at the pool: “Get up, take your mat and walk.”
  
  

• Romans 8:11 – “The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you.”
  
  

 

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🧠 Resources Mentioned

• Healing the Grieving Brain Guide: https://griefcoachu.com/healing
  
  

• Companion Journal: Daily emotion tracker and guided prompts
  
  

• Self-Coaching Frameworks: For rewiring thought patterns and emotional recovery
  
  

• Facebook Group: Courageous Christian Coaching Tribe
  
  

TRANSCRIPT:

Do you want to get? Well.

That's what Jesus asked.

The man lying by the pool of Bethesda.

38.

Years. He waited, hoping, watching.

Stuck.

He had reasons.

He had excuses. But what he.

Didn't.

Have.

Was healing until.

Jesus showed up.

And when he did, he didn't offer sympathy. Rather, he issued a command. Take your mat and walk. In that moment, everything changed because healing didn't come through time. It came through obedience.

To the word.

Friend. Maybe you're the one lying on the mat today. Paralyzed by pain.

Overwhelmed by loss.

Wondering if your breakthrough will ever come. Or maybe you're someone God.

Is calling to rise up and help others take their first steps toward.

Healing.

Whichever it is.

I need you to hear this.

Jesus is still.

Saying.

Get up.

Your healing.

Starts.

The moment.

You stop.

Waiting and start walking. And here's the part I can hardly believe myself. We've made the tools for healing so accessible.

So affordable that.

Literally anyone within the reach of my.

Voice.

Can begin this journey today. No barriers.

No excuses.

Just proven health and real hope.

This is the episode where.

Everything can begin to change for you or for someone you're.

Called to help. So don't.

Go anywhere.

Welcome to the Christian Coaching School podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Leelo Bush. I'm a master coach, author, curriculum creator.

And the number one authority on.

Spirit led Christian coaching. I've trained tens of thousands worldwide since 2003, and if you are ready to uplevel your skills, find greater fulfillment and employ the most powerful coaching available to mankind. Let's go. Welcome back, my friend.

I am Doctor Lelo.

Bush and I am so glad.

You're here. Whether it's your first.

Time or you've been walking this journey with me.

For a while. Today's episode is for.

Anyone.

Who's ever felt like life stopped after loss. And it's also for you. If God has been.

Tugging at your.

Heart to help.

Others who are hurting. Maybe through coaching.

Counseling, or just.

Walking beside a friend in pain. What I'm sharing today isn't fluff and it's not theory.

It's truth.

Backed by neuroscience and guided by the.

Spirit of God.

Because we now know more than ever that grief doesn't just.

Affect your heart. It rewires your.

Brain.

But that.

Also means your brain can be rewired.

Back so you're not stuck.

And healing, whether for.

You or.

Someone you love.

Isn't about just.

Giving it time.

It's about applying the right tools.

In the right way. Day after day. That's what makes healing stick.

And I've got something powerful to share with you. Tools that have helped thousands.

Move from pain.

To purpose. So let's.

Dive in to the.

Newest.

2025 findings on how to heal the grieving brain and what you can do. Starting today.

Let's begin with something you need to hear. Grieving people are not broken. Your brain is doing exactly.

What it was.

Designed to do. Responding to deep emotional pain with protective mechanisms. But here's the good news. What trauma and grief wired into your brain can be unwired.

What sorrow hijacks hope can restore.

Now, in 2025, neuroscience is catching up with what many.

Of us have already.

Seen through faith and intentional action. The data is in and it's powerful. Let me break it down for you. When you experience loss, the emotional center of your brain, the amygdala.

Goes into overdrive. It floods your system with fear.

Sadness.

Even paralysis.

At the same time.

Your.

Prefrontal.

Cortex.

The part of your brain responsible for decision making and planning, shuts down.

You feel foggy, lost, disconnected. That's not weakness.

That's biology. And it's not permanent.

In fact.

Your brain is neuro plastic. That means it can change, heal.

Adapt, and rewire itself.

Through intentional.

Practice. The research.

Coming out this.

Year is.

Confirming what many of us already witnessed firsthand. Healing happens.

Faster.

When we engage our brains intentionally, daily. One of the.

Most exciting discoveries is how powerful.

Something as simple as naming your emotions can be. It turns out when you regularly label what you're feeling, your brain begins to calm itself. Emotional intensity decreases and you start gaining clarity. It's like taking the chaos in your head and finally giving it structure. We're also seeing that just ten minutes a day. Yes. Only ten.

A focused.

Guided thought work can help rewire the brain faster than weeks or even months of doing nothing. Passive time doesn't equal healing, but micro.

Shifts.

Made consistently.

Does.

Change everything. And here's something I love. God created us to heal both inside and out. Gentle movement like walking, light stretching, or even just standing with awareness of your body helps regulate your nervous system. When you pair that with moments of stillness like quiet prayer, deep breathing, or reflection, your brain begins to restore emotional resilience in a truly miraculous way.

But one of the most transformative findings of all.

Is this.

Healing becomes dramatically more.

Effective.

When people follow a daily rhythm. Specifically one that includes guided frameworks and journaling. This isn't about writing a few sad thoughts on a page. This is about engaging your mind to partner with your recovery.

The studies.

Show that people who consistently.

Used structured tools.

And track their emotional progress experienced breakthrough up to three times faster than those who didn't. And that is why I created these tools for you. The Healing the Grieving Brain Guide.

Lays out the.

Foundation. It teaches you exactly what's happening inside you, how grief rewires your brain and then shows you what to.

Do about it.

It's like a personal map.

Out of the fog.

The companion journal takes that learning deeper. Inside, you'll find prompts that help you identify and label your emotions, and a daily emotion tracker.

To capture your progress.

Because when you see your healing on paper, your mind begins to believe that it's real. And that belief changes everything.

Then there is the self coaching frameworks.

My favorite.

Part? These aren't just exercises.

They are a repeatable, intentional.

Process to guide.

Your thinking.

Shift your focus.

And begin building a better day.

One thought at a time.

When you.

Show up for yourself with these tools.

In hand.

You start.

Teaching your brain what.

Peace looks.

Like. And with.

Practice.

Peace becomes your new normal. Healing doesn't happen by chance. And it's not.

Just about.

Time.

It's about what you do.

With the time. So if no one told you this before, let me be the one to say it.

You are not stuck. Your grief is real. But it doesn't get the final word.

You've just never been shown how to heal. Until now. Friend, if you or a loved one.

Is still.

Lying on that emotional mat, if you're waiting for someone to pick you up and carry you, I'm here to tell you what.

Jesus said.

Take up your mat and walk. God has placed healing in your reach. Now it's time to reach back. And if he's calling you to help others heal. Don't wait to get equipped. This generation doesn't need more sympathy. They need spirit led, neuroscience informed solutions.

They need you to rise.

And now that you do know how to heal, what are you going to do with it?

You have access to.

The same power that raised.

Jesus from the dead.

That power lives in you. And that means your healing isn't just possible. It's inevitable when you apply the truth.

And walk it out.

So don't wait another day hoping things will get better on their own. Go to griefcoachu.com.

Forward slash.

Healing right now and get the healing the grieving brain guide. It's the foundation every grieving heart needs. It's written with clarity, compassion and truth. And the companion.

Journal to track.

Emotions, insights and growth day by day. And if you're ready to.

Accelerate the process.

Go all in and grab the self coaching frameworks. They will.

Walk you step by step.

Through the intentional.

Process to rebuild from the inside out.

It's important to repeat this.

Process each.

Time you get recurring thought.

Errors to rewire.

And make those joyful transforms.

Stick. Because listen.

Your story isn't finished. God's not done with you. And what the enemy tried.

To use to destroy you. God is about to.

Raise you up and make you dangerous.

To the darkness.

If you're walking through grief.

This is.

For you.

If you're called to help others, walk through grief. This is for all the lives you will transform back to.

Peace and joy. We're not waiting around the pool anymore. We're standing up. We're taking up our mat and we're walking. Thanks for listening today. If this spoke to your heart, share it with someone you love. And if you haven't already.

Subscribe to the show so you.

Don't miss what's coming next. Until then, keep healing. Keep rising. And remember, your pain is not the end of the story. It's just the beginning.

Of the.

Testimony. I'm Dr. Leelo Bush and I will.

See you in the next episode.

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And.

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