What happens when we stop hiding the most human parts of ourselves?
Life, Death, All of It is a podcast about the conversations we were never taught to have — about love, loss, resilience, and belonging. Each week, host Krista Berlincourt sits down with researchers, scientists, authors, and experts to dismantle the taboos that keep us from living fully.
Together, we explore how embracing all of life — especially the parts we often hide— is the key to ultimate confidence and true connection.
What if everything we've been taught about grief is wrong?
Freud thought grief was a problem to solve. Then Western culture gave us two days to do it, so many of us learned to move on, perform strong, and grieve quietly — alone.
In this episode, Krista sits down with Carla Fernandez, author of Renegade Grief and co-founder of The Dinner Party, a national nonprofit that brings grieving people together around a dinner table, to talk about what grief actually is, what it does to the body, and what becomes possible when we stop treating it as something to recover from.
Whether you're grieving a person, a relationship, a past, an identity, or a life you once dreamed of, this conversation will give you the language, the tools, and the permission to feel it fully.
🎧 In this episode you'll learn:
Why grief is not a detour
What anticipatory grief is and why naming it matters
How to sit with someone else's grief without saying the wrong thing
Why the people around you go quiet after a loss
What confident grief actually looks like
How The Dinner Party is changing the way we grieve together
Why grief evolves but doesn't end
5 Aug 2025
How to Talk About 100% Responsibility with Jonathan Basker
If you’ve ever asked yourself, “How do I stop feeling like life is happening to me?” — this episode is for you.In today’s conversation, Krista sits down with executive coach Jonathan Basker of the Conscious Leadership Group to explore what it really means to take 100% responsibility for your life — especially when the temptation to collapse into blame, resentment, or burnout feels irresistible.
Jonathan is known for helping leaders drop the victim mindset and step into grounded, heart-led presence. Before becoming a coach, he led strategy inside high-growth startups like Etsy and Betaworks, learning firsthand that surface-level leadership doesn’t survive real storms. But his insights don’t just come from boardrooms — they come from years of inner work, facing his own patterns, and choosing self-acceptance over self-attack.
Together, Krista and Jonathan unpack:
How to recognize when you’re stuck in victimhood — and shift into self-ownership
Why awareness is the first step to transformation (and why most people skip it)
The subtle ways we self-sabotage when trying to “fix” ourselves
Why acceptance isn’t resignation — it’s the doorway to change
How to break free from repeating the same painful patterns
The role of love and self-compassion in real, lasting leadership
This conversation is for anyone ready to stop outsourcing their power, stop looping in the same old stories, and start leading — in work, in relationships, and in life — from the inside out.
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22 Jul 2025
How to Talk About Uncomfortable Truths with Kaitlyn Barclay
If you’ve ever wondered how to turn your hardest truths into your greatest power — this episode is for you.
In today’s conversation, Krista sits down with brand strategist and truth-teller Kaitlyn Barclay to explore how owning our stories can transform not just our personal lives, but our professional impact. From founding purpose-driven creative agency Scout Lab to courageously sharing her own experiences of survival, Kaitlyn has built a career on the radical power of honesty.
Together, Krista and Kaitlyn unpack:
⟶ How telling the truth—personally and professionally—becomes a catalyst for freedom⟶ The lifelong ripple effects of speaking out against injustice⟶ Why great brands (and great lives) are built on clarity, values, and courage⟶ How to cultivate confidence by claiming your story instead of hiding from it⟶ The science of brand resonance — and how it applies to your personal identity⟶ What it means to be “the hero of your own story” and why that matters more than ever
This episode is a permission slip: to tell the truth, to take up space, and to remember that your story—no matter how uncomfortable—is a source of strength, not shame.
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15 Jul 2025
How to Talk About Relational Polarity with Miriam Adler
In today’s conversation, Krista sits down with relational polarity expert Miriam Adler to explore why so many of us lose ourselves in love, chase success at the cost of well-being, and struggle to feel safe inside our own bodies — and how rediscovering inner polarity can change everything.
Miriam has guided thousands through deep relational healing, helping people reclaim their sense of self, understand their emotional patterns, and build healthier, more connected relationships. In this episode, she shares her personal story of hitting rock bottom and the pivotal decision to walk a radically different path — from high-fashion modeling to guiding global healing work.
Together, Krista and Miriam unpack:
⟶ Why heartbreak and rock bottoms can be the greatest doorways to transformation⟶ The misunderstood truth about polarity — and why it’s not about gender or labels⟶ How the “mother wound” and “father wound” unconsciously shape our adult relationships⟶ The root cause of relationship struggles: self-abandonment and lack of responsibility⟶ How mastering inner polarity creates natural confidence, safety, and openness⟶ Why modern culture glorifies burnout and overdrive — and how to reclaim your vitality⟶ The role of polarity in workplaces, leadership, and restoring feminine power
This episode is a reminder that safety isn’t something we outsource — it’s something we cultivate within. It’s an invitation to move from performance to presence, from expectation to authentic connection, and from burnout to grounded confidence.
For more from this episode and to join the conversation, head to:→ Substack→ Instagram: @allofitpod→ TikTok: @allofitpodcast
2 Jul 2025
How to Talk About Empathy with Michael Ventura
Host Krista Tippett interviews Michael Ventura, author and founder, about empathy as a transformative tool, exploring its practice in leadership, activism, and daily life, ultimately inviting listeners to reclaim empathy for meaningful connection.
24 Jun 2025
How to Talk About Pleasure with Regena Thomashauer
Regena Thomashauer, bestselling author, discusses reclaiming pleasure as a source of feminine power with Krista, tracing the path from repression to radiance in this interview.
17 Jun 2025
How to Talk About Impact with Mara Abrams
Mara Abrams discusses with Krista how shame influences our pursuit of impact, revealing the link between burnout and loss of purpose, in this interview.
3 Jun 2025
How to Talk About The Creative Process with Amy Snook
Amy Snook, founder of Parea Studios, discusses the creative process with Krista, addressing shame, originality, and exposure to encourage listeners to embrace imperfection in this interview.
27 May 2025
How to Talk About our Differences with Erin Claire Jones
Human Design expert Erin Claire Jones discusses with Krista how understanding individual wiring fosters compassion and clarity, offering a modern map for self-understanding in this interview.
21 May 2025
How to Talk About Finding Your Voice with IN-Q
If you’ve ever felt like you lost your voice—or couldn’t quite find it to begin with—this episode is for you.
In today’s conversation, Krista sits down with award-winning spoken word artist and bestselling author IN-Q to explore what it really means to find your voice and the humble process of getting there.
You’ll learn how poetry and the spoken word can be a tool for healing, why most of us struggle to express ourselves creatively, and how the simple act of saying the thing you’re afraid to say can be the key to confidence and connection.
Through personal stories, poetic wisdom, and psychological insight, this episode invites you to turn inward, ask better questions, and uncover what you’ve been holding in.
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29 Apr 2025
How to Talk About Shame with Patrycja Slawuta: Part 2
Patrycja Slawuta, Ph.D., has spent a lifetime studying what most of us spend our lives trying not to touch — shame. As a behavior scientist and expert in collective shame, her work explores the holy trinity of taboo — shame, secrecy, and silence — and how invisible shame shapes every part of our lives, from family systems to finances.In part two of this conversation, we move beyond financial shame into the deeper architecture of human belonging: we explore the roots of shame, its silent inheritance, and how it fractures our sense of self long before we find the language to name it. We talk about how shame shapes belonging, morality, and the stories we tell — or never tell — about who we are.
Together we explore how hope is born from adversity, why vulnerability is the beginning of true power, and what it really means to live a life of nothing left unsaid.
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29 Apr 2025
How to Talk About Shame with Patrycja Slawuta: Part 1
Patrycja Slawuta, Ph.D., has spent a lifetime studying what most of us spend our lives trying not to touch — shame. As a behavior scientist and expert in collective shame, her work explores the holy trinity of taboo — shame, secrecy, and silence — and how invisible shame shapes every part of our lives, including one of its most taboo arenas: money.In part one of this two-part conversation, we follow the thread of shame into our financial lives — how money becomes a silent biography, shaped by unspoken rules, intergenerational scars, and the stories we tell (or never tell) about what we deserve.At its heart, this episode asks: how do we unlearn the shame we inherited around wealth, work, and worth — and what new story might we write if we could?
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29 Apr 2025
How to Talk About This Podcast with Krista Berlincourt
Have you ever wondered what might happen if you stopped leaving things unsaid? Life, Death, All of It is a groundbreaking new podcast that explores the question: what happens when we stop hiding the most human parts of ourselves?
This opening episode is an unfiltered conversation between me and my producer, Katrina McIlvenna — the untold story behind the podcast's creation. How a simple research question unraveled into a decade-long exploration of shame, silence, and what it truly means to belong to ourselves.
This series is dedicated to liberating the unspoken beliefs we inherit, the stories we’re told not to touch, and the quiet reckoning that begins when we dare to reach toward confidence by naming the invisible shame that holds us back.
New episodes every week. Subscribe to Life, Death, All of It on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Audible.
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