Navigating Grief & Building Layers of Connection with Dr. David Horton

Take Back Your Mind

Michael B. Beckwith

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

5 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Today, Michael speaks with Dr. David Horton. David is a retired oncologist whose beloved wife and soulmate of 32 years, DeeDee, passed away from an inoperable brain tumor, plunging him into a profound grief that reshaped his outlook on life. At the time of DeeDee’s passing, she was finalizing edits on her inspired novel, Layer Upon Layer. David decided to finish and publish her book, experiencing insights that transformed his understanding of life, grief, and resilience while championing DeeDee’s legacy and message of women’s empowerment.

During Michael and David’s conversation, they discuss:

-David’s emotional journey after DeeDee’s passing and the spiritual insights he gained, particularly through observing her grace in dying

-How gratitude, community, and unexpected support helped David survive and evolve through prolonged grief

-How David still feels DeeDee, and the continued presence of departed loved ones, spiritual energy, and the eternality of the soul

-The process of finishing and publishing DeeDee’s novel, Layer Upon Layer, while preserving her vision and voice

-Layer Upon Layer’s themes around persistent cultural gender roles, social expectations, and mentorship, loosely based on DeeDee’s life and the lessons and insights she gleaned from her experiences

-How awareness and empathy can heal gender-based disconnects and support relational evolution

-Examples of subconscious social cues and how greater awareness can bridge misunderstandings in relationships

-Embracing conscious dialogue and inner change for collective healing, and more.

Finally, Michael leads a guided meditation focused on waking up from the intoxicating sleep of separation from the Infinite.

Learn more about David and DeeDee’s story and get Layer Upon Layer at https://www.layeruponlayer.com/ and on social media.

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0:00.0	I describe grief as being like you're at the beach and you're in that zone where the waves are.
0:08.4	And sometimes the waves are small and other times, as you know, they can build on each other.
0:15.4	And all of a sudden, you're slammed down and you're rolling on the bottom of the ocean and being pounded on the ground. And that was,
0:23.2	that's kind of the way the experience is and it varies by the hour, by the day, by the month,
0:28.3	and those types of things. And what I found is when I had those waves hit me, it was the gratitude.
0:33.0	And that gratitude being the memories of all the great things that my life together with my
0:38.7	wife had given me. And when I focused on those, it allowed, it allowed that to calm down
0:43.8	much quicker and helped me process through that and get up, keep going, and continue to live
0:52.1	and expand my life to reach out to other people and and show my gratitude for those people as well and it grows from there.
1:05.3	Peace and Rich's blessings. I am Michael B. Beck with the host of Take Back Your Mind.
1:09.5	Listen, listen. I am Michael B. Beck with the host of Take Back Your Mind. Peace and radical blessings to all of you.
1:42.0	And thank you for tuning in to this podcast called
1:45.4	Take Back Your Mind. I am your host, Michael B. Beckwith, the founder of the Agapa International
1:50.3	Spiritual Center. Every week I get to have a wonderful conversation with individuals who are
1:56.7	in their own way opening their heart, taking back their own mind, and in their own way,
2:02.8	inspiring other people to do the same. So today, I get to welcome Dr. David Horton. How are you doing,
2:08.3	Brother David? I'm doing well today. I want to thank you, first off, for having me on your show
2:15.2	and giving me the opportunity to talk to your listeners as well as you,
2:18.6	of course. I'm looking forward to it. Beautiful. Let me let people know who you are.
2:25.3	Dr. David Horton, let me tell you, he's a lifelong passion for science and patient connection.
2:33.3	He specializes in oncology. And pursued of a job post-residency,
2:40.2	David relocated to the Pacific Northwest where he met his wife, D.D. David's approach to patient
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