The Suffering Podcast
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Breaking Generational Trauma, Addiction & Grief
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December 23, 2025
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1:06:30Now PlayingPain and suffering don’t care who you are—rich or poor, black or white, young or old. Hardship is coming either way. The real question is: will it break you, or build you?
In this powerful episode of The Suffering Podcast, Kevin Donaldson and Mike Felice sit down with Dr. Greg Linowski, a retired physician, author of Dare to Thrive, and a man who has walked through some of life’s deepest fires—generational alcoholism, untreated PTSD, childhood chaos, and the soul-shattering loss of his medically fragile son, David.
From growing up with a World War II veteran father haunted by trauma and alcohol, to wrestling a loaded .45 out of his dad’s hand as a teenager, to raising a quadriplegic child with severe seizure disorders, Dr. Linowski shares how suffering became both his harshest teacher and his greatest catalyst for faith, empathy, and purpose.
If you’ve ever felt trapped in generational trauma, numbed out by alcohol or unhealthy coping, or broken by grief and loss, this conversation will show you that pain is inevitable—but it does not have to define you. With faith, forgiveness, and perseverance, your wounds can be transformed into wisdom.
In this episode, we talk about:
Why pain and suffering are the most unbiased teachers in life
How trauma becomes a generational curse if we don’t confront it
Growing up with a father battling untreated PTSD and alcoholism
The day a teenage son wrestled a loaded gun from his dad’s hand
Raising David, a medically fragile child with severe developmental delay and seizures
The heartbreak of losing a child—and how faith survived it
How journaling, therapy, and faith led to his book “Dare to Thrive”
Why entitlement will never equal success
Turning wounds into wisdom and suffering into a mission
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🔹 Guest – Dr. Greg Linowski
Author of Dare to Thrive – available on Amazon and major book retailers.
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