Spiritual ICU | Catholic, Grief, Guilt, Loss, Healing
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Ever wonder why God didn’t answer your prayers? Do you replay the “what ifs,” wondering if it was your fault? Are you carrying grief, guilt, and unanswered questions that feel too heavy to hold alone—even anger toward God?
Spiritual ICU offers spiritual accompaniment rooted Scripture & a Catholic world-view, and is not counseling, therapy, or psychological treatment.
Spiritual ICU is a field hospital for the soul. This podcast is for Catholics grieving loss, guilt, and unanswered prayers. Through Sacred Scripture and real lived experience, each episode points you to Christ, the Divine Physician, who meets you in suffering, binds hidden wounds, and restores hope.
We are Aloisia and Kalala—a daughter and a widow who have walked through the loss of brothers, sons, a father, a husband, and more loved ones than we ever imagined.
We did not find healing by numbing pain, pretending to be strong, or forcing ourselves to “move on.” Instead, we encountered Christ in every loss, and the peace that surpasses understanding became real—even when the prayers we begged for were not answered as we hoped.
Now we share that hope with you—the healing that comes only from Jesus Christ, the Divine Physician.
If you are tired of carrying grief alone, if you long to trust God again after loss, and if you are searching for peace in the midst of suffering, this podcast is for you.
Take a deep breath—you have stepped into God’s ICU, where wounded souls are met with mercy.
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In this episode of The Spiritual ICU Podcast, Aloisia (Sia) and Kalala continue the God in the ICU mini-series by confronting one of the hardest questions faced in times of crisis: Why does God allow suffering?
Rooted in Matthew 11:28–30, they reflect on Christ’s invitation to bring our burdens to Him and explore the Catholic understanding of redemptive suffering—the mystery that when suffering is united to Christ, it can bear fruit beyond what we can see.
Drawing from Nimo’s Pediatric ICU journey, they share how suffering, when embraced with trust and charity, revealed unexpected beauty: deeper community, quiet courage, and moments of grace that transformed pain into love. They reflect on how Nimo suffered with generosity of spirit, how his presence brought peace to caregivers, and how God used even the smallest acts—like a hospital birthday celebration—to reveal hope.
During this Lenten Season listeners are invited to see suffering not as meaningless pain, but as an opportunity to entrust their story to God—who alone can weave every fragment into something redemptive.
With love,Aloisia & Kalala
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Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
In this episode of The Spiritual ICU Podcast, Aloisia (Sia) and Kalala continue the God in the ICU mini-series with a reflection on grief, suffering, and surrender as we approach Ash Wednesday and enter the season of Lent.
Rooted in Psalm 34—“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit”—they reflect on what it means to suffer with God rather than apart from Him. Drawing from St. Teresa of Calcutta’s words that pain and suffering can be “the kiss of Jesus,” they explore how grace meets us in places we would never choose, yet are never abandoned.
This episode returns to moments from Nimo’s Pediatric ICU journey, reflecting on the emotional suffering of separation, waiting, and loss of normal life—and how surrender bore unexpected fruit. They share how peace and sorrow can coexist, how suffering can be lived well by grace, and how community, prayer, and the Catholic faith carried their family through prolonged trial.
As Lent begins, this conversation offers a gentle invitation: to see surrender not as defeat, but as an act of trust—and to remember that God is present, close, and working even in the most painful seasons.
With love,Aloisia & Kalala
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Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
In this episode of The Spiritual ICU Podcast, Aloisia (Sia) and Kalala continue the God in the ICU mini-series by reflecting on what it means to trust God when healing does not come quickly—and when waiting itself becomes a form of suffering.
They share how prolonged illness, unanswered prayers, and repeated loss deepened their trust in God’s grace. They reflect on the tension between praying for healing and surrendering to God’s will, and how Catholic faith, prayer, and the sacraments sustained their family through the waiting.
God is not absent in silence—His grace remains sufficient, even when healing looks different than expected.
With love,Aloisia & Kalala
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Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Letting go and letting God. "Not my will, but yours be done." In this episode we begin our God in the ICU 8-part mini-series, revisiting the early days of Nimo’s unexpected Pediatric ICU hospitalization. Reflecting on Matthew 26:36–41 (the Agony in the Garden), we explore what “not my will, but Yours be done” looked like in real time—when answers were unclear, control was gone, grief was present, loss felt possible, and surrender became the only next step.
With love,
Aloisia & Kalala
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Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Hello friends,
In this episode of The Spiritual ICU Podcast, Aloisia and Kalala share how God gently prepared them for loss and grief, building a deeper trust in Him through the every season. They reflect on how God’s presence and guidance shaped their family long before the ICU, and why that preparation mattered.
This conversation lays the foundation for the upcoming God in the ICU eight-episode mini-series, where they will later walk through Nimo’s Pediatric ICU journey and share how God strengthened them and their family along the way.
We pray this episode blesses you and invites you to trust God more deeply—no matter what you might be facing.
With love,Aloisia & Kalala
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Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Hello friends,
In this very first episode of The Spiritual ICU Podcast, we—Kalala and Aloisia (Sia)—open our story with you. We share how we walked through the loss of brothers, parents, a husband, and sons… and how, through every single one of those moments of grief, God’s peace accompanied us.
We reflect on Philippians 4:6–8 and how Scripture and the sacraments became our anchors —where we drew our strength when life could have broken us. The peace we’ve experienced isn’t personality, will-power, denial, or toughness…it’s God.
And that’s why we started this podcast: so people would know that God cares and is faithful. He is the Divine Physician. He sees every wound. And He desires to heal us —spiritually, emotionally, and deeply.
We leave you with the question we’ve had to face ourselves: Do you really believe that God is good — that He can give you peace in the midst of all of your grief?
We’re grateful you’re here as we begin this journey together.
With love,
Kalala & Sia
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Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Have you been grieving the loss of someone you love? Carrying fear, guilt, unanswered prayers, or replaying the “what-ifs”? Holding a heaviness that’s hard to put into words? Maybe you don’t even know what you need, or what you’re looking for — you just know your heart hurts.
We’re Sia and Kalala — a Catholic mother and daughter who walked through a decade of deep loss… and the only reason we’ve experienced peace through it all is because of God.
Spiritual ICU is where we share scripture, real stories, and the treasures of our Catholic faith that carried us — a place where Christ, the Divine Physician, tends to the wounds we often keep hidden.
Welcome to God’s ICU, where His grace makes you whole.
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