Flourishing After Adversity

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S2:E44 Rebuilding Meaningful Connections After Adversity

2026-11-0426:03

How to Rebuild Friendships and Belonging After Major Life Changes Host Laura Mangum Broome discusses how major life changes—such as divorce, widowhood, illness, estrangement, or an empty nest—can make longtime friendships feel uncomfortable and trigger loneliness, often because shared routines and contexts shift. Using a hypothetical example of Diane after divorce, she explains that disconnection doesn’t necessarily mean a friendship is wrong, but that circumstances have changed; she cites a...

S2:E43 When Good Intentions Don't Become Action

2026-10-2825:19

Breaking the Avoidance Cycle: Taking Meaningful Action After Life Changes Laura Mangum Broome hosts the Flourishing After Adversity podcast and explores why people delay actions that could improve life after grief, illness, loss, divorce, or unexpected change. Using examples of learning piano and a divorced woman, Susan, avoiding a women’s group luncheon, she explains the avoidance cycle: anticipating discomfort, postponing, feeling temporary relief, and staying stuck. She distinguishes inte...

S2:E42 How to Rebuild Your Life After Betrayal, Loss, or Injustice

2026-10-2122:47

Rebuilding After Betrayal, Loss, or Injustice: Accept Reality and Move Forward Host Laura Mangum Broome introduces an episode on rebuilding life after betrayal, loss, or injustice caused by someone else’s choices, emphasizing that acceptance means acknowledging reality—not approving what happened—and that you can move forward without waiting for apologies or resolution. Using a collapsed-bridge metaphor, she describes how people get stuck by waiting for others to make things right, replaying...

S2:E41 Finding Meaning in a Future You Never Expected

2026-10-1423:07

Finding Meaning in a Future You Never Expected Laura Mangum Broome hosts the Flourishing After Adversity podcast and explores how to find happiness, purpose, and joy when life changes through divorce, widowhood, retirement, empty nest, health crises, or other losses. She explains that disappointment often comes from comparing the present with an expected future, and that happiness can be redefined over time, including through post-traumatic growth. Drawing on her own experiences (bilat...

S2:E40 How to Stop Seeking Validation From Others and Build a New Path Reflecting Your Values

2026-10-0719:57

Stop Seeking Approval: Rebuilding Self-Trust and Self-Worth After Adversity Host Laura Mangum Broome welcomes listeners to the Flourishing After Adversity podcast and shares a free resource, “Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day.” She explores validation after major life changes, distinguishing healthy encouragement from dependence on others’ approval, and explains how adversity can shake identity and self-worth. The episode offe...

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