Good Hard Story Podcast

Episode 99: How to Live A Life That Doesn't Feel Like Mine with Susan Robinson


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At some point, you’ve probably felt like you were living in some strange alternate version of your life. Maybe it was after a tragedy as dramatic as a stroke. Perhaps it was something as mundane as realizing you’re middle aged. We desperately want to find our way back to the way life used to be, but it turns out that version of life is beyond our reach. 

So what are our options here? We can keep longing for what was—unsatisfied, absent, and stuck. Or we can learn to love the “new normal” in front of us. Yeah, I like that option.

Today I’m joined by my wise and wonderful friend Susan Robinson to uncover how we can learn to love the lives we never imagined living.

I loved this conversation so much. Here’s a preview of what we got into…

  • The thing that helped make my post-stroke life feel not only normal, but hopeful
  • What advice I’d give to my pre-stroke self
  • What I miss most about my old life
  • The childhood dream that has been the most difficult to release

I hope you enjoy this important conversation, friend, and, even more than that, I hope you can learn to truly enjoy your one precious life.


Show Notes:

Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting - https://a.co/d/51XN3fq

What's Here Now?: How to Stop Rehashing the Past and Rehearsing the Future--and Start Receiving the Present by Jeannie Stevens - https://a.co/d/4EUeIXu

The GoodHard Story Podcast Episode 96: Losing Memory and Keeping Hope with Alzheimer's Expert Megan Carnarius - https://pod.link/1496882479/episode/60ed5c2e5e34383a7079f18c20333809


Scriptures referenced in this episode:

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