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What if the story holding you back is one you have repeated for so long that it started feeling like truth?

On this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes his friend Jim Burgoon, leadership coach, veteran, author, and creator of Lead With Jim.

Jim helps people understand who they are, confront limiting beliefs, strengthen relationships, and move toward what they believe they are called to create. His work includes leadership development, mindset, DISC personality, communication, faith, and personal growth.

The conversation begins with transition—what happens when you realize you no longer belong in the place where you once fit.

Jim believes every season needs an exit strategy. How you leave matters. Leaders should close relationships well, finish responsibilities, train others, avoid burning bridges, and leave things better than they found them.

But transition is not only organizational.

It is emotional.

In this episode, you will discover:

• Why DISC profiles can shift and should never become identity prisons

Jim shares a deeply personal example from his own life.

As a young trumpet player, he dreamed of studying music and performing. Despite real accomplishments, important people told him he had no talent.

He believed them.

That sentence became a story Jim carried for decades. Later failures appeared to confirm it, creating a cycle of self-sabotage.

His message is simple:

You will never change what you do not confront.

First, identify the story.

Then ask why you believed it.

Finally, replace the lie with something true.

That process became part of Jim’s first book, Tell a Better Story.

Jim believes servant leadership is one of the strongest models of leadership.

Serving does not mean refusing to lead.

A leader still needs to climb above the trees, see the direction, communicate the vision, then come back down and help everyone move toward it together.

Leadership starts with relationship.

And healthy relationships begin with learning how to relate to yourself.

Jim’s seed is about patience.

Take your time and process properly.

There is no race.

Hustle culture can convince people that everything must happen immediately, but emotional, mental, physical, relational, and spiritual health deserve time.

Have compassion for yourself.

Take one step.

If you fall back, get up and take another.

Every step forward matters.

The only true failure is deciding to quit completely.

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What if the fastest way to transform an organization is to stop acting like everyone has to be serious all the time?

On this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes Ivanna Rosendal, a Copenhagen-based life sciences leader who combines behavioral science, organizational transformation, and comedy.

Ivanna leads a technology organization within Ascendis Pharma and studies why organizations behave the way they do. Her mission became personal after watching a former partner struggle with chronic illness and limited treatment options. She became determined to help make pharma work better for patients.

She also uses improvisational and stand-up comedy to expose the absurdities inside serious corporate environments.

Ivanna believes many professionals wear a “mask of competence,” pretending they understand everything because they are afraid to admit uncertainty. Humor can break through that mask, lower defenses, and help teams see dysfunctional systems differently.

In this episode, you will discover:

• Why serious workplaces need more humor

Ivanna believes telling people what to do has limited power.

Real transformation happens when people experience something for themselves.

When a leader simply tells people the answer, it can create a power dynamic: “I understand this, and you need to catch up.”

But leaders do not have all the answers.

Instead, Ivanna helps teams identify what already works, uncover where assumptions differ, and imagine what those pieces could become together.

Maybe the answer is not the “Lego giraffe” the leader pictured.

Maybe it becomes a gorilla.

The goal is not proving the leader right. It is building something better.

Ivanna describes herself as having a brain that can easily chase the next idea.

Her solution is simple.

She places a Post-it on her computer stating exactly what she is doing:

“Right now you are answering emails.”

When another thought appears, she writes it in a notebook instead of abandoning the task.

The notebook holds the distractions.

The Post-it holds the focus.

She also credits the Pomodoro Method, physical activity, and task-management systems with helping her concentrate.

Ivanna leaves listeners with one question:

“What about the situation I’m in is funny?”

When something goes wrong—a delayed flight, difficult meeting, or frustrating process—look for the absurdity.

Humor does not erase the difficulty.

It changes your relationship with it.

Seeing what is funny can create enough space to see another possibility.

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What happens when achievement, addiction, trauma, and identity all collide?

On this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes entrepreneur, author, and recovery advocate Massimo Rigotti creator of The Sober Method.

Massimo built companies across tech, banking, entertainment, publishing, and printing. Along the way, drinking became part of the lifestyle. Eventually, alcohol was joined by cocaine as his life unraveled.

He lost his business, home, marriage, cars, and nearly everything he had built. By 2015, Massimo was living on the streets of Kansas City. In March 2016, he stood up sober—and has remained sober for 10 years.

Recovery forced him to confront something deeper: a childhood fear of abandonment. Massimo realized much of his drive to perform came from believing he had to work harder to be wanted.

A turning point came when he met Samantha. Only hours after meeting him, she whispered:

“You don’t have to drink to be awesome. I see you.”

Samantha became an important part of his sobriety journey. Tragically, she was killed by a drunk driver in 2020. In that grief, Massimo chose not to return to alcohol and committed to carrying their planned work forward.

In this episode, you will discover:

• How high achievement can hide unresolved trauma

Massimo’s framework stands for:

S — Stoic

The idea is to slow down, understand your thinking, identify the behavior that follows, choose a better response, and repeat until healthier patterns grow stronger.

At the center of the method is one question:

Why am I doing what I am doing?

Massimo believes people often stay trapped in identities created by trauma, expectations, relationships, or old habits. Growth requires being willing to examine those identities and let go of what no longer serves you.

Massimo says recovery cannot survive on willpower alone.

During his final struggle to become sober, he experienced seven difficult relapses within a few weeks. He eventually realized some people around him were pulling him back toward the life he was trying to leave.

So he built a new community.

He created a monthly guys’ night where friends could eat, play cards, talk, and connect without substances being the center of the relationship.

Sometimes recovery requires changing more than your behavior.

It requires changing your environment.

Massimo leaves listeners with a simple challenge:

Go to the mirror.

Look at yourself and say:

“I am enough.”

Your first steps may be uncertain. You may wobble. You may fall.

But confidence grows by taking another step.

The power to rebuild your life begins within.

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STOP ASKING “WHY DIDN’T YOU?”: DALE TURNBULL ON ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP

What if your employees are not ignoring your instructions—what if your leadership approach simply is not reaching them?

On this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes Dale Turnbull, founder of Lead Adapt Impact and creator of the Seven Positions of Leadership framework.

After studying German and Spanish, Dale entered recruitment and spent more than 12 years in learning and development. His frustration with repeatedly telling people what to do led him to ask a harder question: If an employee has been told the same thing 100 times, how responsible is the leader for finding a better way to communicate?

That realization led Dale to study neuro-linguistic programming, hypnosis, personality differences, motivation, and behavioral flexibility. His work helps leaders understand how people process information so they can tailor communication without manipulating, labeling, or limiting anyone.

Dale believes most employees want to do a good job. The challenge is that leaders often teach, motivate, and manage people according to what worked for them. That approach may succeed with employees who think similarly—but fail with everyone else.

The Seven Positions of Leadership framework encourages leaders to recognize their natural strengths while developing the flexibility to lead from different positions. Sometimes a team needs a trailblazer out front. Sometimes it needs a guide beside them, a coach behind them, or a values-driven leader pointing toward the right path.

Effective leadership is not about permanently adopting one style. It is about choosing the position that creates the greatest impact in that particular moment.

In this episode, you will discover:

• Why repeating the same instruction rarely solves a communication problem

A BETTER QUESTION

When an employee makes a decision you do not understand, avoid beginning with an accusation.

Instead of asking, “Why didn’t you do what I told you?” try asking:

“What made you choose to handle it differently?”

That question replaces blame with curiosity. The employee may have received competing priorities, misunderstood the desired outcome, or made a decision that was reasonable based on the information available.

Once leaders understand the thinking behind the behavior, they can coach the decision instead of attacking the person.

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High performers often become their own harshest critics. Self-criticism may encourage improvement, but it can also erase any appreciation for what went well.

At the end of each day, ask yourself three questions:

• What are two things I did well today?

This is not about identifying everything you did wrong. It is a nonjudgmental practice for recognizing success while continuing to grow.

Plant that seed every day, and you may become not only a more capable leader—but a happier and prouder one.

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WRITE THE BOOK—EVEN IF IT SITS FOR SIX YEARS: T.A. THOMPSON ON CREATING THE MARK

What if the story sitting unfinished on your computer is the one somebody else needs to read?

On this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes Michigan author T.A. Thompson for a revealing conversation about dystopian fiction, world-building, criticism, creative resilience, and the long road from finishing a manuscript to finally publishing it.

T.A. spent more than a decade working in commercial insurance, where analyzing risk and anticipating worst-case scenarios became part of his daily life. That professional mindset now fuels his fiction. When developing a scene, he asks what could go wrong—and then places his characters directly inside that pressure.

His novel, The Mark, is a gripping post-apocalyptic story shaped by genetic disaster, collapsing civilization, violent communities, and impossible choices. At its center is Alexandra, a morally complicated survivor who expects death at any moment. That expectation changes how she views motherhood, relationships, consequences, and survival.

T.A. explains how writers can create immersive worlds without burying readers beneath unnecessary details. His process begins by writing everything down and trimming later. Every description must earn its place by strengthening the setting, advancing the story, or helping the reader experience the character’s emotions.

Although T.A. finished The Mark in 2020, insecurity and uncertainty about publishing caused him to put it aside. Years later, he submitted it for professional beta reading—and discovered that honest feedback can feel like “a colonoscopy without being knocked out.”

The criticism hurt, but it also made the book stronger. Beta readers encouraged T.A. to add a prologue explaining the genetic disaster behind his dystopian world. That new opening became one of the sections readers praised most.

The lesson was clear: feedback is not automatically an attack. A writer should consider every suggestion, apply what improves the story, and reject what compromises the original vision. It remains the author’s book—but a trusted team can help transform an imperfect manuscript into a much stronger finished product.

In this episode, you will discover:

• How commercial risk management shaped T.A.’s imagination

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Do not let everything that comes after writing frighten you away from finishing the story.

Forget the editor, marketing plan, reviews, sales, and publishing decisions for a moment. Finish the book first.

Even if you never publish it, you created something that did not exist before. If the manuscript sits untouched for six years—or even 20—you can return when the time is right, rediscover your old voice, and decide what the story should become.

Do not write only because you expect to become rich. Write because you love creating, because the characters refuse to leave you alone, and because finishing something meaningful is already a victory.

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP SCALES FASTER: KURT UHLIR ON BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS

What would break inside your company if you received 100 times more customers tomorrow?

On this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes Kurt Uhlir, a chief marketing officer, growth catalyst, keynote speaker, and operating executive known as the “King of Scaling.”

Kurt helped take a company public for $880 million before it was later sold for $8 billion. Today, he applies lessons from major enterprises to companies generating between $10 million and $200 million that want to add another zero to their revenue.

True scaling is not simply hiring more people or increasing sales. It requires building systems, developing leaders, documenting essential processes, and creating a culture that can withstand rapid growth without collapsing under pressure.

Kurt begins with an uncomfortable truth: every leader is probably wrong about at least three important things inside the business. Great leaders create an environment where employees can challenge assumptions, expose problems, and help the company correct course before two years of mistakes pile up.

Leaders must also separate decisions into distinct time horizons: short-term, midterm, and long-term. If those conversations are blended together, employees may interpret every discussion as pressure to hit immediate numbers. Clear timeframes give teams permission to invest in outcomes that may not produce revenue for months or years.

The conversation then explores the difference between authoritative and servant leadership. An authoritative leader focuses on specific activities: “Do exactly what I say, exactly how I say it, by the deadline I set.” A servant leader establishes the business outcome and asks, “What can I do to help you achieve it?”

Servant leadership is not soft leadership. It requires clarity, accountability, transparency, healthy conflict, and sometimes difficult decisions. Empathy is one tool in the toolbox—but it cannot replace vision, standards, or results.

In this episode, you will discover:

• Why growth and true scaling are not the same thing

YOUR COMPANY IS NOT A FAMILY

Kurt challenges leaders to stop describing their companies as families.

You do not fire your brother, sister, aunt, or child. A company is better understood as a professional sports team. Every person deserves respect, coaching, clear expectations, and an opportunity to improve—but every player must contribute to the team’s required outcomes.

When someone is not right for a particular role, a servant leader does not blindside them. The leader communicates expectations, provides training, works beside them, and determines whether another position or organization would better fit that person’s strengths.

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Servant leadership does not slow growth. When practiced correctly, it produces faster, stronger, and more resilient organizations.

Set clear outcomes. Give your people room to determine how to reach them. Encourage healthy disagreement. Admit when you fail to demonstrate the values you expect from others. Then serve shoulder-to-shoulder with your team.

Empathy matters, but it is only a tool. A servant leader still needs a destination, a standard, and the courage to make difficult decisions.

You are not there merely to be nice. You are there to help people succeed while moving the entire organization toward a shared outcome.

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ONE MORE PLAY CHANGED EVERYTHING: JAMES PERDUE’S ABCs OF PERSEVERANCE

What do you do when one unexpected moment destroys the future you spent your entire life building?

On this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes Dr. James Perdue—the Professor of Perseverance—for a powerful conversation about accepting adversity, beginning the battle, and conquering life’s greatest challenges.

At 19, James arrived at college on a baseball scholarship with professional scouts watching his progress. He was the only freshman starting for his team and dreamed of becoming a professional player.

Then he agreed to play one more play in a pickup football game.

James carried the ball, broke several tackles, and scored a touchdown. After the play was over, another player hit him near the shoulder. James heard a loud pop and fell to the ground. When he tried to stand, nothing below his head followed.

Three cervical vertebrae—C4, C5, and C6—were fractured. James was instantly paralyzed. Doctors warned that he might never move below his neck, and his family was advised to place him in a nursing home.

Fortunately, James and his family were too stubborn to accept that as the end of his story.

His athletic competitiveness became fuel for a new challenge. After years of pursuing rehabilitation and searching for a way to walk again, James accepted that he needed to create a meaningful life using the abilities he still possessed.

He returned to college, earned advanced degrees, became an award-winning educator, and entered coaching without knowing much about basketball. By learning, adapting, and refusing to quit, James helped lead teams to repeated county championship appearances and a state championship.

James also advocated for accessible recreation in his community. What began as a request for a wheelchair-accessible baseball field eventually helped inspire an inclusive park project where children with and without disabilities could play together.

His story is not about pretending adversity does not hurt. It is about facing reality, developing a plan, learning from people who have traveled a similar road, and using what works to move forward.

In this episode, you will discover:

• How one final football play changed James’s life forever

THE ABCs OF OVERCOMING ADVERSITY

A — ACCEPT YOUR ADVERSITY

Acceptance does not mean that you approve of what happened or stop hoping for something better. It means recognizing the reality in front of you so you can begin developing a workable plan.

B — BEGIN YOUR BATTLE

Find people who have faced something similar. Ask questions, seek mentors, study available resources, and learn from their experience. You may feel alone, but someone else has probably walked a road close enough to help guide you.

C — CONQUER YOUR CHALLENGE

Put what you have learned into action. If one strategy fails, it does not mean the effort was wasted—it only means that approach was not right for you. Adjust the plan, keep moving, and build the best life possible with the cards you were dealt.

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When you are going through a storm, keep moving through it.

You do not have to like the adversity in front of you, but running from it may only keep you trapped inside it longer. Accept what has arrived, begin your battle, and take the next available step.

When you finally see light at the end of the tunnel, make sure it is not another train—and then keep rolling toward it.

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PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF HEALING: MALISA HEPNER ON TRAUMA, SELF-LOVE & REAL CONNECTION

What if the pressure to become “perfect” is the very thing keeping you stuck?

On this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave sits down with Oklahoma-based therapist, podcast host, speaker, and workbook creator Malisa Hepner for a deeply honest conversation about trauma, perfectionism, emotional awareness, and the healing power of human connection.

Malisa survived an incredibly traumatic childhood and entered adulthood believing those experiences had not significantly affected her. A serious mental-health crisis forced her to confront the truth: the past was still present, influencing her emotions, relationships, and sense of self.

Her desire to survive—and eventually heal—led her to leave her job, open a private practice, and launch the Emotionally Unavailable podcast. What began as a personal exploration became a lifeline and a place where Malisa could practice vulnerability, connect with others, and discover practical tools for healing.

Malisa and Dave explore the enormous difference between knowing about mental-health tools and actually using them. You can understand every concept, collect every resource, and still struggle if you never reach into your toolbox when life becomes difficult.

They also challenge the illusion that healing should follow a clean, predictable path. Phoenix moments rarely look like they do in the movies. Sometimes you rise, fall again, and need another spark—your own or one borrowed from someone who reminds you that you still matter.

Malisa explains how perfectionism keeps us frozen by convincing us that our lives, relationships, creative work, and recovery must look a certain way. Her decision to begin podcasting without perfect equipment, a flawless plan, or all the answers taught her a liberating lesson: imperfect action can create connection, growth, and purpose.

The conversation also turns toward the body as a powerful communicator. Tightness in the chest, a clenched jaw, tension in the shoulders, agitation, fatigue, and other sensations can reveal feelings we have ignored or intellectualized. By becoming curious instead of judgmental, we can learn what our bodies need and respond with greater care.

Healing does not mean you will never be triggered again. It means you develop healthier ways to recognize, process, and respond to what happens. Accountability does not require self-crucifixion. You can acknowledge a mistake, repair the harm, and choose a different response without declaring yourself broken or unworthy.

In this episode, you will discover:

• Why perfectionism can prevent healing, creativity, and meaningful action

SEED FOR THE MAGIC GARDEN

Connection is essential to our survival, yet the subconscious mind may build barriers between us and other people in an attempt to keep us safe.

When you notice disconnection in an existing or potential relationship, become curious. Ask yourself what fear, belief, or past wound may be encouraging you to withdraw. Awareness can reveal the walls you have built—and help you begin taking them down.

You do not need to heal perfectly. You only need the courage to notice, feel, connect, and keep practicing.

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DAVID NASSIEF: FIRED AT 63—FINANCIALLY FREE BY 69

What happens when a successful 40-year career ends and you discover that earning good money never taught you how to build lasting wealth?

In this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes David Nassief, entrepreneur, financial educator, and author of One-Page Wealth Compass: Fired at 63, Nearly Broke—Safely a Millionaire by 69.

At 63, David was fired after spending 18 years with the same company. When he calculated his family’s finances, the result terrified him: even after draining their savings and retirement accounts, he believed they could be broke by 65.

The hardest moment was not leaving the company. It was driving home and wondering how he would tell his wife, Mary, that the future they had built over 30 years was suddenly in danger.

David began applying for jobs, but employers showed little interest in hiring someone his age. He also knew that returning to corporate life was the last thing he wanted.

With few alternatives, David became an independent sales agent working entirely on commission. He had no salary, benefits, safety net, or guarantee that his gamble would work.

The first months were brutal. David made cold calls, endured constant rejection, and committed every rookie mistake available. Looking back, he believes that resistance developed the mental strength required for what came next.

After 10 months, David was earning more than his previous six-figure corporate salary. For a brief moment, he believed he had solved the problem. Then he confronted a harder truth: He had earned good money for decades and still reached the edge of financial collapse.

Making money and building wealth were different skills.

David began studying personal finance intensely. He read 21 books, followed 13 podcasts, and reviewed blogs and newsletters. Whenever he discovered a useful principle, he wrote it down and continued simplifying it until everything fit on one page.

His inspiration came from an experiment involving people attempting to walk straight through a forest without a visible point of reference. Although they believed they were moving forward, many gradually traveled in circles.

David realized that this described his financial life. He had worked hard, moved quickly, and earned well—but without a reliable reference point, he repeatedly circled back to the same problems.

He needed a compass.

The One-Page Wealth Compass combines nine trail markers for progressing toward financial independence with five North Star principles designed to prevent costly distractions. It offers the 30,000-foot view, while David’s book provides the detailed ground-level steps.

The system begins with career and income because many people are underemployed, underpaid, or undervalued. It then addresses spending, debt, emergency savings, investing, financial independence, and what David calls graduating into your “next adventure.”

David does not believe retirement should mean abandoning purpose. A career may provide structure, relationships, movement, and meaning. Without a plan for what comes next, endless leisure can eventually feel empty.

Financial independence creates choices. It allows someone to work because the mission matters—not simply because the bills demand it.

David also explains why simplicity matters. Financial complexity can leave ordinary people intimidated, dependent, and inactive. His goal is to help readers understand basic principles, recognize unnecessary costs, and stop postponing the decisions that shape their futures.

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• How being fired at 63 changed David’s direction

David’s seed for the magic garden is simple: Clear direction beats misdirected speed every time.

For 40 years, David moved quickly without reaching the financial destination he wanted. Once he created a clear direction, he says he accomplished more in six years than during the previous four decades.

The best time to begin may have been years ago. The next-best time is today. David does not promise that everyone will become a millionaire in six years. His message is that consistent action and clear direction can place someone in a stronger position than remaining frozen by fear or confusion.

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What happens after a major loss when the world expects you to move forward—but you no longer recognize the life or identity you have been left with?

In this episode of Peace, Love, and Bring a Bat, Uncle Dave welcomes Lynn Banis, executive coach, leadership-development professional, grief-transformation guide, and founder of Women Rising Together. Lynn shares how three devastating losses inspired her to help women rediscover their identities, rebuild their lives, and move toward purpose and joy.

Lynn spent much of her career working with a major global consulting firm, where she coached executives and developed leaders. Her work centered on helping people recognize their strengths, navigate crises, and become the best versions of themselves.

Then grief arrived in waves.

Lynn’s 106-year-old mother, who had been living with her, passed away. Nine months later, Lynn received a call informing her that her younger brother had died from a massive heart attack. Several months after that, her husband, Bill, died unexpectedly from complications following surgery.

Within approximately two and a half years, Lynn lost three of the most important people in her life.

A few months after her husband’s death, Lynn looked around their five-bedroom home, pool, and large yard and realized she could no longer manage everything. She quickly sold the house and downsized—something she now cautions people against doing while overwhelmed by fresh grief.

After the move, Lynn’s body forced her to stop. She spent three months recovering physically and emotionally from the accumulated pressure, loss, and major life changes.

As the fog began to lift, Lynn recognized that her professional experience had given her tools that could help others. She reviewed what had helped her, what had failed, and what had been missing. That reflection eventually became a transformation program for women rebuilding after significant loss.

Lynn does not focus on the earliest stage of grief, when emotions may be too intense for major decisions. Her work begins when someone reaches the point of saying, “I cannot remain here, but I do not know what comes next.”

Loss changes more than circumstances. It can remove identities built around being someone’s spouse, caregiver, employee, leader, mother, or provider. When those roles disappear, people may no longer know who they are or where they belong.

Lynn helps women peel away outdated stories, limiting beliefs, and expectations accumulated throughout life. They examine their values, strengths, moments of flow, supportive environments, and the activities that make them feel most alive. That information becomes the foundation for a new vision.

The process continues inside a supportive community where women can share experiences without being judged, rushed, or “fixed.” Lynn believes transformation happens through connection because people do not heal in isolation.

The conversation also explores how friends and family can support someone grieving. You do not need perfect words. Call, visit, sit quietly, offer coffee, or simply say, “I’m thinking about you, and I love you.” Presence is often more valuable than advice.

For the person experiencing grief, early steps can be small. Sit outside. Take a short walk. Feel the sunlight. Speak with someone safe. Attend the pity party when necessary—but do not move in and start forwarding your mail.

Grief is not something we simply “get over.” We learn to carry it differently while creating room for purpose, relationships, laughter, and joy to return.

In this episode, you will discover:

• How three major losses changed Lynn’s life and work

Lynn’s seed for the magic garden is this: Everything you have experienced has already developed capabilities within you. Those strengths have not disappeared. You may simply need help recognizing and accessing them.

Instead of demanding that you already be healed, tell yourself, “I am on the path,” or “I am working toward my next chapter.” Honor what you lost without building your permanent home inside the loss. Your future will not duplicate your past—but it can still contain meaning, purpose, community, and joy.

Connect with Lynn:

Women Rising Together: https://womenrisingtogether.org

Bring peace and love into your life. When necessary, bring a bat, reach for community, take the next small step, and hit your sweet spot.

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