The High-Functioning Disaster

In this closing conversation with Hilary Momberger-Powers, Sacha explores the grounded daily rituals that keep healing practical.

From beginning every morning with gratitude, to setting gentle boundaries with her pet the kitty, don’t poke the snake philosophy, Hilary shares how she maintains peace in a noisy world.

Together, they reflect on freedom, responsibility, and the sacred simplicity of choosing happiness — even when life isn’t perfect.

• Morning gratitude rituals and stabilizing practices
• Why joy is a choice, not a mood
• The “pet the kitty, don’t poke the snake” mindset
• Boundaries that free both sides
• Redefining legacy through service and light

• Gratitude is grounding. Start small.
• Happiness is a decision — not denial.
• Boundaries without guilt create peace.
• Freedom comes from allowing others to figure it out.
• Your light helps others find their own.

• “It’s the little things — the ants, not the lions — that kill us.”
• “Don’t poke the snake. Respect their path, and protect your peace.”
• “I get to be happy.”
• “I just want to help people light their own torch.”

This episode includes mentions of spirituality, daily rituals, and relationship dynamics in the context of recovery and emotional wellness.

Where to find Hilary:

• Website: https://www.hilarypowers.com/
• Follow Hilary:
• 📱Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/hilarymombergerpowers/]
• 📺YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hilary+momberger]
• 📺TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@hilarympowers]
• 📱LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-momberger-powers-078a604/]

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

• 🎙 Guest inquiries: bookings [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 📬 Get in touch: heythere [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
• 📱 Follow on IG: @thehighfunctioningdisaster [https://instagram.com/thehighfunctioningdisaster]
• 📺 Watch on YouTube: Uploads coming soon! [https://www.youtube.com/@HolderHausMedia]
• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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🎧Next week, Sacha begins a two-part conversation with Emma Lyons — a healer and intuitive coach who helps people reconnect with their bodies, release emotional blocks, and rebuild self-trust. It’s tender, curious, and full of actionable insight.

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Welcome back to Disaster Diaries from The High-Functioning Disaster.

Today’s entry is peak real life: an 11½-minute all-in-one SAVERS (Silence, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, Scribing), a last-minute caregiving pivot for Mom’s appointment (with brain testing Friday), and a bummer reschedule with guest Noah May (Lethal Venom). On the bright side, the house was quiet (dogs at playschool), which helped Sacha re-record her Bari Story for Life in the Bari Lane 🎉

There’s a cozy nap-while-reading moment with The Total Money Makeover (Chapter 3: Debt Myths), a side-quest about credit culture and why pricey things (hi, Tupperware) can be a tricky sell when budgets are tight, plus pure movement joy: yin yoga last night, ongoing Pilates soreness from Monday, and a plan to mix “Paiyo” later this week. Also: tangible decluttering wins (the Kallax top is dusted and styled) and a sweet FaceTime with her brother.

Final scene: an Oikos protein shake that wasn’t thawed enough… and detonated all over Sacha, the mic pop filter, and half the desk. We laugh so we don’t cry. Onward. 💪

Mentioned in this episode

• The Miracle Morning (SAVERS all-in-one)
• Caregiving updates; brain testing scheduled Friday
• Noah May — host of Lethal Venom (interview rescheduled)
• Life in the Bari Lane — Bari Story re-recorded
• The Total Money Makeover (Dave Ramsey) — Chapter 3, Debt Myths
• Yin yoga, Pilates soreness, “Paiyo” plan
• Office declutter (Kallax win)
• Oikos protein shake… misfire

Support the show

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• Small, consistent rituals (SAVERS) can steady chaotic days.
• Caregiving requires flexible schedules and generous self-grace.
• Re-recording > ruminating — ship the work you can ship.
• Debt “tools” deserve scrutiny; simplicity often wins.
• Movement can be gentle and still count (yin now, “Paiyo” later).
• Declutter one surface, feel it everywhere.
• Always thaw the protein shake. Always.

Mentions caregiving stress and upcoming cognitive testing for a parent, financial topics (debt myths/credit cards), and light frustration humor. Gentle, reflective tone.

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

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• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
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• 📺 Watch on YouTube: Uploads coming soon! [https://www.youtube.com/@HolderHausMedia]
• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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In this heartfelt continuation of Sacha’s conversation with Hilary Momberger-Powers — the original voice of Sally Brown from Peanuts — the focus turns inward to the younger self within.

Hilary opens up about learning to self-soothe, re-parent, and rebuild the trust that trauma once fractured. She shares what it looks like to comfort your inner child in real life — not as a concept, but as a daily practice of gentleness, honesty, and grace.

Together, she and Sacha explore what happens when we stop abandoning ourselves, start speaking to our pain with compassion, and finally make peace with the little kid who just wanted to be loved.

• What re-parenting really looks like day-to-day
• How to comfort your inner child with practical self-soothing
• Building self-trust after emotional neglect
• Using gentleness as strength
• Why consistency is the foundation of compassion

• Re-parenting is learning to show up for yourself the way you always needed.
• Self-soothing begins with awareness, not avoidance.
• Kindness and stability heal what criticism cannot.
• You can’t rewrite your past, but you can re-narrate your story.
• Healing is a relationship — and you’re the one you’ve been waiting for.

• “I can’t miss something I never had — but I can create it now.”
• “I’m the best foster mother ever to myself.”
• “You can’t buy peace; you have to practice it.”
• “Be kind to you first — your insides reflect your outsides.”

This episode includes references to childhood trauma, emotional neglect, and re-parenting practices. These are discussed from a place of healing and empowerment, but may be activating for some listeners. Please take care of yourself while listening.

Where to find Hilary:

• Website: https://www.hilarypowers.com/
• Follow Hilary:
• 📱Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/hilarymombergerpowers/]
• 📺YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hilary+momberger]
• 📺TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@hilarympowers]
• 📱LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-momberger-powers-078a604/]

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

• 🎙 Guest inquiries: bookings [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 📬 Get in touch: heythere [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
• 📱 Follow on IG: @thehighfunctioningdisaster [https://instagram.com/thehighfunctioningdisaster]
• 📺 Watch on YouTube: Uploads coming soon! [https://www.youtube.com/@HolderHausMedia]
• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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🎧 Next time, Hilary returns to talk about daily practices, gratitude, and her boundary-setting philosophy — “pet the kitty, don’t poke the snake.” You’ll love this one.

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Welcome back to Disaster Diaries, Sacha’s daily audio journal from The High-Functioning Disaster.

Today was classic hodgepodge: a full SAVERS Miracle Morning (Silence, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, Scribing), Brandon’s jury duty day on a murder case, a neighborhood walk to an oops-no-election polling place, and a spirited debate about No-Spend November—featuring Sacha’s comedic Y-chromosome rant.

On the bariatric front: fasting labs, protein and fluids on point, and a surprise new low on the scale. Fitness wise, yesterday’s FitOn “Pilates Head to Toe” with Cassey Ho delivered soreness everywhere (mat highly recommended), with gentle yoga on deck tonight. Plus a wild, comforting moment during Sacha’s interview with Marie Alessi—the bulb in Sacha’s Scentsy dragonfly warmer blew with a bright flash as they talked about dragonflies as signs. Coincidence? Connection? Either way, it felt like a hug.

• The Miracle Morning (SAVERS)
• Jury duty; election-day walk mix-up
• Bariatric labs, Monjaro updates, protein + fluids
• FitOn — “Pilates Head to Toe” with Cassey Ho
• The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
• Marie Alessi (Unsilenced Grief) & the dragonfly-bulb moment
• Editing plans for The High-Functioning Disaster and Life in the Bari Lane
• Comedy sketch idea: The Buford & Cookie Brown Show

• Venmo: venmo.com/sachasmells
• Scentsy: sachasmells.com (shop, join, or request a personal shopping link)

• A full SAVERS stack can reset your day fast.
• No-Spend November needs clear boundaries and teamwork.
• Pilates soreness = progress; use the mat, thank yourself later.
• Signs of love can show up in quick, bright flashes.
• Progress over perfection—keep editing, keep posting, keep going.

This entry includes mild swearing; mentions jury duty on a murder case, vaccines, bariatric labs/weight; and lighthearted gender commentary (“Y-chromosome theory”). Please listen with self-care.

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

• 🎙 Guest inquiries: bookings [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 📬 Get in touch: heythere [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
• 📱 Follow on IG: @thehighfunctioningdisaster [https://instagram.com/thehighfunctioningdisaster]
• 📺 Watch on YouTube: Uploads coming soon! [https://www.youtube.com/@HolderHausMedia]
• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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This episode includes brief references to recovery, fear, and emotional healing, as well as candid discussion of spirituality. Please listen with care if you’re in a tender place or navigating addiction recovery.

In this conversation, Hilary Momberger-Powers — the original voice of Sally Brown from Peanuts — joins Sacha to talk about what it means to reinvent yourself without apology.

Hilary shares how a spontaneous solo trip to Australia and New Zealand helped her break free from fear and scarcity thinking, how she learned to replace “I have to” with “I get to,” and why service is the real antidote to ego.

Together, she and Sacha unpack how community, gratitude, and doing it scared can open doors you didn’t even know were there.

• The trip that changed everything
• “I get to” vs. “I have to”
• Why service is stronger than ego
• Finding your people through curiosity
• Reinvention at any age

• Reinvention starts with one scared decision.
• Gratitude turns obligation into ownership.
• Community builds courage.
• The ego never feels “enough,” but service fills the gap.
• You’re not too late—if you’re breathing, you’re right on time.

• “If you’re still breathing, it’s not too late.”
• “The magic’s in me.”
• “You get what you think about—so think on purpose.”
• “Get in the middle of your excitement.”

This episode includes discussion of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, addiction, and recovery in the context of healing and resilience. Listener discretion is advised. If these topics are tender for you, please take care of yourself as you listen, pause when needed, and reach out for support if anything resonates too closely.

Where to find Hilary:

• Website: https://www.hilarypowers.com/
• Follow Hilary:
• 📱Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/hilarymombergerpowers/]
• 📺YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hilary+momberger]
• 📺TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@hilarympowers]
• 📱LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-momberger-powers-078a604/]

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

• 🎙 Guest inquiries: bookings [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 📬 Get in touch: heythere [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
• 📱 Follow on IG: @thehighfunctioningdisaster [https://instagram.com/thehighfunctioningdisaster]
• 📺 Watch on YouTube: Uploads coming soon! [https://www.youtube.com/@HolderHausMedia]
• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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🎧 Next time, Hilary and I talk about re-parenting and self-soothing—how to comfort your younger self, speak kindly when old wounds flare, and practice compassion that actually heals.

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Welcome back to Disaster Diaries, Sacha’s daily audio journal series from The High-Functioning Disaster.

In this third installment, Sacha reflects on productivity, loss, and unexpected signs of connection. Between editing podcast episodes, reading The Total Money Makeover, and cheering on her husband Brandon as he launches his own show (Ashes & Aftermath), the day takes a deeply emotional turn when a message from her late father comes through a guest medium.

This entry blends the practical with the spiritual — from decluttering her office to the reminder that love and energy don’t fade, they transform. It’s a tender, real-time look at grief, gratitude, and the small ways our stories intertwine.

💡 Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
• The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
• Ashes & Aftermath podcast (by Brandon Holder)
• Unsilenced Grief podcast (by Marie Lesses)
• The High-Functioning Disaster upcoming episode with Steve Gamlin
• Podmatch – where meaningful podcast connections begin

✨ Support the Show:

If you’d like to help keep The High-Functioning Disaster and Disaster Diaries rolling:

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• Grief doesn’t end — it evolves and connects us in unexpected ways.
• Productivity and healing can coexist when approached with grace.
• Financial empowerment begins with awareness, not perfection.
• Connection — whether spiritual or human — is always worth nurturing.
• Every day holds both the ordinary and the extraordinary.

This episode includes discussion of grief, loss of a parent, and a brief mention of mediumship and spiritual connection. Listener discretion is advised if you’re sensitive to conversations around death and spiritual communication.

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

• 🎙 Guest inquiries: bookings [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 📬 Get in touch: heythere [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
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• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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Hilary Momberger-Powers—best known as the original voice of Sally Brown in the Peanuts cartoons—shares the raw truth of what came after childhood fame: trauma, addiction, and ultimately recovery. In this first part of our conversation, Hilary and host Sacha Holder unpack what it means to stop leading with your wounds, how childhood survival roles become adult identities, and why stability starts with the simplest acts of self-care.

In this episode:

• The cost of perfection and people-pleasing
• How trauma scripts shape our adult choices
• Recognizing the “trauma character” we build to survive
• Stabilizing with HALT — Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
• Moving from survival mode into belonging

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• We build “trauma characters” that mask pain until we face the wound.
• Stabilization is spiritual: eat, rest, connect, breathe.
• Freedom starts when you own your part without self-blame.
• You don’t erase the past—you befriend it.

• “I wasn’t broken—I was fractured. And fractures heal stronger.”
• “Your wound can’t drive if you stop handing it the keys.”
• “Little-by-little beats ‘all of a sudden.’ Every time.”

This episode includes discussion of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, addiction, and recovery in the context of healing and resilience. Listener discretion is advised. If these topics are tender for you, please take care of yourself as you listen, pause when needed, and reach out for support if anything resonates too closely.

Where to find Hilary:

• Website: https://www.hilarypowers.com/
• Follow Hilary:
• 📱Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/hilarymombergerpowers/]
• 📺YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hilary+momberger]
• 📺TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@hilarympowers]
• 📱LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-momberger-powers-078a604/]

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

• 🎙 Guest inquiries: bookings [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 📬 Get in touch: heythere [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
• 📱 Follow on IG: @thehighfunctioningdisaster [https://instagram.com/thehighfunctioningdisaster]
• 📺 Watch on YouTube: Uploads coming soon! [https://www.youtube.com/@HolderHausMedia]
• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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🎧 Next time, Hilary opens up about reinvention as a calling — not a midlife crisis. She’ll share how a spontaneous trip to Australia taught her to “do it scared,” why changing “I have to” into “I get to” shifts everything, and how service and community help us heal what spotlight never could. Part 2 drops next week — make sure you’re subscribed!

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Welcome back to Disaster Diaries, Sacha’s daily audio journal series from The High-Functioning Disaster.

In this second entry, Sacha shares a slice of real life — football losses, messy home projects, Target runs (no-spend November…ish), and trying to connect with family through complicated dynamics. She reflects on grounding rituals like sitting on the floor, practicing yoga, and slowly reshaping her mornings with The Miracle Morning.

It’s candid, funny, and unfiltered — from calling the Colts the “Indianapolis Dolts” to her husband’s Pilates awakening. This episode is about the tiny wins that come with giving yourself grace when progress looks like “half done” but still moving forward.

💡 Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
• Target’s Y-Weave bins (and the art of functional chaos)
• FitOn App for Pilates & Yoga
• Costco pulled pork and protein goals
• No Spend November progress
• 2026 goal planning and letting go of resolutions

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If you’d like to help keep The High-Functioning Disaster and Disaster Diaries rolling:

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• Progress doesn’t have to be perfect — it just has to keep moving.
• Humor and honesty can make even “blah” days feel lighter.
• Sometimes your most grounding moment is literally on the floor.
• Family relationships may take time, patience, and persistence.
• Morning routines can evolve — even for night owls.

This episode includes casual mentions of family tension, job loss, and post-COVID cognitive fatigue. It also contains mild adult language. Sacha approaches these topics with humor, honesty, and compassion, offering a grounded look at daily life and healing.

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

• 🎙 Guest inquiries: bookings [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 📬 Get in touch: heythere [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
• 📱 Follow on IG: @thehighfunctioningdisaster [https://instagram.com/thehighfunctioningdisaster]
• 📺 Watch on YouTube: Uploads coming soon! [https://www.youtube.com/@HolderHausMedia]
• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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Welcome to Disaster Diaries, a daily audio journal series from The High-Functioning Disaster.

In this first entry, Sacha gets honest about burnout, lost audio files, and the emotional fatigue that comes with trying to hold it all together — while also learning when to simply rest.

She shares how she's balancing job loss, financial strain, and creative frustration with intentional routines like The Miracle Morning, No Spend November, and a new Pilates + Yoga rotation. With humor, humility, and heart, this episode is a raw peek behind the curtain into what it means to rebuild your energy and faith — one day at a time.

If you’ve ever needed permission to rest, this one’s for you.

💡 Mentioned in this episode:

• The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
• Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
• Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
• FitOn App for Pilates & Yoga
• Sacha’s Scentsy favorites and Scentsy Club subscription perks

✨ Support the Show:

If you enjoy this series and want to help keep it going:

• Venmo: https://venmo.com/sachasmells
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• Sometimes the best productivity tool is rest.
• Creative frustration doesn’t mean failure — it’s feedback.
• Balancing purpose with survival takes both structure and softness.
• A daily “Miracle Morning” ritual can ground even the toughest days.
• You can reset your finances, focus, and faith — even in the middle of the mess.

This episode includes personal reflections on job loss, financial stress, and emotional burnout. If you’re navigating a tough season, please take care of your own energy while listening. This journal entry leans into honesty, self-compassion, and the small steps that help us reset.

✨ Connect with The High-Functioning Disaster:

• 🎙 Guest inquiries: bookings [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 📬 Get in touch: heythere [at] holderhausmedia [dot] com
• 🎙 More episodes & info: [https://the-high-functioning-disaster.captivate.fm/]
• 🎙 Discover more podcasts by Holder Haus Media: [https://holder-haus-media.captivate.fm/]
• 📱 Follow on IG: @thehighfunctioningdisaster [https://instagram.com/thehighfunctioningdisaster]
• 📺 Watch on YouTube: Uploads coming soon! [https://www.youtube.com/@HolderHausMedia]
• 💜 When I’m not podcasting, I’m also a Scentsy Consultant of 10+ years. If you’re into fragrance and cozy vibes, you can find my shop here: [https://sachasmells.com]

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In this final part of my conversation with Zulma Williams — The Swearing Therapist, we explore grief, loss, and finding light in the mess.

Zulma unpacks her definition of grief — “love that has nowhere to go” — and shares how we can honor our loved ones through rituals, laughter, and everyday living. From celebrating the people we’ve lost to giving ourselves permission to cry, she reminds us that healing doesn’t mean forgetting — it means remembering differently.

We also talk about the messy, funny side of being human: dogs interrupting deep moments, family stories, and why humor is one of the most powerful coping tools we have.

If you’ve ever struggled to move forward after loss or guilt, this conversation is an invitation to embrace every part of your story — tears, laughter, and all.

✨ Content Note: This episode includes adult language and candid discussion of topics such as abuse, depression, cancer, and suicidal thoughts. Listener discretion is advised, and please take care of yourself while listening.

If you or someone you know is struggling, you’re not alone. In the U.S., you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 for free, confidential support 24/7.

• 💔 Grief is love that has nowhere to go.
• 🌼 We don’t get over grief — we grow around it.
• 🙏 Healing doesn’t erase pain; it makes space for peace.
• 😂 Humor can coexist with heartbreak.
• ❤️ You deserve joy, even after loss.

Where to find Zulma:

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Zulma Williams, The Swearing Therapist, grief, loss, healing, mental health, trauma recovery, love and loss, resilience, therapy, humor and healing, authentic therapy, Dragonfly Therapy Services

🎧 Next Episode: Next week, we switch gears in a big way. I’ll be joined by Hilary Momberger-Powers — the original voice of Sally Brown from Peanuts — for an inspiring, deeply human conversation about recovery, storytelling, and reclaiming joy.

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