You ever feel like life hands you something good… and then immediately dumps on it?

In this episode of Chaos with Kori, I talk about what I’ve started calling the “shit-covered cherry” effect — that pattern where you finally find your footing, start becoming the version of yourself you’ve been working toward… and then something blindsides you.

After a therapy breakthrough, I thought I was finally expanding into who I wanted to be. Then came the worst pain of my life, an unexpected diagnosis, and a 9:30 p.m. MRI in my pajamas.

This episode is about catastrophizing, body betrayal, motherhood fears, music as emotional processing (thank you Ronnie Radke and Florence), and what it means to brace for a fight you didn’t ask for.

It’s not inspirational. It’s not tied up neatly.

It’s just real.

And for what it’s worth… I don’t even like cherries.

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