Transition By Faith

Someone can talk to you every single day and still leave you piecing things together. I lived that. And for a long time I didn't have the words for why it hurt.

Then it clicked. Communication is talking. Transparency is making sure the other person has the truth they need to make an informed decision... even when they don't know the right question to ask.

I'm sharing what years of relationships, family conflict, and leadership taught me about why people shouldn't have to guess where they stand with us. And why the hardest transparency I ever had to practice wasn't with anybody else.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The difference between someone answering your question and someone telling you the truth
• Why speaking about a person instead of to them changes the whole story
• What it means when peace shows up before the answer does

This week, have the one honest conversation you've been avoiding. Then follow the show so you don't miss the next chapter.

I turned 44 and had to be honest with myself about the person I was carrying into the next season of my life. She wasn't bad. She just wasn't working anymore.

We've been trained to wait. Wait until January. Wait until Monday. Wait until we fail on Wednesday and start over again next week. But we're new every day... every minute... every second. So what are we actually waiting for?

In this episode, I talk about the version of me that had to die, why the doors that kept closing were never a rejection, and what it looks like when God gives you the desires of your heart instead of His purpose for you.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why the thing you're praying for might be the thing keeping you stuck
• What it means when something you were once comfortable with starts to feel foreign
• The one question to ask yourself this week that changes how you see your transition

Ask yourself who you're becoming. Then hit follow so you don't miss the next chapter.

In 2019, right before COVID, my son's father and I called it quits. We had been together five years and built a whole life we thought would last forever. Then one day, it was over.

Nobody really talks about that part. We announce the relationship on Facebook, but we never announce the breakup. The breakup is silent. But there is so much in there, and that is where the real work happens.

In this episode, I get honest about transitioning out of a relationship: grieving the future I had planned, doing the work on myself, and learning how to coparent my son with the same man I was heartbroken over. This one is personal.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why the breakup itself is not the hard part, the transition after is, and how to actually do that work
• How I used affirmations to climb out of the dark place where I felt like a failure
• The one mindset shift that turned my ex into my coparenting partner, and made the whole thing easier

Chapters:

• 00:00 This Is Episode Two: Transitioning Relationships
• 00:46 Calling It Quits After Five Years
• 03:10 Waking Up Alone and Doing the Reflection
• 05:15 The Question I Ask Before Dating Again
• 07:17 Grieving the Future You Planned
• 09:17 When a Breakup Shakes Your Identity
• 09:56 Affirmations to Climb Out of the Dark Place
• 12:02 Learning the Coparenting Thing
• 14:26 From Screaming Matches to Real Communication
• 17:12 This Breakup Is Not My Identity
• 19:37 A Single Mom, But Not a Single Parent
• 21:59 Seeing Him as Prince's Father, Not My Ex
• 25:46 Trusting the Process

I joined the Navy when I was 17 years old. I thought I'd stay in for 20 years and retire. But life had  other plans. One day, they told me and 3,000 other sailors that we were being let go. Just like that,  the only life I knew was gone. 

In this first episode, I share my story with you. How I got here. How everything fell apart, and how my  faith helped me put it back together. This is where Transition by Faith began, and I want you here for  the very start of it. 

In this episode, you'll learn: 
• Why losing my Navy career was the scariest thing that ever happened to me, and  somehow the best thing too 
• Why being honest and open is where real healing starts, even when it feels too scary to do 
• What "feel the fear and do it anyway" really means, and how I learned it hanging off the side of a mountain 

Chapters: 
00:00 Welcome to Transition by Faith 
00:40 Joining the Navy at 17
01:59 The Day Everything Changed 
04:26 Learning Who I Am After the Military 
05:30 Why I Started This Podcast 
06:05 Why Being Vulnerable Matters 
07:30 What We'll Talk About Here 
10:48 Becoming Softer Without Becoming Weaker 
11:30 Choosing Faith Over Fear 
12:30 The Day I Climbed Down a Mountain 
15:44 You Are Not Alone

Welcome to Transition by Faith. We talk about faith, healing, emotional intelligence, boundaries, relationships, starting over, and the hard conversations most people avoid. 
I'm Miranda Queen, your host. I'm a Navy veteran, an author, and a mom. I joined the Navy at 17 and thought I'd be in forever. When that ended out of nowhere, I had to start all over. That season is  where this whole show was born. 
Here, we talk about all of it, emotional intelligence, boundaries, relationships, men and women,  starting over, and the hard conversations most people skip. We share real stories. We get  vulnerable. And we learn how to move through change with faith instead of fear. 
Maybe you're a veteran. Maybe you're a parent. Maybe you're healing from a broken heart, or just  standing at the start of something new. Either way, this isn't a show about having it all figured out. It's a place to grow, because here, we believe healing starts with honesty. 
If life feels shaky right now, I want you to know you're not alone. I'm so glad you're here at the very  beginning. 
This is Transition by Faith.