If you’ve ever felt like you were just trying to hold it all together… this episode is a soft landing.

Whether you’re navigating grief, chronic illness, trauma, or life just isn’t turning out the way you imagined, this is a conversation about what happens when you’re no longer okay, and the blueprint for “moving on” doesn’t fit your reality.

This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Amanda Guin a compassionate emotional intelligence coach, trauma-informed educator, and woman who has lived through unimaginable loss. Amanda’s story includes the death of her infant daughter, the suicide of her husband, years of endometriosis and chronic illness, and still… she continues to grow, serve, and show up with heart.

But she’s not here to tell you to “push through.”

Instead, she shares something powerful:

Inside this episode, we explore what it looks like to:

• Reimagine what healing can mean after grief, illness, or loss
• Allow growth to unfold even when you feel stuck or exhausted
• Let go of the pressure to “be okay” and create space for duality
• Build a life and business that honors your pain and your potential
• And most of all remember that you’re allowed to take your time

This episode is a gentle invitation back to yourself.

To pause. To breathe. To remember: you’re not behind, and you’re not broken.

• Your capacity looks different than it used to
• You’ve lost someone or some version of yourself along the way
• You’re rebuilding slowly and quietly, unsure of what’s next
• Or you’re just tired of pretending you’re fine…

This conversation is here to hold you.

You don’t have to do it all.

You don’t have to rush.

And you don’t have to “cope” the way the world expects you to.

Dr. Amanda Guin is a trauma-informed emotional intelligence coach with a Doctorate in Community Care & Counseling, a Master’s in Public Health, and multiple certifications in youth mental health and suicide prevention. Her work blends research, lived experience, and emotional wisdom to help people heal through grief, find purpose again, and grow through life’s hardest transitions.

Learn more at growwithpurposecoach.com

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