Angela Legh: Keep Calm, Carry On, Then Cry In The Garden

Send us Fan MailWhat if resilience isn’t about being tough, but learning how to let feelings move through you? That question sits at the center of our conversation with Angela Lee, author, teacher, and guide for families seeking emotional clarity and confidence. Angela opens up about losing her home to wildfire twice, spending 32 years in a toxic marriage, and the courageous choices that followed. Through those experiences, she discovered that material things can be replaced, but our relationships with others and with ourselves shape everything.We dig into the real difference between emotional intelligence and emotional resilience. Angela shares her simple Feel, Name, Allow method and the science behind it: emotions follow a 90‑second biochemical wave, but our minds keep us looping in the story. We also explore cultural scripts that teach repression, “keep calm,” “be a man,” “don’t cry”, and how they disconnect kids and adults from their inner world. Angela explains why she writes fairy tales for middle-grade readers, offers parents and teachers practical tools to build emotional safety, and discusses rebuilding her identity after leaving her marriage. Her message to anyone still walking on eggshells is firm and compassionate: choose yourself, seek support, and step toward the light. The legacy she wants to leave is simple and profound: every child knowing they are magic, found in gratitude, presence, and love.If this resonates, follow the show, share this episode with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help more listeners find these tools. Your story matters—and the next ninety seconds can change everything.Here are a few ways to reach out to Angela:Access articles and Children's Lives Matter episodes:  https://angelalegh.com/parenting-resource-centerAccess the Bella Santini Chronicles series: https://angelalegh.com/middle-grade-book-series Website: https://bellasantini.com   Magazine:https://thelosangelestribunemagazine.com/articles/author/alegh/If this conversation stirred something in you… good. That’s where change begins.Make sure you’re subscribed, share this with someone who needs it, and if you’re ready to tell your story, step into your voice, or build a life that actually feels like yours… You’re in the right place.I’m Julie Fairhurst, and this is where stories turn into power.Go to my website if you would like to be a guest on the Women Like Me Stories & Business in the toolbar click Let's PodcastJulie's Website