Living Fully After Everything Falls Apart

In this deeply moving episode of Soul Stories with Ariela, Howard Snooks shares the extraordinary journey of a life shaped by service, grief, reinvention, and resilience.Howard opens up about growing up in rural Colorado, working inside a controversial psychiatric hospital during the rise of patients’ rights, becoming a clinical social worker, and building a long career helping families and children through crisis. But it was the year 2015 that changed everything.After the end of a 34-year marriage, the loss of multiple family members, a traumatic accident, and a complete unraveling of the life he thought he knew, Howard found himself in what he describes as a “bubble” of grief and dissociation. Together, Ariela and Howard explore what it means to survive soul-shattering moments and slowly gather the scattered pieces back together.This conversation dives into aging, loneliness, purpose, spirituality, death, therapy, plant medicine, relationships, and the beauty of bridging generations. Howard’s honesty, wisdom, and humor make this episode a powerful reflection on what it truly means to keep living fully, even after life takes an unexpected turn.A soulful and heartfelt conversation about grief, healing, meaning, and becoming whole again.