The Episode I Never Published

This one's a little different.I was going back through my episode archive recently and found a recording I had never published — something I recorded right before I took a hiatus from the podcast a couple of years ago. I listened back and thought, you know what, this is worth sharing.It's just me, reflecting on a New Year and everything that was happening in my life at the time. A divorce. A new nursing career I was finding harder than I expected. A breast cancer reconstruction journey I was finally completing. A plate so full I didn't know what to put down. And a word — release — that I chose to guide me through all of it.Some of the things I talk about in this episode:My three step process for navigating change: Refresh, Renew, RelateWhy release became my word of the year and what it meant in both directions — letting go and letting outThe case for amicable divorce and why I feel strongly about itHow life decisions are more a process of elimination than selectionWhat completing breast reconstruction taught me about being a work in progress and a work of art at the same timeWhy January feels less like a sprint and more like the start of a marathonIt's an earlier version of where I am now in a lot of ways. But I think you'll find something in it that resonates. WebsitePiece of Work, a MemoirInstagramFacebookTikTok