When Life Changes Everything: The Courage to Adapt with John Mabry

Send us Fan MailWhat happens when life forces you to become someone you never expected to be?What a powerful conversation with John Mabry, Nashville-based speaker, coach, and mental health advocate.  John’s life has been a series of adaptions, showing us how life circumstances can push us to our edges and challenge us to adapt, a life skill that’s both necessary and difficult at times.   John’s story is filled with remarkable resilience. As a young man, a devastating car accident changed his life forever, taking the life of a close friend and ultimately resulting in the amputation of his leg. What followed was a long and painful struggle with trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety and addiction. He went on to experience the devastating loss of his brother to an overdose, the collapse of his career and relationships, and a period when he found himself having to rebuild virtually every part of his life.But John kept adapting.He adapted to a body that was suddenly different. He adapted to dreams that had to change.  He adapted to loss, addiction, recovery, and the uncomfortable reality of starting over. And through those experiences, he discovered that adapting isn't about pretending that difficult things don't hurt, it's about learning how to move forward when life doesn't look anything like you thought it would.Today, John uses the lessons from his own journey to help others navigate adversity, mental health, and the challenges that can leave us feeling stuck or disconnected.  Adapting when circumstances are outside of our control can reshape the way we see ourselves and our lives.  Learning to adjust doesn't mean giving up, it can mean discovering an entirely new path…and sometimes the life we have to adapt to becomes the life that ultimately teaches us who we are. Everyone has a story, and every story matters; let's make your story count!Support the showThank you for lending your time to The Soul Goals today!  If you enjoy the content, we'd love to have you subscribe and write a review!You can also find more of The Soul Goals on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube!https://instagram.com/the_soul_goals?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==https://www.facebook.com/TheSoulGoals?mibextid=LQQJ4dhttps://youtube.com/@TheSoulGoalsPodcast?si=XvgQQnixi-SmMGg7If you have an idea for an episode or would like to share your own story, we'd love to hear from you!  Email [email protected]