Who Are You Without the Role? Identity, Loss, and the Mess in Between

Most of us don't question the structure holding our identity together, until it's gone. In episode 2, Erika gets honest about what happens after the loss you planned for turns into the disorientation you didn't see coming. The job. The relationship. The version of yourself that existed before the hardest thing you survived.This episode is about the invisible architecture we build our sense of self on, routines, roles, rhythms, and what shows up when that architecture disappears. Not just sadness. Not just anxiety. Something quieter and harder to name: the feeling of being mapless.Erika shares what unemployment looked like by day five, what a Sprouts grocery run had to do with identity, why shame doesn't need to be loud to do damage, and why the real question was never "when will I feel like myself again?" but "who am I now?If something in your life has shifted and you're still standing in the middle of it, this one's for you.Purpose, Not Pity drops new episodes every first and third Tuesday. Subscribe wherever you listen.