During Episode 3, host Linda Piazza guides us through what to do when you’re broken due to an obstacle or difficulty you’ve faced in life. If you feel broken, lonely, or sad, this episode will remind you of the importance of letting others in to help you put the pieces back together.
Episode Highlights:
- Are you broken? What breaks you? How long do you stay broken?
- Linda saw a broken butterfly on the ground. She tried to encourage it and started thinking about brokenness.
- At one point before your loss, you were free and beautiful and living a great life. Then something happened.
- If you're broken, what caused you to be broken? When you were broken, how long did you stay there?
- How often do you tell people that you're going through a tough time?
- Brokenness is not a weakness. It's a normal phase through the journey of loss.
- A lot of what may break you is out of your control.
- Brokenness is normal.
- If you try to sweep your brokenness under the rug, you'll stay broken for a long time.
- When you're broken, you need people around you to help you piece yourself back together again.
- When you allow people in, the process of fixing yourself is less messy.
- You want people in your life who are going to take the broken you and love you.
- Allow yourself to feel.
- Don’t stay stuck.
- Lean on people and let them know what you need.
- Linda describes receiving the news of a tragic loss.
- Those calls will change your life and they will break you every time you get them.
- You cannot do this alone. You don't have to do this alone.
- Being broken is ok. It's part of the grieving process.
- If you're broken, lonely, or sad, call your friends and have them be there for you.
3 Key Points:
- Though many people do not wish to admit that they’re broken, experiencing brokenness is a normal part of life.
- You can begin to repair your brokenness by allowing other people in and not trying to fix yourself on your own.
- Being broken is OK. It is a part of the grieving process.
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