From Brokenness to Compassion: Gina Economopoulos on Grief, Faith, and Finding Purpose
🗓️ Episode Summary:
In this deeply moving episode of Walk With Me, host Stephanie Bloom speaks with Gina Economopoulos—author, end-of-life doula, and former Catholic nun—about how life's deepest wounds can cultivate our greatest compassion. Gina shares her journey through chronic illness, profound grief, religious trauma, addiction, and recovery, and how these trials ultimately equipped her to serve others at the threshold of death.
Her story, told with unflinching honesty and fierce grace, invites listeners to reflect on how pain doesn't disqualify us—it prepares us to walk with others through theirs.
📚 Gina is the author of Shake the Dust Off Your Feet and Walk, a memoir of loss, love, and liberation.
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📌 Notable Quotes:
"I got so used to bad things happening that it became normal. But healing meant choosing not to expect pain as my identity."
"I don't fear death. I see Jesus in those I sit beside in their final hours."
"If nobody told you they love you today—I do."
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