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Amy Says…
Hello {{first_name}} ,
Who says that you can never go home again?
(The answer if you want to know is an author named Thomas Wolfe. It was the title of one of his books. Don’t be impressed…I googled it.)
I was thinking about that a little bit this week because I spent a few days in the city where I grew up. It’s New York City. Even though it’s a short flight from where I live today I don’t get back there as often as I once used to. A lot of things are very different. Like bike lanes where I remember risking my life in traffic as a kid. That’s a pretty amazing and great change. Other things feel the same. If you told me that the pigeons in Central Park were the exact same pigeons that were in the park when I was a child I would have no argument to disprove it.
There are three stories to share this week. Stories about divorce, sobriety and holding onto childhood stories and rediscovering and prioritizing fun.
For something silly and fun go ahead and google pigeon nests. I’ve never actually seen a pigeon nest (or a baby pigeon) but it turns out that some pigeons may not be very good at making nests.
I’m curious. Do you live in the same city where you grew up? If not how often do you get back to your hometown? Does it feel the same or has it changed a lot?
Table of Contents
Divorce Recovery | Coaching vs Therapy The Framework That Changed My Post Divorce Life
Andrea Daley
After 36 years of marriage, nine homeschooled children, and a master's degree in psychology, Andrea Daley found herself Googling "will I ever feel happy again." She was not in denial about what had happened. She knew her marriage had been loveless. She understood grief intellectually. But knowing the theory did nothing to stop the spiral. Divorce recovery, it turns out, is not an academic exercise. It is a season, and Daley had to find her own way through it.
Daley's story is not a tidy before-and-after. It is a candid account of how she moved from numbing herself with loud music, overwork, and alcohol to building a new sense of purpose, slowly, through a deliberate commitment to hard work over quick fixes.
Special offer from Andrea for the audience:
A Free Guide to Navigating Major Life Transitions
This gentle, practical guide will help you find steadiness in the “in-between” of any major life change; divorce, empty nest, relocation, career shifts, or those quiet now what? moments. Inside, you’ll learn simple ways to calm overwhelm, reconnect with who you are now, and take small steps toward clarity, confidence, and courage.
Sobriety | How to Find Your Voice After Growing Up Silenced
Some people get sober and expect the unhappiness to lift with the alcohol. Lisa Manzo did exactly that, white-knuckling her way through an entire year without drinking, only to wake up on her one-year anniversary angrier than she had ever been. The drinking was gone, but the weight was still there, and she had no idea yet what that weight was actually made of.
That realization became the beginning of something bigger: a years-long excavation of childhood experiences she had never had the language to name. Sobriety and childhood trauma, it turns out, are deeply tangled. Getting clean is often the first door. The real work waits on the other side of it.
Lisa Manzo
Special offer from Lisa for you:
Listen to Lisa’s Podcast: The Phoenix Mind Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/1ATZIU7C73tO84LbELsvpu?si=aa79e9584b5f4734
Fun | How to Stop Living on Autopilot and Start Saying Yes
There is a particular kind of tired that has nothing to do with sleep. It is the fatigue that comes from doing everything right, professionally speaking, while quietly losing track of what makes you feel alive. Jessica Rector knew that exhaustion well. As a keynote speaker on burnout, she had spent years helping organizations understand the cost of running on empty. Then one evening, while packing for another work trip, her 9-year-old son looked up at her with tears in his eyes and said something that stopped her cold: "When you get back, let's start saying yes to stuff."
Jessica Rector
Special offer from Jessica for you:
A FREE Bucket List Template to live out your bucket year now. https://go.sayyesexperience.com/list
📕 🎧 Things Worth Your Time
This is where we share the cool suggestions for books, podcasts, gadgets that make life better and other fun stuff that our guests share during their interviews.
Lisa suggests: filling free time with intentional reflection.
Jessica suggests: Saying “Yes” to bowling and karaoke!
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