Join me, LaTonya Wilkins, on the Leading Below the Surface podcast as I chat with Sabrina Creighton, a Change Coaches Coach partner, about navigating unexpected life changes, including divorce and personal growth. In this episode, we delve into the challenges of dealing with grief, managing transitions, and the importance of community support. We share personal stories, tools, and resources to help you thrive and find resilience, no matter what life throws your way.

In this episode, Sabrina and I discuss:

• Dealing with loss and grief

• Working through childhood traumas

• The impact of divorce on personal identity

• The importance of community and support systems

• Redesignating your life after major shifts

• Empathizing with yourself and practicing self-care

• Pruning relationships and focusing on your roots

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Introduction to Change Coaches

• 00:00:48 - Episode introduction: Unexpected Life Changes

• 00:01:43 - Welcoming Sabrina Creighton

• 00:02:47 - Sabrina's Journal Company and living her best life

• 00:04:48 - Internal vs. External storms

• 00:06:42 - Building a protective force field

• 00:10:32 - Stories of life shifts

• 00:11:05 - Sabrina's experience with her mother's cancer and passing

• 00:15:27 - Sharing experiences with loss

• 00:20:16 - Working through childhood traumas

• 00:22:29 - Mothers' legacies

• 00:27:59 - Doors opening

• 00:29:46 - Unexpected divorce

• 00:34:30 - Losing yourself in relationships

• 00:38:06 - Unexpected separations/divorces

• 00:38:57 - Resources: Necessary Endings

• 00:41:34 - The tree analogy

• 00:44:17 - The importance of community