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Purpose, Not Pity
Erika Hernandez
8 episodes
9 hours ago
Most people expect anger after loss to look loud and obvious. But what if your anger is quiet? What if it lives in your body, in long silences, in questions you can’t say out loud? In this “halfway” episode of Purpose, Not Pity (Episode 7), Erika Hernandez dives into the anger that doesn’t look like anger. She talks about the invisible rage after losing a child, being angry at God, herself, the justice system, and even the person accused in his death. She shares how she masked her pain, turn...
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Most people expect anger after loss to look loud and obvious. But what if your anger is quiet? What if it lives in your body, in long silences, in questions you can’t say out loud? In this “halfway” episode of Purpose, Not Pity (Episode 7), Erika Hernandez dives into the anger that doesn’t look like anger. She talks about the invisible rage after losing a child, being angry at God, herself, the justice system, and even the person accused in his death. She shares how she masked her pain, turn...
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Purpose, Not Pity
The Anger I Didn’t Expect After Losing My Son
Most people expect anger after loss to look loud and obvious. But what if your anger is quiet? What if it lives in your body, in long silences, in questions you can’t say out loud? In this “halfway” episode of Purpose, Not Pity (Episode 7), Erika Hernandez dives into the anger that doesn’t look like anger. She talks about the invisible rage after losing a child, being angry at God, herself, the justice system, and even the person accused in his death. She shares how she masked her pain, turn...
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1 week ago
15 minutes

Purpose, Not Pity
When the Life You Planned Falls Apart
When life doesn’t go as planned, it’s not just your dreams that disappear, it’s the version of yourself you thought you’d always be. In this episode of Purpose, Not Pity, Erika Hernandez shares what it feels like to stand in the wreckage of the life you once imagined and realize nothing looks the way you thought it would. From divorce and career setbacks to infertility, addiction, and loss, this episode is about what happens when the picture shatters, and how to find yourself again in w...
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3 weeks ago
13 minutes

Purpose, Not Pity
The Friendships That Survive After Loss and the Ones That Don’t
When life breaks you open through loss, heartbreak, or tragedy, it is not just the person you lose. It is the friendships you thought would last forever. Some friends vanish. Some go silent. And sometimes, it is you who has to walk away. In this raw episode of Purpose, Not Pity, Erika Hernandez shares what nobody talks about: the disappointment of friends who never show up, the shock of realizing who actually stays, and the loneliness of trying to rebuild your circle after everything changes....
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1 month ago
16 minutes

Purpose, Not Pity
When Grief and Your Menstrual Cycle Collide
What happens when grief collides with your menstrual cycle? In this episode of Purpose, Not Pity, Erika opens up about a deeply personal experience: a week of nonstop tears that felt like a setback in her healing journey, until she realized her period had arrived. Grief already weighs heavy, but hormonal shifts during PMS and perimenopause can amplify sadness, irritability, fatigue, and brain fog. Erika shares how living with rheumatoid arthritis made the symptoms even harder to untangle, why...
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1 month ago
13 minutes

Purpose, Not Pity
Who We Were, Who We Become After Heartbreak
Who were you before your heartbreak? Before the divorce, the loss, the diagnosis, the friendship that ended, the dream that slipped away? In this episode of Purpose, Not Pity, I open up about the version of me that existed before September 2nd, 2023, before I lost my son. I share what my mom, my sister, and my childhood friend remember about me, and how loss forced me to confront the truth: we are never the same after heartbreak. But here’s the hope, that’s not failure. That’s transformation....
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2 months ago
13 minutes

Purpose, Not Pity
A Letter to My Son, Two Years After
On the second anniversary of my son Jovan’s passing, I’m opening this podcast with something deeply personal, a letter to him. This isn’t a story told from a place of healing already found, but from the middle of it. In this episode, I take you back to the hours before he left, the silence that followed, the anger I carried, and the truth I finally allowed myself to say out loud. You’ll hear about grief, yes. But also what it means to start over. To seek peace. To rediscover purpose, not beca...
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2 months ago
8 minutes

Purpose, Not Pity
Learning to Live Again: One Brick at a Time
What does it really mean to live again after loss? In this episode of Purpose, Not Pity, I open up about the reality of rebuilding after Jovan’s passing, not in the big, dramatic moments, but in the daily ones. The first time I had to drive a car without him. The first time I showed up to work after crying in the parking lot. The first time I cooked, cleaned, or shopped for one less person. We’ll talk about the pressure people put on us to "move on," and the even heavier pressure of daily lif...
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2 months ago
20 minutes

Purpose, Not Pity
Welcome to Purpose, Not Pity
What do you do when life breaks you open, and nothing looks like you imagined? Welcome to Purpose, Not Pity, a podcast for anyone who’s walked through loss, pain, or transformation and is learning to live with intention on the other side. I’m Erika Hernandez, storyteller, bonus mom, grieving mother, healing human, and in this space, we’re choosing truth over polish, presence over perfection, and purpose over pity. This short trailer will give you a glimpse into what’s coming, what this podcas...
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2 months ago
1 minute

Purpose, Not Pity
Most people expect anger after loss to look loud and obvious. But what if your anger is quiet? What if it lives in your body, in long silences, in questions you can’t say out loud? In this “halfway” episode of Purpose, Not Pity (Episode 7), Erika Hernandez dives into the anger that doesn’t look like anger. She talks about the invisible rage after losing a child, being angry at God, herself, the justice system, and even the person accused in his death. She shares how she masked her pain, turn...