Flourishing After Adversity

S2:E29 Stop Waiting to Be Saved - Create the Life You Want

July 22
17 mins

Episode Description

Three Red Flags Keeping You Stuck in Hard Seasons (and How to Flip the Script)

Laura Mangum Broome welcomes listeners to Flourishing After Adversity and shares how, after her 27-year marriage ended suddenly following earlier losses and serious illness, she realized her “waiting” wasn’t healing but hiding. She names three common “red flags” that keep women stuck when gratitude feels impossible: making the drama the identity, spending energy on what can’t be controlled, and waiting to be saved by someone or something external. 

She explains how these patterns block presence, hope, and change, then offers three practical shifts: get outside yourself by giving one small act of care to someone else, practice real gratitude by naming one specific true thing you noticed each day, and build hope through action by taking one micro step within 24 hours toward the life you want while asking what this season might be making possible.

00:00 When Gratitude Feels Cruel
00:51 Welcome and Free Resource
01:38 My Hard Season Story
02:39 The Question That Shifted Me
03:32 Red Flag One Drama Identity
05:45 Red Flag Two Control Trap
07:41 Red Flag Three Waiting Rescue
09:43 Flip the Script Three Steps
09:54 Step One Give to Others
11:30 Step Two One True Gratitude
13:13 Step Three Micro Steps Hope
15:24 Recap and Encouragement
17:11 Closing and Next Steps

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