The Epic Comeback Podcast

#27: Elena Rodriguez Zehr

Coach, trainer, speaker, and author Elena Rodriguez Zehr shares that the best way to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience is to stop asking questions you’ll never get the answers to, such as "Why me?" There is power in pain, she says, if you can look for the lesson instead of wallowing in the feeling of hurting. Elena learned this lesson while enduring a major neck surgery, followed by the sudden death of her husband (age 49) due to a heart attack.

Find Elena at brokenstronger.life, or on Facebook: @brokenstronger

#26: Jamie Newton-Knight

Jamie Newton-Knight, owner of Blended Black Family, shares that the best routes to the other side of a life-shattering experience are prayer, friends who tell the truth, acknowledgment of your feelings, acceptance of support, gratitude, and self-acceptance. Jamie learned these lessons after discovering that her fiance had been unfaithful.

Find Jamie at blendedblackfamily.com, or at blendedblackfamily on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

#25: Jude Walsh

Author and creativity/mindset coach Jude Walsh shares that the best ways to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience are to lean in and feel it all, and to surround yourself with people. Jude learned these lessons while enduring a devastating divorce, PTSD, breast cancer, her son's illness, and her mother's death.

Find Jude at secondbloomcoaching.com.

#24: Tamara Arnold

Entrepreneur, author, and Enchanted Fairy Tamara Arnold shares that the best way to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience is to ask yourself, "What is one thing I can do today to make this day just a LITTLE better than yesterday?"—and if you do just this one thing, your day can be considered a success. This is a way to make sure you're showing up for yourself. Tamara learned this lesson while growing up in a family impacted by mental health issues, navigating the severe mental health challenges of her son, and being a single mom.

Find Tamara at tamaraarnold.ca.

#23: Debbi-Jo Horton

Debbi-Jo Horton, founding brand partner with Neora International, shares that the best ways to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience are (1) to focus on the absolute tasks that must get done, one after the other, starting with caring for yourself; (2) to give people something to do when they ask how they can help; and (3) to let go and let love flow into your situation. Debbi-Jo learned these lessons while enduring cancer diagnosis and treatment of her sister and her son, as well as the death of her significant other, also due to cancer.

Find Debbi-Jo on Facebook or Instagram at debbijohorton, or on her website at djhorton.neora.com.

#22: Kerrian Fournier

Kerrian Fournier, CEO of Vybrante Ventures, shares that the best ways to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience are to assure yourself that the hardship is just a chapter—not the end of the story—and to deal with your feelings rather than burying them. Kerrian learned these lessons while enduring two "trilogies of trauma": the death of her twin brother, her mother's mental health struggles, rape, debilitating Lyme disease, a layoff, and divorce.

Find Kerrian at vybrante.com, on LinkedIn at Kerrian Fournier, and at kerrian@vybrante.com.

#21: Dr. Keira Barr

Dermatologist and entrepreneur Dr. Keira Barr shares that the best ways to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience are to trust the process and stay your course; to believe you have everything you need within you; to believe there’s a way to get through; to have the courage to ask for help; and to share your story, which liberates you from guilt and shame. Dr. Keira learned these lessons while diagnosing herself with, and being treated for, skin cancer.

Find Dr. Keira at drkeirabarr.com, and on FB and IG at drkeirabarr.

#20: Racheal Cook

Racheal Cook, business growth strategist for women entrepreneurs, shares that the best way to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience is to create your own definition of success. Racheal learned this lesson while enduring debilitating professional burnout, panic attacks, adrenal fatigue, and chronic pain.

Find Racheal at rachealcook.com, or on Instagram at racheal.cook.

#19: Kristen Reed

Registered nurse and holistic health entrepreneur Kristen Reed shares that the best ways to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience are to ask for help and to focus on baby steps—the next one thing, followed by the next one thing, and so on. Kristen learned these lessons while enduring a broken back (due to a whitewater rafting accident) and a painful divorce.

Find Kristen at nursingyourwaytowellness.com.

#18: Padma Ali

Relationship and life coach Padma Ali shares that the best ways to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience are to trust that the divine will support you, to acknowledge that change is the only thing that's permanent, to get support, to shed the identity of being a victim, and to forgive. Padma learned these lessons as a newly married person who endured a life-threatening autoimmune disorder while her husband was simultaneously undergoing diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma.

Find Padma at padmaali.com, on Instagram at padmaali, or on Facebook at wellbeingwithpadma.