Join Harmony Slater for a deeply transformative conversation with author and mentor Sara Avant Stover. In this heartfelt episode, they explore Sara’s powerful book, Handbook for the Heartbroken: A Woman’s Path from Devastation to Rebirth, offering profound insights into how grief and loss can be the gateways to our greatest personal and spiritual transformations.
Sara shares her personal journey through heartbreak, revealing how loss—whether through death, the end of relationships, or major life changes — often triggers a deep identity crisis. Drawing on wisdom from yoga, Buddhism, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, Sara offers compassionate strategies for navigating grief, understanding trauma, and embracing emotional healing as a sacred rite of passage.
Listeners will learn:
- Why grief is essential to personal evolution
- How IFS can heal past traumas and reintegrate lost parts of ourselves
- The risks of spiritual bypassing and how to cultivate true emotional integration
- Practical tools for befriending difficult emotions and finding inner harmony
Sara Avant Stover also shares her personal experiences studying yoga with renowned teachers Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor, offering a poignant reflection on community grief within the yoga world.
Whether you're experiencing loss, supporting someone who is grieving, or simply seeking deeper emotional wisdom, this episode is filled with soulful guidance and actionable insights.
Connect with Sara Avant Stover:
- Website: saraavantstover.com
- Book: Handbook for the Heartbroken
- Podcast: https://www.saraavantstover.com/podcast
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