#185 // When You Don’t Recognize Yourself Anymore: Grief and Identity After Child Loss

Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, “I don’t even know who I am anymore”?

The woman you were before—the one who laughed, planned, and lived with purpose—feels like a stranger now.
And when grief has unraveled the person you used to be… where do you even begin?

In this episode, we’re exploring the three identity shifts grieving moms face:

1. Who you were before grief

2. Who you are right now

3. Who you’re becoming in Christ

📍Inside this episode:

• Why feeling disconnected from yourself is more than normal

• A scripture that holds you when you’ve forgotten who you are

• One question to gently sit with this week as you ask God to help you rebuild

If you feel lost in who you are now… you’re not alone.
And God is not finished with your story.

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