Takeaways & Reflections | Struggle to Strength

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Through the challenges and struggles of life, we often find our strength and learn what we're capable of as we search for meaning in our pain.

This episode shares two stories of the tenacity it took to dig deep, while also acknowledging the need for help and support and seeking it for themselves. 

Rachel battled with her husband for two years as he fought hard to beat his cancer, only to lose his fight to ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) in the end.

Eric battled the struggle of guilt after finding his daughter after she took her own life when she was 15.

Two very different stories but similar in how the human spirit is capable of finding strength through struggle.

It is my hope that Rachel and Eric's stories, although very different experiences, help you to see yourself through their struggle. And that you, too, feel hopeful that you can find your strength on the other side of the struggle.

RESOURCES:

• Ep. 61 | Rachel Engstrom
• Ep. 62 | Eric Hodgdon 
• Rachel's Book
• Eric's Book
• The Five Minute Journal
• Free Energy Quiz
• Bi-Weekly Newsletter

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