Rebuild Reinvent & Rise
Stacked Loss
por Fiona J Lindsay
Welcome back to the Rebuild. Reinvent and Rise Podcast. I am Fiona J Lindsay your Host. Thanks for joining me. In today’s episode I’m discussing stacked loss. I see what nobody else is naming. Women in their 50s are often carrying stacked loss. Not one loss. Multiple. At the same time.
Welcome to the Rebuild. Reinvent and Rise Podcast. Hi I’m Fiona J Lindsay. When Life Changes You Nobody warns women in their 50s how much loss can arrive all at once. One day you’re managing your career, your kids, ageing parents, relationships and expectations and then suddenly life shifts. The marriage ends. Kids move out. You lose a parent. Health challenges. Career transition. And in my case, a bushfire blazes through and wipes out almost everything I spent decades building. Then the version of you that held everything together suddenly feels confusing and unfamiliar. And somewhere in all of that, you quietly wonder: Who am I now?” This Podcast exists to have a conversation about the invisible grief women carry. The grief of: losing identity losing certainty losing relationships losing confidence losing purpose losing health losing the life and freedom they imagined at this phase of life Loss doesn’t always look like death. Sometimes it can show up dressed as change and /or a traumatic event. I know what rebuilding feels like. I know what it feels like when life cracks open what you thought was stable. I’ve been through divorce. I have one kid still at home – the other moved out rather unelegantly. I lost a parent last year. The other has BiPolar and Dementia. My closest friend of 40 years’ was diagnosed with breast cancer back in April. Another close friend lost her husband suddenly a year ago. I walked away from a lucrative business. And in January, I survived a Bushfire and I am still rebuilding – both myself and my property. I know what loss looks like. I know what grief feels like. And I know what it is to sit with trauma and anxiety. I’m going to talk about: REBUILDING healing after divorce grief and identity loss burnout mental wellness (you will notice this will be a central theme) resilience after major life change and Trauma REINVENTION rediscovering confidence purpose after parenting shifts career transitions building a business after 50 finding yourself again and RISING thriving after heartbreak emotional wellbeing boundaries courage and strength you never knew you had building a life that feels more aligned and meaningful If life has changed you in ways you didn’t anticipate, if you’re grieving who you were while wondering who you’re becoming, welcome. You don’t have to rebuild alone. Thanks for listening. This is the Rebuild, Reinvent and Rise Podcast with me Fiona J Lindsay. Join me next episode as I discuss stacked loss. And remember beautiful, bold and sassy woman... life may have knocked the wind out of you, but it hasn't taken away your power. I'll see you in the next episode.