In this powerful episode of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, host Dave Roberts welcomes back executive coach and former CEO Becca Pearce — author of You Don't Have to Achieve to Be Loved — for a raw, honest conversation about mourning the past, redefining success, and choosing who you want to be after tragedy.

Becca survived a brain tumor that left her with lasting disabilities and forced her to walk away from a high-powered career. Dave lost his daughter. Together, they explore what it truly means to grieve not just people, but the versions of ourselves we can never return to.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What "mourning the past" really means — and why it's a necessary phase of personal reinvention

• How to release an old identity without losing the parts of you worth keeping

• Why the people closest to you often  ...