Reclaiming Yourself After Abuse: How to Begin Healing and Rebuild Your Self-Worth
What if your life looks “fine” on the outside—but inside, you feel disconnected, drained, and no longer like yourself?
This is more common than people realize, especially for women navigating emotional abuse, toxic relationships, or divorce recovery. The truth is, losing yourself doesn’t happen overnight. It happens slowly—through small moments of self-doubt, silence, and putting everyone else’s needs before your own.
Your Past Does Not Define You: Rebuilding Confidence & Purpose After Divorce
There comes a moment after divorce, emotional abuse, or major life trauma when many women quietly ask themselves: Who am I now?
Not because they are weak—but because somewhere along the way, they lost pieces of themselves while trying to survive.
From Fear to Freedom: Rebuilding Your Life After Job Loss and Starting Over
Most people believe getting fired later in life is the beginning of the end. For David Nassif, it became the beginning of everything.
After spending nearly 40 years building a successful corporate career, David suddenly found himself unemployed at age 63, terrified about the future, and facing the possibility of running out of money in retirement. Like so many people navigating job loss, divorce, trauma, or major life transitions, he felt lost, afraid, and unsure how to rebuild when life suddenly falls apart.
Why You Feel Disconnected From Yourself—and How to Find Your Way Back
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost yourself?
Not in a dramatic, life-altering way—but in the quiet moments. The ones where you realize you’re just going through the motions, checking boxes, and doing everything you’re “supposed” to do… yet something still feels off.
You’re not alone. And more importantly—you’re not broken.
How to Embrace Your True Identity After Years of Silence
What happens when the life you’ve built no longer reflects the truth in your heart?
In this powerful episode of Bent Not Broken, I sit down with Barb Rebon, an educator of 26 years whose life was dedicated to serving others—touching the lives of thousands of students and families. From the outside, her world looked meaningful and complete. But behind that life, Barb was carrying a story she had kept hidden for decades.
Finding Yourself Again After Divorce: Heather Sweeney’s Journey from Military Marriage to Personal Freedom
What happens when the life you built your identity around suddenly disappears?
For many women, especially those who spent years supporting a partner’s career and raising children, divorce isn’t just the end of a relationship—it’s the beginning of rediscovering who they truly are. In a recent episode of the Bent Not Broken podcast, host Coach Deborah Griffiths speaks with writer and memoirist Heather Sweeney, whose story highlights the emotional, financial, and personal journey of rebuilding life after divorce.
When Life Rewrites Your Fairytale: Lessons in Resilience, Love, and Starting Over
Many of us grow up believing in the fairytale ending — that if we just find the right partner, everything else in life will fall into place. But life has a way of teaching us that real strength and happiness come from within.
In a recent episode of the Bent Not Broken podcast, Coach Deborah Griffiths sits down with Heather Krueger, whose remarkable story of survival, love, and resilience reminds us that life rarely follows the script we expect.
Self-Love, Sovereignty, and Starting Over: What We Learned from Jonathan Aslay
When most people think about self-love, they picture self-care routines, soothing rituals, or inspirational quotes. But in my recent conversation with Jonathan Aslay, one of America’s leading midlife self-love coaches, he reminded us that true self-love is something much deeper—and much harder. It is the courageous act of taking responsibility for your emotional life, examining your patterns, and reconnecting with the parts of yourself that have been buried by trauma, heartbreak, and identity loss.
💔 From Broken to Balanced: Healing After Divorce
In this powerful conversation, host Deborah Griffiths sits down with Dr. JC Doornick—father, mentor, entrepreneur, podcaster, author, and founder of Make Sense Academy. Together, they dive deep into the realities of divorce, resilience, and rebuilding life with purpose.