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Flourishing After Adversity

Flourishing After Adversity

By: Laura Mangum Broome
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If you've experienced grief, illness, loss, or life-altering setbacks—and you're ready to reclaim your joy—this podcast is for you.


Hosted by Laura Mangum Broome, Resilience Coach and author of Flourishing After Adversity, this weekly show is your go-to resource for overcoming life’s toughest challenges with hope, courage, and clarity.


Each episode dives into real-life strategies for emotional healing, building resilience, managing mindset, navigating unexpected change, and rediscovering your strength after adversity.


Whether you're facing the aftermath of divorce, struggling to move forward after loss, or starting over later in life, you’ll find practical tools and encouragement to help you grow—not just go—through what you’ve been through.


If you're searching for inspiration, resilience coaching tips, or mental health support for difficult seasons, hit play and start flourishing after adversity. You've got this!

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Episodes
  • S1:E7 When Life Clears the Slate, What Comes Next?
    Jun 25 2025

    S1:E7 When Life Clears the Slate, What Comes Next?

    Rebuilding After Loss: A Practical Guide to Flourishing

    In this episode of the Flourishing After Adversity podcast, host Laura Mangum Broome offers a framework for individuals experiencing significant life disruptions such as divorce, illness, or job loss.

    She shares an eight-step plan to help listeners rebuild their lives with clarity, courage, and attention. Laura recounts a poignant story of friends who lost their home to a flood, emphasizing the potential for growth and clarity that can arise from such losses. Key steps include identifying core values, setting boundaries, focusing on controllable factors, replacing what can be replaced, leaning on a support network, shifting from problems to possibilities, ranking options, and reinforcing the mindset of 'I can.'

    The episode also promotes a free guide, "Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day."

    00:00 Introduction to Flourishing After Adversity
    00:53 Free Gift: Reframe the Spiral
    01:18 Story of Loss and Clarity
    02:05 Understanding Modern Complications
    03:28 Eight Steps to Rebuild Your Life
    10:16 Final Thoughts and Recap
    11:32 Conclusion and Free Guide

    Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day https://www.icope2hope.com/reframe

    Website: iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope https://www.icope2hope.com

    Free Paperback: Flourishing After Adversity (Pay only $4.99 shipping; U.S. Orders Only) https://www.icope2hope.com/freebook

    Book a free Clarity Call: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMB

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    12 mins
  • S1:E6 Ever Feel Like You're Walking in Wet Cement?
    Jun 18 2025

    Transforming Wet Cement Days: Practical Tools for Everyday Resilience

    In this episode of the Flourishing After Adversity podcast, host Laura Mangum Broome addresses the 'wet cement' feeling of overwhelming fatigue and offers practical tools to manage it. She validates the common yet often unnoticed emotional weight carried, especially by women in midlife, and discusses how to navigate through heavy days without feeling guilty. Laura shares three effective strategies: creating a 'good enough' list, engaging in gentle movement, and reaching out to one encouraging voice. She also invites listeners to download her free guide, 'Reframe the Spiral,' to help shift negative thoughts. This episode is a reminder that resilience can be found in small, manageable steps and self-kindness.

    00:00 Introduction to Flourishing After Adversity
    01:26 Understanding the Wet Cement Feeling
    02:34 Invisible Weights and Everyday Resilience
    04:43 Personal Story: When I Couldn't Push Through
    05:53 Three Practical Tools to Lighten the Load
    07:57 Reflecting on Your Own Experience
    09:52 Final Thoughts and Key Messages
    10:29 Closing Remarks and Call to Action

    Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day https://www.icope2hope.com/reframe

    Website: iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope https://www.icope2hope.com

    Free Paperback: Flourishing After Adversity (Pay only $4.99 shipping; U.S. Orders Only) https://www.icope2hope.com/freebook


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    11 mins
  • S1:E5 Why I Cringe When I Hear "Give Yourself Permission"
    Jun 11 2025

    00:00 Introduction to Flourishing After Adversity
    00:35 The Power of Mindset Shifts
    00:43 Free Guide: Reframe the Spiral
    01:25 Challenging the Concept of Permission
    02:42 Understanding the Real Barriers
    04:18 Fear and Self-Protection
    05:20 The iCope2Hope Resilience Framework
    05:49 Case Study: Renee's Transformation
    06:30 Embracing Your Inner Rebel
    07:29 Practical Steps to Move Forward
    08:27 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

    Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day https://www.icope2hope.com/reframe

    Website: iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope https://www.icope2hope.com

    Free Paperback: Flourishing After Adversity (Pay only $4.99 shipping; U.S. Orders Only) https://www.icope2hope.com/freebook

    Book a free Clarity Call: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMB



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    10 mins
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