Becoming

Lisa Jordan

The stories between who we were and who we are. Becoming is a podcast about the seasons of change that shape a woman’s life and the loss of identity that can come with them. Through honest conversations with women who have lived through divorce, motherhood, grief, career changes, aging, reinvention, and more, we explore what happens when the life you knew no longer fits. These are stories of losing ourselves, finding our way back, and building lives that feel more like our own. Because becoming is something we do over and over again.

Episodes

  1. 14h ago

    Ep. 001: Choosing No Contact and Building a Life of Your Own with Susan Rich

    What happens when stepping away from your family is the only way to find yourself again? Susan Rich has been hard no-contact with her primary family for more than 23 years. She calls it Family Freedom. In this episode of Becoming, Susan and I talk about the decision to leave the family system she had known her entire life, the loss of identity that followed, and what it took to begin building a life on her own terms. We talk about the parts of estrangement that are rarely acknowledged. The grief and loss. The disorientation of discovering that you no longer know who you are outside of the roles you were given. We also talk about what can grow in the space that decision creates. Susan is now happily partnered for more than 33 years, profoundly grateful for the life she has built, and working toward publishing her debut four-book series. This is a conversation about family estrangement, identity, freedom, and the complicated work of choosing yourself. About SusanSusan Rich is an author, writer, reader, talker, animal lover, artist-in-wishful-thinking, and a crocheter with 30 years of experience doing the same stitch over and over. She has been hard no-contact with her primary family for more than 23 years, an experience she has learned to call Family Freedom. Now retired, Susan is working as a debut indie author and hopes to release the first books in her four-book series in spring 2027. She has been happily partnered for more than 33 years and has three grown-and-flown stepchildren. After building a life on her own terms, she describes herself as profoundly grateful and content. Find SusanWebsiteFacebookInstagramThreadsBlueskyStay connectedBecoming tells the stories between who we were and who we are. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Listen to and follow BecomingRead and subscribe to Beautiful ThingsFollow Lisa: on Instagram, Threads, Youtube, and TiktokShop Lisa's FavoritesInterested in sharing your own story on Becoming? Click here! If this conversation made you think of someone who needs to hear it, send it to her. Sometimes another woman’s story gives us language for a choice we have been afraid to name.

    Ep. 001: Choosing No Contact and Building a Life of Your Own with Susan Rich

About

The stories between who we were and who we are. Becoming is a podcast about the seasons of change that shape a woman’s life and the loss of identity that can come with them. Through honest conversations with women who have lived through divorce, motherhood, grief, career changes, aging, reinvention, and more, we explore what happens when the life you knew no longer fits. These are stories of losing ourselves, finding our way back, and building lives that feel more like our own. Because becoming is something we do over and over again.