Flourishing After Adversity

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!

  1. 5h ago

    S2:E35 Still Grieving or Ready to Move Forward? How to Know Which One You're In

    When to Sit With Grief—and When to Start Building Again Host Laura Mangum Broome explains that grief can’t be rushed, using the chrysalis metaphor to show how transformation requires time and struggle, and shares her own losses (her teenage son’s suicide, bilateral breast cancer, a heart transplant, her father’s death, and an unexpected divorce). She describes how women often either rebuild too soon or stay in grief too long, then defines “ready” as willing—not healed—and emphasizes moving through grief while building. She outlines three signs you may still need processing time (denial/bargaining, acute unpredictable pain that disrupts functioning, and numbing through busyness or habits) and three signs you may be ready to move forward (shifting from “why me” to “what now,” exhaustion with survival mode, and identifying at least one thing that still matters). She offers three steps: a radical acceptance check-in, a “What Still Matters” exercise, and taking one tiny action, noting that action precedes motivation. 00:00 When Its Time 00:45 Podcast Welcome 01:35 Chrysalis Metaphor 02:58 My Story And Aim 03:49 What Ready Means 04:47 Signs You're Still Grieving 07:56 Signs You're Ready 10:47 Three Tiny Steps 13:13 24 Hour Practice 13:41 Recap And Encouragement 15:22 Closing And Next Steps Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day https://www.icope2hope.com/reframeBegin Again™ Workshop —  https://www.icope2hope.com/the-begin-again-workshop Move Beyond Adversity Blog — https://www.icope2hope.com/blogFree Newsletter — Wednesday’s Resilient Recharge: https://www.icope2hope.com/newsletterSchedule a free 15-minute Clarity Call with Laura: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMBWebsite — iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope: https://www.icope2hope.com

  2. Aug 26

    S2:E34 Your Next Chapter Doesn't Build Itself - Start Here

    Designing Your Next Chapter After Life Falls Apart: A 3-Step Framework Laura Mangum Broome welcomes listeners to the Flourishing After Adversity podcast for women facing grief, illness, loss, or unexpected change, and shares a free guide, “Reframe the Spiral.” Using the metaphor of rebuilding after a building is destroyed, she explains that time alone doesn’t rebuild identity—intentional reinvention does—and contrasts “drifting” through life with “designing” it.  She teaches a three-step framework: (1) choose the three life areas that matter most right now and write why they matter in this season; (2) envision a fulfilling next chapter through four grounding questions about an ordinary morning, what you look forward to, what feels meaningful/enjoyable/worthwhile, and what makes life feel like yours again; (3) for each area, define what you want more of, less of, and what a fulfilling version looks like. She ends with a simple writing exercise, a recap, and invites listeners to her Begin Again™ workshop and iCope2Hope.com. 00:00 When Life Falls Apart 00:31 Welcome and Free Resource 01:19 Rebuild Like an Architect 02:56 Drifting vs Designing 04:14 Step 1 Pick Your Three Areas 06:20 Step 2 Visualize Next Chapter 07:13 Four Grounding Questions 10:19 Step 3 More Less Fulfilling 13:17 Action Step and Recap 14:47 Closing Encouragement and Invite Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day https://www.icope2hope.com/reframeBegin Again™ Workshop — https://www.icope2hope.com/the-begin-again-workshop Move Beyond Adversity Blog — https://www.icope2hope.com/blogFree Newsletter — Wednesday’s Resilient Recharge:https://www.icope2hope.com/newsletterSchedule a free 15-minute Clarity Call with Laura: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMBWebsite — iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope: https://www.icope2hope.com

  3. Aug 19

    S2:E33 Name the Loss. Release the Grip. Begin Again.

    Name the Loss, Release Its Grip: 6 Steps to Rebuild After Life Changes Host Laura Mangum Broome explains that many women can name the event of a setback (divorce, diagnosis, empty nest, retirement) but not the deeper loss of identity, purpose, and the future they expected, which keeps them feeling stuck.  Drawing on her experiences of losing her son, breast cancer, a heart transplant, and divorce, she offers six action-oriented steps: to name the loss—get radically specific about what was lost, acknowledge the identity shift, and say it out loud using “I” language—and to release its hold—separate what changed from what still remains, identify one way the loss is influencing current decisions, and take one small concrete step toward what’s next.  She highlights a free guide on reframing negative thought spirals and invites listeners to her Begin Again™ Workshop, plus sharing the episode, leaving a review, and connecting at iCope2Hope.com. 00:00 The Unnamed Gap 00:40 Welcome and Free Resource 01:30 Laura’s Story and Six Steps 02:07 Event vs Real Loss 03:55 Question to Reflect On 04:14 Step 1 Get Specific 05:42 Step 2 Identity Shift 07:04 Step 3 Say It Out Loud 08:21 Release the Grip 08:53 Release Step 1 Two Columns 10:07 Release Step 2 Decisions Lens 11:29 Release Step 3 One Small Step 12:48 What This Work Feels Like 14:29 Recap and Your Next Move 16:08 Begin Again™ Workshop Invite 17:12 Final Encouragement and Sign Off Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day https://www.icope2hope.com/reframeBegin Again™ Workshop — Sign up https://www.icope2hope.com/the-begin-again-workshopMove Beyond Adversity Blog — https://www.icope2hope.com/blogFree Newsletter — Wednesday’s Resilient Recharge: https://www.icope2hope.com/newsletterSchedule a free 15-minute Clarity Call with Laura: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMBWebsite — iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope: https://www.icope2hope.com

  4. Aug 12

    S2:E32 When Life Falls Apart, Your Values Can Lead You Back

    Find Yourself Again: Reconnecting With Your Core Values After Life Changes Laura Mangum Broome welcomes listeners to Flourishing After Adversity and explains that feeling lost after grief, illness, loss, or unexpected change often comes from identity disruption when central roles end. Drawing from her own experiences (losing her son, cancer, heart transplant, her father’s death, and divorce), she shares how reconnecting with core values—not goals or external roles—restores an internal compass for decisions and boundaries.  She defines values as principles shaping how you want to live and introduces the Values Compass™ from Phase 1 (Radical Acceptance) of the iCope2Hope System™, along with a guiding question about whether choices move you closer to the life you want. She offers four ways to rediscover values (pain, what brings life, resentment, and what life should stand for) and six questions to make values-led decisions, plus a five-minute journaling action step, a free guide, and invitations to a workshop and iCope2Hope.com. 00:00 Feeling Lost Again 00:24 Welcome and Free Guide 01:15 My Identity Disruption 02:40 Why Values Matter 05:36 What Values Are 07:11 Build Your Values Compass 09:27 Four Ways to Rediscover 11:47 Six Decision Questions 14:26 Two Daily Anchors 15:04 Recap and Next Steps 16:13 Closing Encouragement 16:41 Share and Workshop Invite Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day https://www.icope2hope.com/reframe Begin Again™ Workshop — https://www.icope2hope.com/the-begin-again-workshop  Move Beyond AdversityBlog — https://www.icope2hope.com/blog Free Newsletter — Wednesday’s Resilient Recharge: https://www.icope2hope.com/newsletter Schedule a free 15-minute Clarity Call with Laura: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMB Website — iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope: https://www.icope2hope.com

  5. Aug 5

    S2:E31 Stop Waiting for Hope: Here's How to Create It

    Hope Doesn’t Find You—You Build It: The iCope2Hope System™ Laura Mangum Broome shares that hope isn’t something you wait for but a skill you can build, grounded in research by Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman defining hope as goals, willpower, and pathways. Drawing on her own experience of five major losses in five years (losing her teenage son by suicide, bilateral breast cancer, chemotherapy-related congestive heart failure and a heart transplant, her father’s death, and an unexpected divorce), she explains that time alone didn’t rebuild her—intentional reinvention did.  She outlines her iCope2Hope System™: Phase 1 Radical Acceptance (face the truth, focus on what you can control, redefine what matters now, using a Radical Acceptance Reset Method™), Phase 2 Clear Direction™ (rediscover passions, rebuild identity and vision), and Phase 3 New Path™ (small consistent steps, sustainable momentum, obstacle planning). She offers reflection questions, a 48-hour action step, and resources including a free “Reframe the Spiral” guide and a live Zoom Begin Again™ Workshop. 00:00 Build Hope Not Wait 01:10 Laura Story And Losses 02:44 Science Of Hope 04:34 Phase One Acceptance 06:24 Phase Two Direction 08:40 Phase Three Action 11:05 Support And Self Talk 12:14 Recap And Next Steps 13:55 Closing And Resources Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day https://www.icope2hope.com/reframe Begin Again™ Workshop — Sign Up: https://www.icope2hope.com/the-begin-again-workshop Book referenced:_Hope Rising: How the Science of HOPE Can Change Your Life_ — Casey Gwinn & Chan Hellman Move Beyond Adversity Blog — https://www.icope2hope.com/blog Free Newsletter — Wednesday’s Resilient Recharge: https://www.icope2hope.com/newsletter Schedule a free 15-minute Clarity Call with Laura: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMB Website — iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope: https://www.icope2hope.com

  6. Jul 29

    S2:E30 How to Close Regret And Act on What Matters

    Regret as a Signal: 3 Moves to Stop Circling the Unopened Door Host Laura Mangum Broome frames regret not as punishment but as a signal pointing to what still matters, warning that unaddressed regret drains energy, presence, and peace. She describes two unhelpful responses—suppression and rumination—and argues that only action “closes the door.”  The episode offers three practical moves: name the regret clearly to turn it into specific data, separate the past from the present by exploring whether a different version is still possible (using radical acceptance from the iCope2Hope System™), and act before feeling ready because clarity and confidence build through movement. Listeners are guided to spend ten minutes identifying the regret, assessing what’s still within reach, choosing one micro-step within 24 hours, and taking it today, and are invited to download the free guide “Reframe the Spiral.” 00:00 The Door of Regret 00:54 Welcome and Why It Matters 01:40 The Cost of Unspoken Wants 03:40 Regret as a Signal 04:29 Two Traps Suppression and Rumination 05:38 Move One Name It 06:43 Move Two Past vs Present 07:53 Move Three Act Now 09:06 10 Minute Action Plan 09:58 Recap and Closing Encouragement 11:19 Outro and Resources Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day: https://www.icope2hope.com/reframeiCope2Hope 3-Step Resilience Framework: https://bit.ly/FrameworkRoadmapWebsite: iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope: https://www.icope2hope.comMove Beyond Adversity Blog: https://www.icope2hope.com/blogFree Newsletter: Wednesday’s Resilient Recharge: https://www.icope2hope.com/newsletterSchedule a free 15-minute Clarity Call with Laura: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMB

  7. Jul 22

    S2:E29 Stop Waiting to Be Saved - Create the Life You Want

    Three Red Flags Keeping You Stuck in Hard Seasons (and How to Flip the Script) Laura Mangum Broome welcomes listeners to Flourishing After Adversity and shares how, after her 27-year marriage ended suddenly following earlier losses and serious illness, she realized her “waiting” wasn’t healing but hiding. She names three common “red flags” that keep women stuck when gratitude feels impossible: making the drama the identity, spending energy on what can’t be controlled, and waiting to be saved by someone or something external.  She explains how these patterns block presence, hope, and change, then offers three practical shifts: get outside yourself by giving one small act of care to someone else, practice real gratitude by naming one specific true thing you noticed each day, and build hope through action by taking one micro step within 24 hours toward the life you want while asking what this season might be making possible. 00:00 When Gratitude Feels Cruel 00:51 Welcome and Free Resource 01:38 My Hard Season Story 02:39 The Question That Shifted Me 03:32 Red Flag One Drama Identity 05:45 Red Flag Two Control Trap 07:41 Red Flag Three Waiting Rescue 09:43 Flip the Script Three Steps 09:54 Step One Give to Others 11:30 Step Two One True Gratitude 13:13 Step Three Micro Steps Hope 15:24 Recap and Encouragement 17:11 Closing and Next Steps Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day: https://www.icope2hope.com/reframeiCope2Hope 3-Step Resilience Framework: https://bit.ly/FrameworkRoadmapWebsite: iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope: https://www.icope2hope.comMove Beyond Adversity Blog: https://www.icope2hope.com/blogFree Newsletter: Wednesday’s Resilient Recharge: https://www.icope2hope.com/newsletterSchedule a free 15-minute Clarity Call with Laura: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMB

  8. Jul 15

    S2:E28 How Empty of Me to Be So Full of You

    How to Find Yourself After a Relationship Ends: Grieving the Roles, Rituals, and Identity You Lost Host Laura Mangum Broome explores how major relationship losses can leave women grieving not only the person but also the roles, routines, future, and identity built around that connection, quoting “How empty of me to be so full of you” from Louise Hay and David Kessler.  Drawing from five major losses in five years (her teenage son, breast cancer, a heart transplant, her father’s death, and a sudden divorce after 27 years), she explains how women gradually “disappear” through over-giving and lack of boundaries across marriages, friendships, family dynamics, death, and even workplaces, noting that “grief is grief” regardless of the source. She introduces Radical Acceptance, the first phase of her iCope2Hope System, beginning with “face the truth,” and offers three starting points: grieve without a deadline, ask who you were before, and don’t refill the empty space too quickly. 00:00 When You Lose Yourself 01:00 Welcome and Free Resource 01:46 How Empty of Me 03:23 Grief Is Grief 04:04 The Layers You Lose 05:07 How We Disappear 08:00 Grieving the Old You 09:33 Radical Acceptance 10:34 Three Places to Start 13:32 Recap and Closing Free Resource: Reframe the Spiral: 5 Quick Coping Strategies to Shift Negative Thoughts and Reclaim Your Day: https://www.icope2hope.com/reframeiCope2Hope 3-Step Resilience Framework: https://bit.ly/FrameworkRoadmapWebsite: iCope2Hope: From Hardship to Hope: https://www.icope2hope.comMove Beyond Adversity Blog: https://www.icope2hope.com/blogFree Newsletter: Wednesday’s Resilient Recharge: https://www.icope2hope.com/newsletterSchedule a free 15-minute Clarity Call with Laura: https://bit.ly/15mincallLMB

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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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  • Creator
    Laura Mangum Broome
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    68
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Flourishing After Adversity
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