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. 3d ago

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Jul 8

    S2:E27 What You Value Most Will Lead You Forward

    Rebuilding After a Storm: Reconnect with Your Core Values and Passions Host Laura Mangum Broome explains how, after major setbacks, people can keep functioning yet feel hollow because they rebuild from fear and stay stuck in survival mode, mistaking coping for living. Using the metaphor of a storm-damaged tree with intact roots, she shares her own five-year stretch of breast cancer, losing her teenage son and father, a heart transplant, and an unexpected divorce, describing how she lost touch with who she was.  She teaches that core values are descriptive (not aspirational) and misalignment can show up as numbness, over-busyness, and saying yes to draining commitments. She distinguishes purpose from passion and says passion often hides rather than disappears. She introduces values-led decision-making questions and a 20-minute “Values + Passion Excavation” exercise to identify three anchor words and take one small step within 24 hours, emphasizing radical acceptance as the first phase of her iCope2Hope System(TM). 00:00 Feeling Lost After Loss 01:09 Welcome and Free Resource 02:04 Tree Roots Metaphor 02:49 My Story of Upheaval 05:09 Survival Mode Trap 06:34 Core Values Explained 08:28 Radical Acceptance and Roots 09:21 Passion Goes Into Hiding 13:03 Values as a Compass 17:14 20 Minute Excavation Exercise 22:04 Recap and Next Step 24:42 Closing 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/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

  6. Jul 1

    S2:E26 How to Turn Your Greatest Loss Into Your Strongest Chapter

    Flourishing After Adversity: The 3 Conditions for Post-Traumatic Growth Laura Mangum Broome introduces the Flourishing After Adversity podcast and explains that the difference between growing through grief and staying stuck is a learnable framework, not willpower, strength, or faith. Sharing her experience of five major losses in five years—including losing her son, surviving bilateral breast cancer and a heart transplant, losing her father, and a sudden divorce—she outlines post-traumatic growth research (Tedeschi and Calhoun) and its five outcomes: greater appreciation for life, deeper relationships, expanded personal strength, new possibilities, and spiritual deepening.  She challenges the cultural push to “move on,” emphasizing “move through,” and describes three groups who struggle: genuinely stuck, avoiding, or resilient but without a method. She teaches three conditions for growth—radical acceptance, identity work, and tiny consistent action—plus a 20-minute exercise with five prompts to identify resistance, control, identity shifts, and one small next step. 00:00 Why Some Grow 00:48 Welcome and Free Guide 01:42 My Five Losses 03:24 What Is Growth 04:36 Move Through Not On 05:39 Three Ways We Get Stuck 07:55 Radical Acceptance 09:17 Identity Reset 10:44 Tiny Steps Forward 12:00 Time Does Not Heal 13:39 Five Prompts This Week 15:04 Recap and Encouragement 16:49 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

  7. Jun 24

    S2:E25 How to Finally Move When Uncertainty Has You Frozen

    The Outcome Guardrail Map: Break Fear of the Unknown and Take the Next 200 Feet Laura Mangum Broome introduces the Flourishing After Adversity podcast episode on decision paralysis caused by fear of the unknown, explaining it as a neurological survival response when the brain cannot predict.  Drawing from her experiences with cancer, the loss of her son and father, a heart transplant, and an unexpected divorce, she shares the Outcome Guardrail Map(TM), a tool to reduce catastrophizing without relying on willpower. The process defines best-case, worst-case, and most-likely outcomes: naming the fear specifically, detailing the best and worst scenarios to create “guardrails,” and identifying the realistic middle ground where action becomes possible. She offers a 20-minute exercise with prompts, connects the approach to radical acceptance in her iCope2Hope System(TM), and encourages listeners to take one small step within their control. 00:00 Frozen by Uncertainty 00:51 Welcome and Free Resource 01:45 My Story of Fear 03:48 Why Fear Freezes You 06:27 Outcome Guardrail Map 07:01 Step 1 Name the Fear 08:18 Step 2 Best Case 09:51 Step 3 Worst Case 11:35 Step 4 Most Likely 13:04 Why This Tool Works 15:57 20 Minute Exercise Prompts 17:54 Recap and Encouragement 19:38 Closing 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/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. Jun 17

    S2:E24 The Grief Map: How Naming What You're Feeling Moves You From Stuck to Moving Forward

    The 6 Stages of Grief: Name What You’re Feeling and Move Through It Laura Mangum Broome explains how naming grief can reduce shame and help people move through loss, drawing from her experience of losing her son just before a scheduled double mastectomy while facing cancer. She clarifies that Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s five stages—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—are not linear or a checklist but a map people may revisit in any order. She defines what each stage can feel like, including risks like prolonged denial, misdirected anger, exhausting “what if” bargaining, and the difference between moving through grief-related depression versus drowning and needing professional support.  She adds David Kessler’s sixth stage, finding meaning, emphasizing it isn’t toxic positivity and can’t be rushed. She offers a journaling exercise to identify one’s current stage and what it needs, and reminds listeners there is no timeline for grief. 00:00 Why Grief Feels Confusing 00:43 Welcome and Free Resource 01:37 Laura’s Personal Loss Story 03:18 What the Stages Really Are 05:07 Stage 1 Denial 06:25 Stage 2 Anger 07:48 Stage 3 Bargaining 09:05 Stage 4 Depression 10:53 Stage 5 Acceptance 12:13 Stage 6 Finding Meaning 14:18 Why Naming Helps Healing 16:11 Journal Exercise for Today 17:40 Recap and Encouragement 19:07 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

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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
    64
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Flourishing After Adversity
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