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Moving Beyond Surviving to Thriving with Yolanda Colon
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المحتوى المقدم من Yuliana Kim-Grant. يتم تحميل جميع محتويات البودكاست بما في ذلك الحلقات والرسومات وأوصاف البودكاست وتقديمها مباشرةً بواسطة Yuliana Kim-Grant أو شريك منصة البودكاست الخاص بهم. إذا كنت تعتقد أن شخصًا ما يستخدم عملك المحمي بحقوق الطبع والنشر دون إذنك، فيمكنك اتباع العملية الموضحة هنا https://ar.player.fm/legal.
Yolanda Colon, an executive in the finance industry, joins Yuliana today to share the tragic story of the stillborn death of her son and also how she found the strength and courage to take back her life after the brutal end of her 24-year marriage. Her story is one of courage and self-awareness which, as you will hear, has made her the phoenix that she is today.
Yolanda begins by sharing the events that redirected the course of her life - grieving her stillborn son and experiencing a divorce. She then delves into the events that surrounded her son’s death and the sad postpartum experience that followed. Yolanda also discusses the fear she experienced when she became pregnant again after the death of her son and how she was able to overcome it, as well as her divorce and going to therapy. She leaves us with words of wisdom on how and why to set boundaries and also to take back our power and forgive ourselves. The episode concludes with Yolanda identifying the one person she would love to go back in time to speak with, Maya Angelou, who inspires her with a quote about going beyond surviving and thriving.
Episode Highlights:
- The challenging event that redirected the course of Yolanda’s life
- A sad postpartum experience
- Grieving with her family by her side
- Reliving the experience with another baby
- The courage it took to overcome her fear
- Experiencing a brutal divorce and seeking therapy
- Healing through the pain
- The importance of setting boundaries
- Advice to women going through a divorce
- One person Yolanda would go back in time to speak with
Quotes:
“He just wasn't meant for this life. I accepted that.”
“We go through nine months of pregnancy, and we get a beautiful gift at the end. And I left the hospital without a gift, that was gut-wrenching and difficult for me.”
“Life is going to throw you curveballs. So I had to grieve the loss of my son in the same way that I had to grieve the recent abrupt ending of my marriage.”
“I believe vulnerability is courage.”
“At the end of the day, my daughters don't need me to save them. They need to see me save myself and thrive.”
“I am taking active steps to live the life that I want to live.”
“No one can take your power away from you. I let that happen. I’ve forgiven myself and it won't happen again.”
“We all hold to the fantasy life, ‘What could I have done differently?’ And the fact of the matter is nothing. No one can go back and change anything. We can only change what happens in the future. ”
“In my marriage, I felt that I wasn't enough. But I was enough, and I am enough, and I will always be enough.”
“Boundaries are not meant to offend anyone. They are meant to respect our feelings because every woman deserves peace and safety.”
“This chapter of my life is called ‘Make room for lightness, make room for abundance, make room for what is meant for me with ease and flow.’”
“We're not raised in comfort. We are made of stuff that should have broken us but didn't. We are not formed with ease and grace. We are made of fire in storms.”
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”
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