You Have to Lean In| Game on Glio

SEASON 5 Ep 4 (total episode list #52): “You Have to Lean In,” Guest Ellen Duncan

Imagine life trucking along, young healthy children, pursuing a dream career, a wonderful marriage, a beautiful home. When you are in your 30’s, you don’t think that life can change so rapidly. But that’s the tricky thing about life, it doesn’t matter how old you are, life has a way of veering us of course and onto a whole new path.

Today’s guest, Ellen Duncan knows this experience all to well. Her late husband’s life was cut short very suddenly-barely into his mid 30’s. With two young girls, Ellen was faced with figuring out how to navigate a new path forced upon her.

Ellen learned that she needed to lean in completely. What does that look like–this idea of leaning in? Leaning into what? Grief? Happiness? Widowhood? Motherhood? Life? All of the above. Most importantly Ellen had to lean into her faith and rely on her instincts to help her navigate leaning on herself more than anything else.

Ellen’s story teaches us so much about the different ways we can and need to navigate grief and loss. Leaning into ourselves, into our own strengths during such hardship is a concept we all can do and a power we all have inside ourselves. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts or watch this episode on our YouTube channel.

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