Be Not Afraid (Part III): “Who Am I Without the Life I Had?”
About this episode
In this episode, Suzy Welch shares a personal story about loss and the fear of stepping into a new life, exploring the critical turning point of self-discovery and decision-making.
Fear of change is powerful. But the deepest fear of all may be this: the fear of stepping into a life that is fully our own. In the final episode of the three-part Be Not Afraid series, your host Suzy Welch shares a deeply personal story about loss, identity, and the moment when fear gives way to decision. The episode revisits one of the podcast’s most intimate stories — one that longtime listeners will remember well — about a solitary swan who appeared at Suzy’s home, shortly after the death of her husband. The two formed an unusual bond, each navigating life alone after years of partnership. Then one day, the swan disappeared. Her departure became a powerful metaphor for something many people face but rarely name: the moment when the life we knew is gone, and the future depends on choices we are not yet sure we’re ready to make. Drawing on her own experience of grief and reinvention, Suzy explores the quiet but critical turning point that follows self-discovery — the decision to act. Because growth does not happen by accident. Reinvention does not happen by accident. Becoming does not happen by accident. It happens when we decide. This episode concludes the Be Not Afraid series…
More episodes of Becoming You with Suzy Welch
- Sixteen Words That Give You Permission…to Admit What You Want (Part 2)
- Sixteen Words that Will Set You Free…To Be You (Part I)
- FAQs: You Know What You Want. So Why Can't You Get There?
- Two Truths and a Lie About Becoming You
- Be Not Afraid (Part II): “I’m Scared to Find Out Who I Really Am.”
- Be Not Afraid (Part I): “I Took a Sabbatical. Should I Hide That From Employers?”
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