About this episode

The episode discusses how birthdays can serve as a checkpoint for emotional and mental inventory, particularly in the context of grief and personal growth.

Andrea Wormley, with co-hosts Melissa Benson and Kelli Moorer, opens the episode by thanking supporters and inviting listeners to subscribe and share the show “Her Presence” on major podcast platforms. Continuing the season theme “the bags we carry,” they discuss birthdays as a checkpoint to pause, reset, and take inventory of emotional, mental, and responsibility “bags,” asking what still serves them. Kelli shares how birthdays have been harder since her mother’s death in 2022, but meaningfu...

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Hosts: Andrea Wormley, Melissa Benson, Kelli Moorer

Topics covered

• birthdays
• emotional inventory
• mental health
• grief
• self-reflection

Keywords

• birthdays
• reset
• emotional bags
• mental bags
• grief
• self-inventory
• personal growth

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