LiL: 21 | Choosing Love in the Aftermath: A Conversation w/ Kristin Hennenfent
About this episode
Gina Velez interviews Kristin Hennenfent about choosing love and positivity in the aftermath of trauma, particularly in the context of motherhood.
Episode Description In this deeply moving episode of Lean into Love , Gina sits down with Kristin Hennenfent—a soon-to-be mama, radiant human, and powerful example of what it means to choose love in a world that often invites fear. Kristin has lived through profound and life-altering experiences, including surviving the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting. Rather than allowing trauma to harden her heart, she has committed to living with intentional positivity, grounded perspective, and open-hearted courage. This conversation isn’t about bypassing pain. It’s about acknowledging darkness while refusing to let it define you. It’s about multiplicity—the grief and the gratitude, the fear and the faith, the heartbreak and the hope—coexisting in one human life. And now, as Kristin prepares to step into motherhood, she shares what it means to bring a child into the world with clarity, compassion, and a fierce commitment to love. In This Episode, We Explore: What it means to consciously choose love after trauma The long arc of healing and perspective Living with both grief and gratitude How motherhood deepens our commitment to hope The power of mindset—not as denial, but as devotion…
People in this episode
Host: Gina Velez
Guest: Kristin Hennenfent
Topics covered
- choosing love after trauma
- healing and perspective
- grief and gratitude
- motherhood and hope
- mindset and devotion
Keywords
- love
- trauma
- motherhood
- healing
- positivity
- grief
- gratitude
- mindset
- hope
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