[COMEBACKS] Your Breakdown Might Be the Best Part of the Story

About this episode

Liz Tran discusses her journey through divorce and reinvention, exploring themes of loneliness and adaptability.

This is the second episode of the COMEBACKS series, featuring Liz Tran. I loved getting to talk with her again in this new format. In this episode, Liz shares her experience with divorce, reinvention, dating, and what it actually takes to rebuild your life when the version you planned for falls apart. We talk about how loneliness can transform you when you stop trying to outrun it, the ways avoidance can masquerade as productivity, AQ (adaptability quotient), timelines, and learning to trust that your life can expand in ways you never could have planned for.

People in this episode

Host: Katie Dalebout

Guest: Liz Tran

Topics covered

• divorce
• reinvention
• dating
• loneliness
• productivity
• adaptability
• life changes

Keywords

• divorce
• reinvention
• loneliness
• adaptability quotient
• life changes
• dating
• productivity

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