About this episode
Betsy Ronel shares her heartbreaking story of loss and the kindness of strangers that helped her through a difficult time.
Send us Fan Mail Kindness can sound like a soft idea until you meet someone who survived because other people refused to look away. I’m joined by Betsy Ronel, host of Heavens To Betsy: Let’s Talk Midlife, and her story is as heartbreaking as it is human: she lost her husband suddenly in a car accident, right as they were growing their family, and her life changed overnight. What happened next wasn’t a miracle cure. It was something more believable and more repeatable: strangers showing up wit...
People in this episode
Host: Mike
Guest: Betsy Ronel
Topics covered
- kindness
- grief
- community support
- personal stories
- midlife challenges
Keywords
- kindness
- grief
- support
- midlife
- loss
- community
- personal growth
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Heavens To Betsy: Let’s Talk Midlife
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