About this episode

Shaun reflects on grief and love while sharing personal insights and practical tips for living with a broken heart.

This week's episode is a tender one. I recorded this on Father's Day — three years after losing my dad — and I'm reading my Substack essay Living with a Broken Heart and riffing on what it means to keep showing up, keep feeling, and keep choosing love even when it costs you. I also make a correction from EP17, share a few quotes that have been sitting with me, and offer some practical tips on how to actually live with a broken heart — not just survive it. In This Episode A raw check-in: Father's Day, grief, and why I showed up to record anyway Correction from EP17 ( What is Love? ) on Ho'oponopono — what it actually is, and why it matters I read my essay: Living with a Broken Heart 6 tips on how to live with a broken heart I have room for 3 new coaching clients Quotes "God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open." — Hazrat Inayat Khan "You have to keep breaking your heart until it stays open." — attributed to Rumi "Maturity happens when we learn to hold ambiguity: emotions that contradict each other, that don't quite make sense together. So maybe as we grow up, we get better at smiling when we cry, dancing as we grieve, being kind…

Topics covered

• grief
• love
• emotional healing
• father's day
• personal growth

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