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Join Susan Balou as she shares her stories, and others', in the middle of life's upheaval. Whether discussing lessons learned after the loss of a job, discovering new paths to take in starting a business, surviving loss of a loved one, or staying healthy in the middle of stress and chaos, this podcast will help shine a light on dealing with the twists and turns that can occur on our life's journey. No matter where you are in this process, let this be your "weekly dose" of hope and healing as ...
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Life, Career Rewritten Season 2, Episode 1, Welcome Back!!
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Join Susie Balou as she returns from a "Half-Time Break," in Episode 1 of Season 2. In this episode Susie talks about the importance of story telling in discovering God's love for us, helping us find our identity and purpose, as well as helping to process difficulties that life throws our way. Sign up for her weekly emails, to receive updates, as w…
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Episode #32 Life, Career Rewritten, 2023 In the Rear-view Mirror!
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Join Susan in the final episode of Season 1, as she recaps highlights of spiritual lessons learned in 2023, and explores how to move forward in 2024 while still honoring past memories! I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more information. While you are there, subscribe to my weekly email list! htt…
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While Christmas and other Holiday traditions can be a beautiful time full of family and friends, it can also be a difficult time for many. If you find yourself struggling this year, whether from chairs that are empty and Christmas presents that won't be under the tree, or there are other difficulties in your life making it hard to find the joy in t…
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Episode 30 Updates in Life, Career, and Hope
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Join Susan as she discusses positive updates in her career, thoughts on next steps in her online business ventures, positive lessons learned throughout this year, as well as challenges of navigating the Holidays during the second year in the grief process. Susan is looking to feature others who have navigated various types of loss and discuss their…
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Episode #29 Hope & Thankfulness in Year 2 of Grief!
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Join Susan for a quick discussion of how to find hope and thankfulness in spite of discovering that making it through the first year of grief does not automatically make "everything suddenly better!" I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more information. While you are there, subscribe to my weekly …
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Episode #28 Hope and Thankfulness Week 1 of November 2023, Life, Career, HOPE, Rewritten
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Join Susan as she talks about continued hope, faith, and growth, learning how to walk a new path in life. I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more information. While you are there, subscribe to my weekly email list! https://susan-balou.squarespace.com/…
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Episode #27 Mindfulness and Moving Forward; Life, Career, Hope Rewritten!
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Back again for another episode, focusing on lessons learned. Never taking having income for my basic needs for granted again Remembering to reach out and focus on helping others who might be in need Remembering to smile and say "hi" Having Gratitude I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more informa…
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Episode #26 Thankfulness, Rest, and Reframe When at a Crossroad!
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Explore the importance of mindset and focus at the crossroads in life! I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more information. While you are there, subscribe to my weekly email list! https://susan-balou.squarespace.com/By Susan Balou
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Episode #25 Faith Over Fear, Avoiding the Top 3 Mistakes I have Made Over This Year!
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"Have you ever found yourself in a situation that left you feeling overwhelmed or afraid? In this episode, I'll open up about my own experiences and share the top three mistakes I made over the past year. By listening in, you'll gain valuable insights to help you avoid making the same missteps. Moreover, we'll delve into a crucial aspect of navigat…
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Episode #24, September 12, One Year Later!
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Join me as a take a look back on this year, since learning I was losing my job, and the winding paths I have been on since. https://susan-balou.squarespace.com/ I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more information. While you are there, subscribe to my weekly email list! https://susan-balou.squares…
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Episode 23 Speak Life in the Middle of the Mess
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Do you ever feel overwhelmed in the middle of the mess? Join me for today's quick podcast where I look at what it means to Speak Life over the mess, in order to protect your mental wellbeing! I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more information. While you are there, subscribe to my weekly email li…
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Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed and hopeless, struggling to speak in a positive and uplifting way? Join me in episode 22 as I share about lessons learned on a quick memorial trip for my husband this weekend. Lessons about realizing that time out to rest and recharge is helpful, but my wellbeing has a lot more to do with my thoughts, attitudes, an…
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This week is just a quick word of thanks for your kind encouragement throughout these last months! I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more information. While you are there, subscribe to my weekly email list! https://susan-balou.squarespace.com/By Susan Balou
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Episode #20 Part 2 Transforming Through Grief While Processing Healing
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Would you give up experiences with loved ones to avoid the pain of missing them later? Join me as I explore part 2 of navigating through the process of grief, learning to embrace the healing that comes from going THROUGH the necessary steps; understanding that I would not want to trade off memories with my loved one, to avoid the grief in the futur…
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Episode #19 Part 1 Transforming Through Grief While Processing Healing!
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Are you or someone you know navigating through the middle of grief and loss of some sort? If so, this episode can help embrace resilience and healing. Join me for PART 1, as I review helpful lessons learned throughout these last nine months, from a great book, "Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your He…
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Episode #18 Karlin Tapia: "Grief & Grace: Navigating Loss as a Survivor Leader!"
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This week's podcast episode continues on with the goal of navigating through the middle of grief and loss. Join me as I interview Karlin Tapia, Coach and Survivor Leader. Karlin draws from her own experiences and training to connect with survivors, helping them learn how to work through trauma and rediscover their voice; regaining control of their …
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Episode #17 Navigating the Journey of Loss: Embracing Progression Through "Normal" Grief
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Have you ever found yourself in a time of grief and loss where you wonder if your experience is "normal"? Maybe you or a loved one is traveling down this difficult journey at this very moment? Join me as I explore this topic, in my series on "The Middle; Learning What it Means to Journey From Who I Was to Who I am Becoming!" I look forward to shari…
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Do you ever find yourself wondering if things will ever get better when faced with life's challenges? Join me as I get real about my struggle with loss, and I open up about lessons learned of the power of faith and relying on God's guidance to not just survive, but thrive. I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my …
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Episode #15 A Cautionary Tale & Lessons Learned
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Welcome to Episode #15 where I check in and discuss lessons learned in life, as well as beginning my own online business. Email me at SBaloumsnrn@sbalou.com if you would like a more comprehensive list of the resources that I cover in today's episode! I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more inform…
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Episode #14 Shannon Pirie "Life in the Middle" Part 2
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Join me in Part 2 of this encouraging interview with Shannon Pirie, as she shares her message of faith, hope, and healing after suffering intense loss in her life. To connect with Shannon, you can find her on Instagram at @Shanpirie I look forward to sharing weekly updates and inspiration with you. Visit my website for more information. While you a…
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Episode #13 Shannon Pirie: Life In The Middle Part 1
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Welcome to Episode #13. Join me today in Part 1 of 2 episodes, talking to Shannon Pirie, as she shares her story of hope in the middle of devastating upheaval. Shannon shares how faith and community helped sustain her, and encourage her to keep moving forward into a place of healing. To learn more about Shannon, connect with her on Instagram @shanp…
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Welcome to Episode #12, the day after Juneteenth, where I explore the meaning of the Juneteenth Holiday, both in general and to family members. Join me in exploring how lessons learned can give us hope, individually and as a society. I invite you, whether you are faith based, or not, to listen to what I believe Jesus had to say about related topics…
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Episode #11 Deb Wycoff, "Turning the Page After Job Loss: Embracing Change and Finding a New Path"
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In today's episode, Deb Wycoff and I talk about her mixed emotions after losing her executive leadership role due to organizational downsizing. From looking forward to the idea of early retirement, to dealing with unexpected feelings of loss, Deb walks us through her journey of embracing change and discovering what life has to offer next! This is a…
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Episode #10 "You Visited Me," With Patricia Harper Pollard
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Join me for this conversation with Patricia Harper Pollard as she shares the story of how she and her late husband Freeman founded a nonprofit ministry aimed at encouraging the incarcerated, especially youth. Be inspired along with me, as she shares her journey of healing by publishing his poetry and artwork in the devotional, "You Visited Me." Lea…
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Episode #9 Brie Ogletree's Journey from Military Career to Online Fitness Coach
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Join me this week as I talk to fellow copywriter, Brie Ogletree. Brie shares her experiences of becoming an online fitness coach after transitioning out of her military career. Her passion is training women to become more confident, while building strength through lifting. We also talk travel, podcasting, and the logistics of learning new online bu…
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Episode #8 Hope in the Middle, and a Little More Dr. Seuss
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Why is hope such an essential part of life? Join Susan Balou as she takes a look at hope from not only a spiritual perspective, but also from a scientific and psychological viewpoint. Listen as she describes how hope not only helps us with surviving life itself, but how it helps in other areas of our lives, including: Setting & achieving life goals…
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Episode #7, Little Cats B, C, & A, and Life's Lessons Through the Difficult Times
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What is your typical response to unexpected changes in life? Do you tend to grumble and complain, or have you learned to look at them as opportunities? Listen to Susan, with a little Dr. Seuss humor thrown in, as she shares her journey, and how she's learning to value the lessons and the journey, rather than begging to fast forward and get out of t…
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Episode #6 From Corporate Buyer to Successful Entrepreneur
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Have you ever wondered what would happen if you suddenly found yourself needing to pivot from a successful corporate position? Maybe that is exactly where you find yourself right now! Join me in this episode, as Kristin Engen shares her experiences as she transitioned from being a corporate buyer to becoming a successful entrepreneur. From coaching…
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Episode #2 Learning From My Mistakes, So You Don’t Have to Recreate Your Own Wheel!
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Have you been thinking about starting your own online entrepreneur business, in the process of just beginning, or know someone is contemplating it? If you are anywhere in that process, you may be in the same place I was, not really knowing potential pitfalls! Whether you want to avoid unnecessary extra expenses, or making other costly mistakes, som…
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Episode #3 Staying Healthy in the Middle of Upheaval
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Do you find yourself automatically reaching for cookies, crackers, chips, or extra dessert when you are under stress? Maybe you have found yourself packing on an extra 15…or 20…or…pounds in the middle of your most recent times of upheaval! Using food to calm your nerves or give you that momentary “high” will only add to the problems that you alread…
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Episode #4 Stepping Into the Uncomfortable and Waiting in the Still Places!
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Have you ever found yourself feeling like you are being asked to step out of your comfortable space, and to learn to wait in stillness? When we are asked to stretch beyond our comfort zone, not immediately being rescued from painful situations, it can make us start to question “why?”! Being put in an unfamiliar position of having to rely on God, in…
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Episode #1 Finding Hope in the Middle of Upheaval!
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What do YOU do when life’s pathway is suddenly filled with unexpected twists and turns? When you find yourself facing upheaval in life, you have a choice to make! You can either choose hope and faith, or you can choose fear, frustration, and despair! BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL DISCOVER: How to choose faith and hope! How to give yourse…
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Episode #5, Five Stones, Five Loaves & Other Lessons in Faith as I Continue on My Journey
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Have you ever found yourself needing to trust God with your future, or with your finances, or with your very survival? When we find our faith being stretched beyond our normal breaking point, learning how to wait even past that point can feel absolutely overwhelming! Whether we are revisiting Bible stories we grew up with as a child, or hearing the…
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Introducing The Life, Career Rewritten Podcast!
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Welcome. My name is Susan Balou. I look forward to sharing my new podcast Life, Career Rewritten! as it goes live Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023. I believe that learning from other people's experiences as they have navigated unexpected twists and turns in their life can help us explore healthy and productive. To reimagine our lives as we move along our own…
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