Becoming Her, Again: Healing After Divorce

About Becoming Her, Again: Healing After Divorce

Becoming Her, Again is a divorce recovery podcast for women healing after divorce who want to rebuild confidence, restore faith, and create a grounded new life. If you’re feeling stuck after divorce, overwhelmed, emotionally shocked, or unsure how to move forward, you’re not alone. Divorce changes everything — identity, routines, relationships, and the future you imagined. Each episode offers practical tools to calm your nervous system, process emotional shock, rebuild self-worth, set healthy boundaries, and move forward one small step at a time.

Publisher

Carol Autry

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jan 2026

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   The Five Minute Shift: What if Five Minutes Could Change Your Life?

   What If Five Minutes Could Change Your Life? How a simple shift in thinking can change your happiness, your choices, and the life you’re building. What if the biggest thing standing between you and a more fulfilling life isn’t your circumstances—but the way you’re thinking about them? When life takes an unexpected turn, fear can convince us that the worst is inevitable. But just because something feels true doesn’t mean it is. In this episode of Becoming Her, Again, I’m sharing something deeply personal: how becoming a divorced single mother, facing financial uncertainty and an unknown future, led me to begin changing the way I approached life’s challenges. What started as a way to manage overwhelming fear and difficult decisions eventually became a way of living that I believe has helped me create a life I genuinely love. I’m also introducing The Five Minute Shift, a practical approach I’ve been developing to help us pause, challenge the assumptions we’re making, and recognize the choices still available to us. At the heart of it is the ARRC Method: Accept what’s true about your circumstances. Reflect on what you’re thinking and believing. Release what isn’t serving you or isn’t yours to control. Choose your next step with intention. Because you may not get to choose everything life hands you, but you have more influence over the life you experience than you might realize. Small shifts in perspective. Extraordinary possibilities for everyday life. FREE DOWNLOAD: The Five Minute Shift — ARRC Assessment Feeling overwhelmed, worried about the future, or struggling with something you can’t change? Download my free ARRC assessment worksheet and learn how to pause, separate facts from fears, release what you cannot control, and choose your next step with greater clarity. Accept. Reflect. Release. Choose. Small shifts in perspective. Extraordinary possibilities for everyday life. https://living-in-the-middle-together.kit.com/cb306244f2 (https://living-in-the-middle-together.kit.com/cb306244f2) Let’s Stay Connected If this episode encouraged you, I’d love for you to follow Becoming Her, Again and share it with someone who might need a little hope today. Website: https://livinginthemiddle.blog (https://livinginthemiddle.blog/) Instagram: @becomingheragainpodcast Free 30-Day Divorce Recovery Email Series: https://living-in-the-middle-together.kit.com/30-day-email (https://living-in-the-middle-together.kit.com/30-day-email) Pinterest: https://pin.it/5QFpTBd6I (https://pin.it/5QFpTBd6I) Email: carol@livinginthemiddle.blog (carol@livinginthemiddle.blog) Because life changes, and so do we.

2. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Episode 4 of 5: Who Am I Now? Finding Yourself After Narcissistic Abuse.

   Who Am I Now? Finding Yourself After Narcissistic Abuse Narcissistic Abuse Survivor Series — Episode 4 After years of adapting to someone else’s moods, avoiding conflict, second-guessing your feelings, or making yourself smaller to keep the peace, you may leave the relationship and realize you no longer know what you like, what you want—or even who you are. You may also look back and blame yourself, wondering, How did I allow this to happen? How did I lose so much of myself? In this episode, therapist Jennifer Kendrick, joins Carol to explain how that disconnection from yourself can happen gradually—and why the ways you learned to cope were not signs of weakness. But this conversation goes beyond trying to return to the woman you were before. Every experience changes us. Healing gives you the opportunity to understand who you are now, reconnect with your own voice, and intentionally consider who you want to become next. In This Episode, We Discuss: How a woman can gradually lose her sense of identity in an emotionally unhealthy relationship Why constantly managing another person’s moods can disconnect her from her own needs and preferences Why she should not blame herself for the ways she learned to cope or emotionally survive How to separate her authentic identity from the labels and beliefs she may have accepted about herself Why healing doesn’t require her to return to exactly who she was before Questions that can help her discover what she values, enjoys, wants, and no longer wants How small decisions can begin rebuilding self-trust What happens when the people around her don’t understand or support the woman she is becoming How to remain loving and connected without abandoning herself again You did not lose yourself all at once, and you do not have to find yourself all at once. Healing isn’t about going backward. It is about becoming curious about who you are now—one question, one choice, and one small act of self-trust at a time. 🎧 Listen now, share with others and tap Follow so you don’t miss the final episode in the Narcissistic Abuse Survivor Series. Related Episode Narcissistic Abuse Survivor Series — Episode 3:What Should I Expect When Divorcing Someone with Narcissistic Traits? Connect + Links Website: https://livinginthemiddle.blog (https://livinginthemiddle.blog/) Free 30-Day Divorce Recovery Email Series: https://living-in-the-middle-together.kit.com/30-day-email (https://living-in-the-middle-together.kit.com/30-day-email) Instagram: @becomingheragainpodcast Pinterest: https://pin.it/5QFpTBd6I (https://pin.it/5QFpTBd6I) Email: carol@livinginthemiddle.blog (carol@livinginthemiddle.blog) Disclaimer This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and does not replace therapy, diagnosis, or treatment from a qualified mental health professional. If you are experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma symptoms, abuse, or concerns about your safety, please seek support from a licensed mental health professional or an appropriate crisis or emergency resource.

3. 

   7 Sept 2026

   When You’re Not Happy… But You’re Scared to Leave

   When You’re Not Happy… But You’re Scared to Leave What do you do when you know you’re not happy in your marriage… but the thought of leaving scares you even more? Maybe you’ve spent months—or years—telling yourself things will get better. You’ve prayed, tried harder, given it more time and held onto hope. But somewhere along the way, you’ve started asking yourself a question you never wanted to have to ask: Do I keep fighting for my marriage… or is it time to let go? In this episode of Becoming Her, Again, I’m talking to the woman standing in that very difficult middle place—because I’ve been her. We’ll talk honestly about the fear of divorce and the unknown, the difference between genuine change and repeated promises, the questions that can help you look honestly at your marriage, and the added struggle of trying to discern what God is asking of you. I’ll also share the realization that finally changed the way I looked at my own future—and what I wish I could tell the scared woman I once saw staring back at me in the mirror. This episode isn’t here to tell you to stay. And it isn’t here to tell you to leave. It’s about finding clarity, seeking God’s wisdom, separating faith from fear, and remembering something I hope you carry with you long after this episode ends: Your future may be unknown to you, but it has never been unknown to God. He is already in your tomorrow. Please note: This podcast is intended to provide personal perspective, encouragement and support and is not a substitute for professional mental health, legal, pastoral or other professional advice. If you are experiencing abuse or are concerned for your safety, please seek help from a qualified professional or appropriate support service. FREE RESOURCES FOR LISTENERS (use password) https://livinginthemiddle.blog/podcast-support-resources/ (https://livinginthemiddle.blog/podcast-support-resources/) Password: Becoming Connect + Links Website: https://livinginthemiddle.blog (https://livinginthemiddle.blog/) Free 30-Day Divorce Recovery Email Series: https://living-in-the-middle-together.kit.com/30-day-email (https://living-in-the-middle-together.kit.com/30-day-email) Instagram: @becomingheragainpodcast Pinterest: https://pin.it/5QFpTBd6I (https://pin.it/5QFpTBd6I) Email: carol@livinginthemiddle.blog If this episode spoke to something you’ve been carrying quietly, follow Becoming Her, Again so we can keep walking together—and consider sharing this episode with a woman who may need to hear it today. Because this journey? We don’t do it alone.

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