12 | What Comes After the Ending: What Grows In the Space Loss Carved Out

What grows in the space that loss carved out? In this episode, Sheila and Hemali come back to just the two of them after the heaviest stretch of the season and ask: what actually came after? Sheila walks through every loss — from a mother absent since age two, to sexual assault, to COVID, near death, losing a job, an apartment, and her son moving back with his dad — and names everything that grew in the space those losses left behind. Her voice. Her practice. Her husband. Her mom returned. Her connection to God. Life behind her eyes again. Hemali shares three years in the in-between — processing that looked like paralysis from the outside but was integration on the inside. They talk about sacred stillness versus avoidance, the autism and ADHD diagnosis that reframed an entire life, and the question that stopped them both: would you change it? Both said no. Not a single thing. New episodes every other Tuesday. Pull up a seat. ⚠️ Content note: This episode includes brief, non-graphic mention of childhood and teen sexual assault, and a candid moment of not wanting to go on, all shared as testimony from the other side of healing. Please take care of yourself while listening. Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2604581/fa...)