Challenges That Change Us

102 {Jessica Ritchie} When the news makes you think your husband died

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Episode notes

We have talked about losing a loved one on the podcast before but often have focused on the grief that comes afterwards and not as much on the moment of when someone first learns of that loss. This week’s story covers this moment but with a twist.

Jessica Ritchie has had several challenges in her life, but for her, the one that stands out is the moment a national news headline led her to genuinely believe her husband had died in a police shoot out. She had been making small changes up until that point, but the response she felt to that moment and the way that she reacted made her realise she had to make a change. It’s what led her to completely overhaul her business and life and it formed the basis of her book.


In this episode she shares:

  • The time her husband was caught in enormous shooting incident and she didn’t know if he was alive or not
  • The anxiety and stress that came from not being able to find out about her husbands safety
  • The time she found her baby brother in a comatose state when she was a child
  • The days after her husband came home after the shooting
  • How traumatic experiences caused her to disconnect herself from her husband and loved ones so she wouldn’t feel the pain again.
  • Her significant personal challenges of floods, cancer diagnoses in close friends, and personal health struggles and having children when doctors said it wasn’t possible
  • The creation of a methodology based on mindset, authenticity, resilience, and kindness

 

Key Quotes

“I went through grief. I felt like every cell in my body changed because to me, my husband had died.”

“When I was 5 I found my brother in a comatose state due to juvenile diabetes.”

“So I turned it on, and there, straight up on national news was the headline, Helidon police officer, father of 2, shot and killed in the line of duty.”


More about Jessica

www.transformationalbrandlab.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritchiejessica/

https://www.instagram.com/the.jessica.ritchie/ https://www.facebook.com/thejessicaritchie/


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