When loss shatters your world, does your community rise to support you or subtly pressure you to "get back to normal"? Major life transitions don't just take away what we've lost—they force us to reckon with a profound question: Who am I now? This identity reconstruction happens beneath the polished social media images of perfect support networks, in the quiet, messy spaces where real healing begins.

In this episode, I explore three distinct types of communities we encounter after loss—validation communities that honor our grief journey, expectation communities that rush our healing, and growth-focused communities that balance looking backward and forward. Understanding these differences can dramatically impact how we rebuild ourselves after job loss, death of loved ones, or the painful drift of crucial friendships.

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