#171 Turning Breakdown Into Breakthrough: A Journey of Awakening

Find Your Voice, Change Your Life · Oct 9, 2025 · 32m

Today, I interview Catherine G. Lucas who opens up about losing her voice in the midst of a painful breakdown. In her late teens she was already standing on stage for public speaking competitions, but by the time her parents divorced during her university years, the weight of family wounds caught up with her. Instead of enjoying summer with friends, she found herself in an acute psychiatric ward, her world shattered and her voice silenced.

Her breakthrough came much later, when she discovered that what had been called a breakdown could also be seen as an awakening. It took years of reframing…