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Unconventional Gratitude: How Setbacks Fuel Growth and Connection
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Gratitude gets tossed around like a seasonal slogan, but the real magic happens when you follow the thread from a hard moment to an unexpected opening. I share how a rough exit from school counseling set off a chain reaction that led to higher education roles, new mentors, a brush with doctoral study, and eventually a beloved position I never saw coming. And when that final chapter ended in early retirement—heartbreaking, identity-shaking—it turned out to be the doorway to reinvention.
You’ll hear the unpolished version of growth: how a job that wasn’t a…
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