Start Your Comeback: Rebuilding after Divorce, Empty Nest, and Loss of Spouse

What if the next step in your comeback feels less like a confident stride and more like stepping onto a tightrope? In this final episode of the five-week Limbo series, Toni talks about courage, fear, movement, and what it really means to take the next right step. You do not need the whole plan. You do not need to feel fearless. And you do not need to know exactly where the second, fifth, or tenth step will lead. You simply need enough courage for the step in front of you. In This Episode T...

When you are standing in the middle of a major life transition, it can be hard to see what is really happening. You are managing the emotions, the fear, the decisions, the finances, the family dynamics, and everything else life is throwing at you. Sometimes you are simply too close to the game to see the whole court. In this episode of Start Your Comeback, Toni shares the story of a basketball game in 1993 when one timeout and one adjustment changed the momentum of the entire game. That story...

Making decisions after a major life transition can feel completely different than it used to. Suddenly, every choice feels bigger. You second-guess yourself, ask everyone else what they think, and sometimes avoid making a decision altogether because you're afraid of getting it wrong. In this episode of Start Your Comeback, Toni talks about why rebuilding confidence requires Decision Training—learning to make small decisions first, seek wise counsel without giving away your authority, and trus...

When life changes, your old routine often stops working long before you know what the new one should look like. In this episode of Start Your Comeback, Toni talks about what happens when the shock begins to wear off and you find yourself with more unstructured time, more quiet, and a whole lot of questions about what comes next. Limbo can tempt you in two directions: shutting down or filling every waking moment with busyness. Toni shares how she did the latter—working, volunteering, mentoring...

The shock may have worn off, but that does not mean the new life has arrived. That uncomfortable space in between is what I call Limbo. In this episode of Start Your Comeback, I’m talking about why Limbo can feel like a prison sentence and why it may actually be the training ground where some of your most important growth happens. Whether you are walking through divorce, empty nesting, retirement, grief, job loss, or another major life transition, the middle can feel frustratingly slow. You m...