Ep 143 Walking A New Path After Loss with Suzanne Anderson

NOTE: Please know that we do talk of suicide in this episode, so be gentle with yourself when listening.

Suzanne Anderson was living the happiest phase of her life when tragedy struck in January of 2013.  Her beloved husband, David, had chosen to end his life. With it, life as Suzanne knew it ended as well. 

Suzanne is vulnerable and authentic in our conversation. She's the author of the soon to be released book, You Make Your Way By Walking. Suzanne's writing is captivating and draws you right into her experience. In our conversation, we talked about her life before David's passing, the aftermath of that event, and how she made her path... by walking.

• The importance of sharing our stories and hearing different voices along the way
• Suzanne’s work helping women wake up both the feminine and masculine energies and weave them together
• What she found with David that she didn’t know had been missing from her life
• The price we as women pay for ignoring our feminine energies
• Suzanne’s journey through the corporate world - and what she noticed about the structure in management consulting
• The profound experience she had while meditating while visiting her sister in Indonesia
• The question she received that shifted the course of her life and work
• Moving from the call of the “Light” to the call of the “Dark”
• What helped prepare her for the unexpected loss of her husband and created the foundation for her to move through his death
• Some of the things she had to work her way through on her path - and what she didn’t do
• How understanding the journey David took after he chose to leave this life helped Suzanne on her journey
• The paradox between the human experience and the spiritual experience of death and loss - and the importance of integrating both on your healing journey
• Why we must make our paths by walking through any challenging life change
• What Suzanne believes is revealed by being broken open
• What’s revealed to you after a profound loss (if you’re aware and open to seeing what it is)
• How her first book, “The Way of the Mysterial Woman” helped her after David’s passing
• The myth of Persephone, Demeter and Hades - and why we must become Persephone and work with what’s hiding in the shadows of our psyche if we want to heal
• What myths speak to - and why they help us heal and integrate so many parts of ourselves
• One of the ways Suzanne experienced what she calls the “Capacity of Paradox”
• The freedom and liberation that comes through the "Capacity of Authentic Presence"
• “How” Suzanne chose to show up for herself, for events, and for life after David’s passing
• The sacrifice we must make when we go down into the darkness
• Who is the Mysterial Woman?
• The gift we receive when we “run toward the roar”
• What to do if you’re caught in the “freeze” aspect of fight-flight-freeze

Learn more about Suzanne and her work at The Mysterial Woman. Her latest book, You Make Your Path By Walking, will be released on June 13, 2023 and is available in bookstores and on Amazon.com.

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