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Starting Over in Midlife: Divorce, Identity & Finding Yourself Again (feat. Tracy Smith)
Description
Midlife has a way of asking hard questions.
Who are you when the roles you built your life around begin to shift?
Who are you after divorce?
What happens when “home” no longer feels like home?
In this episode of Travel Time Stories, we sit down with Tracy Smith, author of The Purpose of Getting Lost, to talk about rebuilding identity after divorce and navigating a midlife reset with honesty and courage.
After her life changed in ways she never expected, Tracy began traveling solo across more than 30 countries — not to escape her life, but to understand it. What she discovered is something many women quietly experience: sometimes losing the life you knew is the beginning of finding yourself.
In this conversation, we explore:
✨ Starting over in midlife
✨ Rebuilding identity after divorce
✨ The grief of losing “home”
✨ Belonging vs. performance
✨ Solo travel as a path to healing
✨ The quiet courage it takes to rebuild from the inside out
This episode is for anyone who feels like their life no longer fits — and wonders what comes next.
If you’re navigating divorce, midlife reinvention, or simply rediscovering who you are beyond the roles you’ve played, this conversation will remind you that starting over isn’t failure… it’s transformation.
📘 Tracy’s book: The Purpose of Getting Lost: A Story of Finding Myself
🔗 https://tracysmithauthor.com/
If this episode speaks to you, share it with someone who may be quietly rebuilding. And don’t forget to subscribe for more conversations about travel, healing, identity, and the human journey.
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