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Living With Chronic Pain and Disability: Angel Willard on Coming Home
Description
What does home mean when everything has been taken apart? If you are carrying pain, shame or the weight of past choices, this conversation offers a gentle place to rest and begin again.
Sana and author Angel Willard speak about living with chronic pain and disability, the difference between accountability and shame, and holding onto love for your children.
About the Guest:
Angel Willard is the author of the memoir Fighting to Come Home, an honest account of survival, motherhood, accountability and healing. She speaks from lived experience, including life with chronic pain.
Key Takeaways:
- Shame says I am bad. Accountability says I made choices that caused harm, and I am responsible for what I do next.
- You can hold two truths at once: you were hurt, and you hurt others.
- Resilience is often quiet: getting up, resting and asking for help.
- Grieve the life you had, then build a new one from what you have now.
- Sharing your story can give each day a purpose.
Connect With the Guest:
Book: Fighting to Come Home, on Amazon and Audible
Search Angel Willard online for her website and events
Episode Chapters (timestamps from the transcript):
[00:00] What Does Home Really Mean: a quiet opening on returning to yourself
[01:49] Welcome, Angel Willard: an honest conversation begins
[03:02] Why Write Fighting to Come Home: turning pain and mistakes into purpose
[06:06] Accountability Versus Shame: two truths and a path to change
[10:04] The Daily Reality of Chronic Pain and Disability: grief, help and quiet resilience
[16:28] Love, Motherhood and Beginning Again: accountability and self-forgiveness together
[19:12] Where to Find Angel’s Book: Amazon, Audible and online
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