The Voice Within: Linda Feig Knipe on Grief, Grace, and Becoming Whole

What if the bravest thing you ever do isn’t surviving what happened to you… but choosing to stop hiding it?

Welcome to Season Four of Broken Beautiful Me.

We begin this new season with a deeply honest and compassionate conversation about grief, trauma, therapy, and the courage it takes to live openly after years of silence.

In this profoundly moving episode of Broken Beautiful Me, Kelly sits down with Linda Feig Knipe, a retired high school counselor and first-time author who spent decades helping others through trauma while quietly carrying her own. After the death of her husband, Linda found herself at a crossroads that would change the way she lived, healed, and told the truth about her life.

Linda’s story is one of resilience shaped over a lifetime. In her twenties, she survived sexual assault and lived for years with unprocessed trauma, shame, and PTSD. Later, while training to become a counselor, she was unexpectedly triggered and forced to confront what she had spent years burying. Therapy became not only a place of healing, but a turning point that transformed how she understood herself, her work, and her relationships.

Writing her book Braving Therapy later in life required Linda to face a new fear — the fear of being fully seen. For the first time, she chose honesty over protection, openness over silence, and courage over comfort.

In this intimate and thoughtful conversation, Linda shares:

• 🌿 How grief became a gateway to personal transformation

• 💔 The long-term impact of trauma and why silence can become toxic

• 🧠 What therapy really feels like from the inside — and why it’s so hard to begin

• 🕊️ How shame shapes our inner lives and keeps us disconnected

• 💬 Why healing doesn’t mean going back to who you were, but becoming someone new

• 🤍 The power of sharing our stories and learning we are not meant to do life alone

• 🔍 Why human connection matters more than ever in an increasingly digital world

Linda also discusses her book Braving Therapy, written as a companion for anyone who has ever wondered whether therapy might help but felt afraid to take the first step. Her message is clear: healing takes courage, honesty, and support — and no one has to do it alone.

A compassionate, grounding, and deeply human conversation about grief, trauma, therapy, and the freedom that comes from finally telling the truth.

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Follow Linda Feig Knipe

Website: https://lfeigknipe.com/

Book – Braving Therapy (Amazon): https://a.co/d/4f8FwWF

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/l._feig_knipe

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