Turbulence: From Disruption to Direction - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief In My Backyard Garden
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
Release Date: 05/15/2026
Turbulence: From Disruption to Direction - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief In My Backyard Garden
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
What if the moments that shake us… are the very moments meant to redirect us? In Episode 20 of Break the Silent Struggle With Grief in My Backyard Garden, Debra Hester reflects on the meaning of turbulence—not just as disruption, but as a gentle realignment back to purpose and awareness. As we near the close of Chapter 1: Change of Planes, this episode explores how grief, loss, healing and life transitions often arrive unexpectedly: 🌿 A memory 🌿 A date 🌿 A scent 🌿 A moment that suddenly shifts everything inside of us But what if turbulence is not only an upset… ✨ What if it...
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info_outlineWhat if the moments that shake us…
are the very moments meant to redirect us?
In Episode 20 of Break the Silent Struggle With Grief in My Backyard Garden, Debra Hester reflects on the meaning of turbulence—not just as disruption, but as a gentle realignment back to purpose and awareness.
As we near the close of Chapter 1: Change of Planes, this episode explores how grief, loss, healing and life transitions often arrive unexpectedly:
🌿 A memory
🌿 A date
🌿 A scent
🌿 A moment that suddenly shifts everything inside of us
But what if turbulence is not only an upset…
✨ What if it is also direction?
Through heartfelt reflection, storytelling, and a guided reading of her poem “Air,” Debra invites listeners to pause, breathe, and consider:
🌿 What has your turbulence revealed to you?
🌿 What did it interrupt that needed to be interrupted?
🌿 What has it brought back into focus?
This episode is a reminder that:
“This is not just disruption… this is direction.”
🎧 If you are navigating grief, uncertainty, emotional transition, or simply searching for a moment of stillness, healing and encouragement… this space is for you.
🌿 Resources
📖 My Backyard Garden Reflection Journal
Available at: mothersbackyard.org
📚 Explore the books of Debra Hester, including:
My Backyard Garden, A Memior and My Backyard Gardent, Sage Can Never Age Poetry Book
🌿 Connect & Follow
If this episode speaks to you, follow Break the Silent Struggle With Grief and share this episode with someone who may need encouragement today.
✨ Move forward with more empathy… less sympathy.
🌿 Tend your garden… with grace.
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