{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lioness Women: Rooted in Christ","title":"Lioness Stories | When Healing Feels Impossible with Rachel McGonigle","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3628,"description":"What if the most loving way to honor someone you've lost isn't to remain in your grief, but to choose healing?\nWhen Rachel Tenpenny McGonigle lost her infant twin daughters, Aubrey and Ellie, her world was shattered. In the depths of unimaginable heartbreak, she encountered a message that terrified her: Once a griever, always a griever. You will never be okay again.\nBut Rachel refused to accept that her daughters' legacy would be a lifetime of suffering.\nIn this deeply moving episode of Lioness Women: Rooted in Christ, I'm joined by Rachel, author, grief coach, and founder of The Grief Gal, whose remarkable story is featured in my book, Lioness: Stories to Awaken Your Roar Within, in the chapter The Woman Who Chose to Heal the Impossible.\nTogether, we explore what it means to choose healing when everything within you feels broken, and why moving forward doesn't mean leaving behind the people you love.\nRachel challenges some of our most deeply held beliefs about grief, identity, and loss. She shares how she began reclaiming her life, not by denying her pain, but by discovering that her heart, her future, and her capacity for joy were not beyond restoration.\nIn our conversation, we explore:\nWhy healing is not betrayal — and how we can honor our loved ones more through our healing than through our hurting.\nThe danger of making grief our identity — and what becomes possible when we stop allowing our most painful experiences to define us.\nWhy the body matters in healing — including simple, restorative practices that help us begin again.\nThe power of small, intentional choices — and why healing begins with self-awareness, grace, and the courage to ask for help.\nMoving from enduring life to embracing it — discovering that there is still purpose, beauty, love, and joy to be found in the life we have today.\nPerhaps most powerfully, Rachel reminds us that while we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can participate in deciding who we become through it.\nThis...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qu4hIB0SlPGXGb7MmDdLKpHlavbZI6qnwpzrt7yZhWk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wZjMz/NWUzNDc3N2U5ZWVk/NzcwNDJlNTE0ODM0/YzQ1NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}