Purpose, not Pity: After the Impact
Purpose, Not Pity: After the Impact is a podcast about rebuilding your life after loss, heartbreak, identity shifts, and unexpected change.
Hosted by Erika Hernandez, this show explores what happens when grief, divorce, career pivots, or major life disruption reshape who you are. It’s not about replaying the pain. It’s about understanding your identity after loss and learning how to move forward with intention.
If you’re navigating grief, starting over in your 30s or 40s, rebuilding confidence after a setback, or trying to find clarity in the middle of change, this space is for you.
Through grounded, emotionally intelligent conversations, you’ll find language for what you’re feeling and direction for what comes next.
Because life doesn’t stop after the impact.
You build forward.
Purpose, not Pity: After the Impact
The Anger I Didn’t Expect After Losing My Son
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Most people expect anger after loss to look loud and obvious. But what if your anger is quiet? What if it lives in your body, in long silences, in questions you can’t say out loud?
In this “halfway” episode of Purpose, Not Pity (Episode 7), Erika Hernandez dives into the anger that doesn’t look like anger. She talks about the invisible rage after losing a child, being angry at God, herself, the justice system, and even the person accused in his death. She shares how she masked her pain, turned inward, and learned that true healing begins when you stop hiding your anger and let it lead you out of the dark.
If your life looks nothing like you planned, this episode is for you.
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