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Have you ever looked around at your life and thought:

"I don't feel like myself anymore."

Maybe life changed.

Maybe you changed.

Maybe you've spent so much time surviving, caregiving, grieving, healing, or simply getting through the day that somewhere along the way you lost touch with parts of yourself.

In this episode of At the Counter with the Baking Pastor, Laura reflects on the quiet disconnection that can happen after difficult seasons and offers a gentle invitation to reconnect with who you are becoming.

Through personal stories, reflections on cancer recovery, and the image of dough slowly changing as it rests and rises, this conversation explores the difference between being lost and being transformed.

In this episode, we'll explore:

• Why life transitions can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves
• What happens when a season of survival begins to open again
• The question many people quietly carry: "Who am I now?"
• Why change does not mean you've disappeared
• Small ways to reconnect with yourself through noticing rather than striving

Whether you're navigating grief, caregiving, illness, recovery, burnout, identity shifts, or a major life transition, this episode offers permission to move slowly.

Soul Care Questions

• Where do you feel a little disconnected from yourself right now?

• What part of you might be asking to be noticed again?

• What small moment of noticing could help you reconnect today?

Scripture/Blessing

"Be still, and know that I am God." — Psalm 46:10

May you be gentle with yourself in this season of change.

May you trust that even when you don't feel like yourself, you are not lost.

You are becoming.

From the Counter

If this conversation feels like something you'd like to keep sitting with, At the Counter and the companion Soul Pause Journal offer space for deeper reflection at your own pace. You can find both books here: https://amzn.to/4m1WRhM

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