From Trauma to Transformation: Healing After Grief, Loss, and Spiritual Awakening

Aging with Purpose and Passion

She lost her wife, her mother—and still found healing. A story of grief, growth, and starting over.

How do you rebuild your life after trauma, profound grief, and unimaginable loss?

If you're a woman over 50 navigating trauma healing, grief recovery, or searching for spiritual transformation, this powerful conversation with Ann Jonas will meet you right where you are and gently guide you forward.

Anne’s story begins in chaos: a narcissistic, suicidal father. Then the unthinkable—he shot and killed her mother. Just as she began to heal, Anne fell in love, married, and had a daughter… only to lose her wife to cancer when their child was just two years old.

But Anne didn’t stay broken.

Now known as The Love Messenger, she shares how life’s darkest moments became the path to healing, purpose, and connection. Her work helps women reconnect with who they are beneath pain, loss, and the stories they’ve been told.

🎧 In this episode:

• Healing from trauma in midlife
• Spiritual growth after loss
• How grief can become a gateway to personal reinvention
• The “empty boxes” metaphor for processing trauma
• How 15 years in fine dining prepared her to hold space for others’ healing

If you’ve ever felt like you’re rebuilding from nothing—or supporting someone who is—this episode is for you.

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For similar episodes on reinventing your life over 50 check out episodes 126 and 133 of Aging with Purpose and Passion and, check out "Older Women & Friends" with award-winning host Jane Leder. She takes a deep dive into the joys and challenges of being an older woman. "Older Women & Friends" sets the record straight, dispels the myths, and explores the contributions and the wisdom women are anxious to share. janeleder.net.

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Ann Jonas

[email protected] https://www.thelotuspath.love/ https://www.facebook.com/annthelovemessenger/ https://www.instagram.com/annthelovemessenger/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/annthelovemessenger/ https://www.youtube.com/@annthelovemessenger

Beverley Glazer

Website: https://reinventimpossible.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleyglazer/ https://www.facebook.com/beverley.glazer GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenover50rock https://www.instagram.com/beverleyglazer_reinvention/

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Chapters

1. Meet Anne Jonas: The Love Messenger (00:00:00)

2. Surviving Unimaginable Family Trauma (00:03:00)

3. From Server to Spiritual Guide (00:06:19)

4. Finding Resilience Through Loss (00:09:58)

5. Empty Boxes to Strong Foundations (00:13:51)

6. Episode Takeaways and Resources (00:16:38)