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Wrecked, Bruised, and Still Standing – What Real Healing Looks Like with Lillian Mumford | 024
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She woke up in an upside-down car, miles from home, with a shattered pelvis – and still tried to project manage the rescue.
Lillian Mumford was riding in an Uber, two states away from home, when a car crash turned her world literally upside down. One moment she was the new hire on a business trip – the next, she was lying on the roof of a totaled vehicle, unable to move. What followed was a year of learning to walk again, living with traumatic brain injury, and figuring out how to ask for help when every bone in her body wanted independence.
In this powerful conversation, Lillian shares how she coped with physical trauma, managed emotional rage, and discovered what healing actually looks like – hint: it’s not linear, and it’s definitely not glamorous.
She’s also hilarious, by the way – even when talking about crutches, two right shoes, and learning to breathe like her life depended on it (because it did).
Quote:
“I used to think I didn’t need help. Then I couldn’t get from one room to another without it.”
Guest Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lillian-mumford
Chapters
1. A normal business trip – until the crash that changed everything (00:00:00)
2. Waking up in the wreck – two right shoes, broken pelvis, and triage mode (00:00:01)
3. Hospital life – learning to walk again, one terrifying step at a time (00:06:55)
4. Living with pain – and the emotional toll of being dependent (00:09:15)
5. Breathing for survival – how meditation and the vagus nerve saved her sanity (00:12:28)
6. Anger, rage, and the uncomfortable beauty of feeling it all (00:16:46)
7. The power of her village – puzzles, ice cream, and tiny moments of grace (00:21:07)
8. Parenting while healing – how her son became her biggest cheerleader (00:24:12)
9. Living with traumatic brain injury – and letting go of “who I used to be” (00:29:15)
10. Letting go of perfection – and allowing for growth in every messy step (00:33:27)
11. Graduating from trauma – and rediscovering her purpose (00:39:26)
12. Giving herself grace – and why healing isn’t about going back, it’s about moving forward (00:44:15)
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