Episode
Grieving Your Old Self After A Diagnosis with Loni Fagel | EP 505
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- Grief 2 Growth
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- Sep 15, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3854
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Summary
What happens when the person you used to be doesn't exist anymore — not because they died, but because a diagnosis, a surgery, or a health crisis rewrote who you are? In this episode, Loni Fagel joins me to talk about a grief almost nobody names: the grief of losing yourself while you're still here. Loni knows this from both sides of the therapy room. A genetic cancer mutation, a mysterious chronic illness, and a health crisis that landed her at Mayo Clinic didn't just interrupt her graduat...