Gladys Ato: Navigating Change and Loss in Life, Love, and Work
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2017
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Gladys Ato lost her mother suddenly due to a brain aneurysm back in 2003. She was devastated and didn't know where to turn in her life. But it was through that time and in the weeks, months, and years after that she learned how to navigate through loss and change in her personal and professional life. Hear her story and how she was able get work through her loss and come out stronger in the end.
Dr. Gladys Ato is a leadership & personal growth expert, psychologist, speaker, and author of the book The Good Goodbye: How to Navigate Change and Loss in Life, Love, and Work. You can visit her website at drgladysato.com.
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| 0:00.0 | So this was back in 2003. That is when I had what I call the worst loss in my entire life. |
| 0:10.4 | My mom died suddenly from a brain aneurysm. |
| 0:13.1 | She was 54 years old, and it completely |
| 0:16.2 | changed my entire life. |
| 0:17.8 | I was very close to my mom and sharing earlier with you |
| 0:21.2 | just the sacrifices that she made with my father to really give my sister and I a different life |
| 0:27.3 | and a loser so suddenly was devastating and through that experience I really found myself not knowing what I wanted to do with my life anymore and |
| 0:36.7 | However because I was so conditioned to really pursue and continue to meet expectations and do my best and perform and |
| 0:44.9 | outperform. I continued to do the therapy part for a while but I found that |
| 0:49.8 | mental health consultation was a better avenue for me because it did it just gave me a |
| 0:54.3 | relief from having 24-7 responsibility for clients and while I was warning the |
| 1:00.8 | loss of my mother and kind of figuring out you know how do I build my life |
| 1:04.1 | back up I was 28 at the time I'm a young woman that didn't have a mom anymore and |
| 1:09.6 | what did that mean in terms of how I start to move forward and I found that consultation |
| 1:14.8 | for me was a beautiful way to slow down and to really start to give my own |
| 1:19.8 | self permission to wonder about life and wonder with my clients about child's |
| 1:25.6 | behaviors in the classroom and wonder what what we can do as adults to really start |
| 1:31.0 | to be present with the experiences in front of us and use a to really reflect on who we are |
| 1:34.0 | and use those experiences to really reflect on who we are as individuals. |
| 1:39.0 | I'm Srenny Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a |
| 1:47.2 | window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds |
| 1:50.8 | who started movements, built thriving businesses, written |
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