Sara Avant Stover: The Portal of Heartbreak

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Heartbreak is a universal human experience. Yet we often lack the vocabulary and the skills needed to move through heartbreak wisely. This was certainly the case for Sara Avant Stover, whose decades of spiritual practice and deep inner work could not prepare her for the “serial heartbreaks” that upended her life. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with the author of Handbook for the Heartbroken about the challenges of navigating loss in a “heartbreak-illiterate” society. Discover how our most painful experiences can become a gateway to personal empowerment and healing, in this practical conversation on: taking on a disposition of tenderness; the impacts of cascading losses; entering the depths of our pain; the metaphor of the tightrope over the chasm; moving from self-judgment to self-acceptance; how Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy helps us during heartbreak; the quiet “soul” powers our pain can open us to; grief; supporting the heartbroken; rituals for letting go; the midlife initiation; and more. Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. My name's Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge.
0:12.0	I also want to take a moment to introduce you to Sounds True's new membership community and digital platform.
0:18.9	It's called Sounds True One.
0:21.7	Sounds True One features original, premium, transformational docu series, community events,
0:29.0	classes to start your day and relax in the evening, special weekly live shows,
0:36.0	including a video version of Insights at the Edge with an after-show
0:41.3	community question and answer session with featured guests. I hope you'll come join us, explore,
0:48.6	come have fun with us, and connect with others. You can learn more at join.soundstrue.com.
0:56.4	I also want to take a moment and introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation, our nonprofit
1:02.0	that creates equitable access to transformational tools and teachings.
1:08.5	You can learn more at SoundsTrueFoundation.org. And in advance, thank you for your
1:14.6	support. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Sarah Avant Stover. Let me tell you a little
1:23.5	bit about Sarah. She's an author, a certified IFS internal family systems practitioner,
1:32.3	a yoga and meditation instructor, and a teacher of women's spirituality, entrepreneurship,
1:40.3	and leadership. Her work integrating Buddhism, embodiment, and psychology has uplifted
1:47.8	the lives of countless women worldwide. She's the author of the book She, and also a new book
1:57.2	from Sounds True. It's called Handbook for the Heartbroken, a woman's path from devastation to rebirth.
2:05.6	Sarah, welcome.
2:07.6	Hi, Tammy, thank you. It's good to be here.
2:11.6	We're talking about your new book on Heartbreak. And of course, this is a sensitive topic to talk about.
2:25.3	And one of the things you write about is that we live in a heartbreak illiterate culture.
2:33.3	And I notice even as we enter this conversation, I would love if we
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