Episode 16: From Addiction to Grief: How to Rebuild Your Life After Unimaginable Loss | Nina Stephenson-Camps
Join us for an incredibly moving and inspirational conversation with businesswoman and mindset coach Nina Stephenson-Camps as she shares her profound journey through addiction recovery, devastating loss, and the resilience required to rebuild life in the worst possible circumstances. This open, emotional and wide-ranging discussion explores how Nina transformed her life twice – first overcoming addiction whilst building a successful PR career, and then facing the ultimate test when her husband was diagnosed with late-stage cancer, leaving her to raise two young daughters alone.
In this compelling episode, Nina openly shares:
- Recognising that addiction issues had taken control despite career success in PR
- The pivotal moment of seeking help from a life coach
- Making the brave decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year
- Getting clean and sober and the role therapy played in her recovery
- Pivoting from high-pressure corporate PR to freelance mindset coaching
- Her husband’s devastating late-stage cancer diagnosis
- Exhausting all treatment options and facing the reality of terminal illness
- Supporting her husband through his final months at home
- The unimaginable challenge of single parenting two young daughters through grief
- Rebuilding life and finding hope after the worst possible loss
This essential conversation offers profound insights into resilience, hope, and the human capacity to survive and thrive after life’s most devastating challenges.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Recognising and addressing addiction whilst maintaining professional success
- The role of life coaching in early recovery
- Using travel and new experiences as part of healing
- Transitioning from corporate life to meaningful work
- Supporting a partner through terminal illness
- Helping children understand and process bereavement
- Single parenting whilst processing your own grief
- Finding strength you didn’t know you had
- Building a new life from the ground up
- The importance of professional support during crisis
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
