{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Navigating Life's Seasons","description":"Tesse Akpeki titled the episode \u201cEvery Petal, Dusk, Twilight, Dawn,\u201d exploring how \u201cevery petal matters\u201d across life\u2019s seasons. Tesse explains dusk as darkness, uncertainty, sadness, grief, and traumatic events; twilight as an in-between transition marked by emergence, likened to a butterfly\u2019s cocoon where painful growth and protection coexist; and dawn as new beginnings and light. She shares learning to sit with struggle, accept vulnerability, seek help, surrender perfectionism, and trust the process, including grieving her brother Tony\u2019s death, pursuing forgiveness, and confronting burnout-related illness while finding \u201cthe gift\u201d in hardship. She connects this to her coaching work and founding Future Focus Wellness and Resilience in 2020, emphasizing nonjudgmental support, holding up a mirror, radiating hope, and walking alongside others toward possibility.   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Theme 01:55 Why Every Petal Matters 03:33 Entering the Dusk 05:46 Twilight and the Butterfly 11:21 Lessons in the Cocoon 17:02 Finding Clarity and Forgiveness 22:38 Dawn and Future Focus 24:26 Coaching as Hope 29:53 How to Connect with Tesse 31:50 Closing and Next Steps   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Tesse Akpeki, you can reach her via her website (https:\/\/www.tesseakpeki.com\/ ), via Instagram (https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/smileytesse_\/)or via her LinkedIn (https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tesseakpeki ).  For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.   ","author_name":"Chatting with The Experts with Paula Okonneh","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/56771\/site","html":"