When Being Lost is Sacred: Grief, Reinvention, & Cultural Pressure

Cultural Curriculum Chat with Jebeh Edmunds

What happens when everything you built your life around no longer fits who you are becoming?

In this episode of The Cultural Curriculum Chat™ Podcast, host Jebeh Edmunds sits down with Tracy Smith, author and storyteller behind Tracy Travels Everywhere, to explore grief, identity, and what it means to start over in a world obsessed with achievement.

Tracy shares how personal loss and a powerful midlife reckoning forced her to question the cultural narratives that tell us to keep producing, performing, and pushing — even when our spirits are breaking. Together, Jebeh and Tracy unpack how being “lost” can actually be a sacred invitation to transformation, creativity, and deeper self-truth.

This conversation is for anyone who has felt disconnected from themselves, burnt out by expectations, or quietly longing for a more authentic life.

If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to begin again — this episode is for you.

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