There is a kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing the wrong thing, it comes from doing everything right for everyone else. From showing up. From holding it together. From carrying mom guilt, ambition, faith, responsibility, and love all at once.
This conversation is for the woman who has asked herself, Who am I now?
After the kids grow. After the career shifts. After the body changes. After the season you thought would last forever quietly ends.
Pam Giganti spent decades building a respected career in television journalism while raising three daughters and holding a family together on very little sleep. From the outside, it looked like success. On the inside, it came with sacrifice, identity loss, and the constant tension between being present at work and present at home. When she finally stepped away from her career to choose her family, she expected peace, but what she found instead was grief. Grief for the version of herself she was leaving behind.
Grief for the recognition, the validation, and the role that had defined her for so long.
This episode opens up honest conversations we don’t hear often enough, about mom guilt, identity beyond job titles, empty nesting, menopause, grief, and what it feels like to be needed deeply… and then suddenly not in the same way. Pam shares what it was like to navigate hormonal changes that affected her body, emotions, confidence, and relationships, and how confusing it can be when anxiety, brain fog, exhaustion, and self-doubt arrive without warning.
But this isn’t a story about loss. It’s a story about reinvention.
Together, we talk about what happens when purpose is no longer tied to productivity or titles, and how discovering that your purpose is rooted in who you are, not what you do, can change everything. About learning to give yourself grace in seasons where nothing feels clear. About becoming the light, in motherhood, in faith, in friendship, and in the quiet moments no one applauds.
If you’re a woman navigating transition, questioning your identity, struggling with guilt, feeling unseen, or wondering if this uncomfortable season has meaning, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.
Please remember to sign up at FaithAndGrowthPodcast.com to receive the weekly episodes in your inbox.
You can find Pam Gigante on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamgiganti/
Grab my book, Hurt 2 Hope: Heal the Pain of Grief, Loss, and Adversity here.
https://a.co/d/awwbAgc
Explore my Faith-Based Coaching Academy and upcoming programs:
https://faithandgrowth.com
Sign up to receive the podcasts every week: faithandgrowthpodcast.com
00:00 – Mom guilt and losing your identity after leaving a career
03:31 – Burnout as a working mom
05:39 – When your body forces you to slow down
007:09 – Why being a news anchor is such a hard career to leave
08:53 – Leaving a job when your identity is tied to your title
09:46 – “Who am I now?” Losing your professional identity
12:06 – Why stay-at-home motherhood can feel lonely
15:20 – Grieving a career you loved
19:46 – Rethinking mom guilt and role modeling for kids
24:24 – Letting go of trying to be the “perfect mom”
26:32 – Menopause symptoms no one warned us about
29:24 – How menopause affects marriage, mood, and confidence
32:00 – Rediscovering purpose after kids leave home
36:36 – Coaching from a mother’s heart
37:31 – Becoming a guide instead of fixing adult children
41:16 – Midlife as a spiritual breakthrough
#FaithAndGrowth #BetsyGuerra #MomGuilt #IdentityShift #MidlifeJourney #PurposeBeyondCareer #EmptyNest #MenopauseAwareness #WomenInTransition #FaithAndHealing #GraceForMoms #RedefiningPurpose #BeingTheLight #EmotionalHealth #WomenOfFaith #LifeTransitions #YouAreNotAlone
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https://hurt2hope.com/
https://betterwithbetsy.com/
https://faithbasedcoachingacademy.com/
Diana Castro - YouTube Producer
www.ForProductions.com
This conversation is for the woman who has asked herself, Who am I now?
After the kids grow. After the career shifts. After the body changes. After the season you thought would last forever quietly ends.
Pam Giganti spent decades building a respected career in television journalism while raising three daughters and holding a family together on very little sleep. From the outside, it looked like success. On the inside, it came with sacrifice, identity loss, and the constant tension between being present at work and present at home. When she finally stepped away from her career to choose her family, she expected peace, but what she found instead was grief. Grief for the version of herself she was leaving behind.
Grief for the recognition, the validation, and the role that had defined her for so long.
This episode opens up honest conversations we don’t hear often enough, about mom guilt, identity beyond job titles, empty nesting, menopause, grief, and what it feels like to be needed deeply… and then suddenly not in the same way. Pam shares what it was like to navigate hormonal changes that affected her body, emotions, confidence, and relationships, and how confusing it can be when anxiety, brain fog, exhaustion, and self-doubt arrive without warning.
But this isn’t a story about loss. It’s a story about reinvention.
Together, we talk about what happens when purpose is no longer tied to productivity or titles, and how discovering that your purpose is rooted in who you are, not what you do, can change everything. About learning to give yourself grace in seasons where nothing feels clear. About becoming the light, in motherhood, in faith, in friendship, and in the quiet moments no one applauds.
If you’re a woman navigating transition, questioning your identity, struggling with guilt, feeling unseen, or wondering if this uncomfortable season has meaning, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.
Please remember to sign up at FaithAndGrowthPodcast.com to receive the weekly episodes in your inbox.
You can find Pam Gigante on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamgiganti/
Grab my book, Hurt 2 Hope: Heal the Pain of Grief, Loss, and Adversity here.
https://a.co/d/awwbAgc
Explore my Faith-Based Coaching Academy and upcoming programs:
https://faithandgrowth.com
Sign up to receive the podcasts every week: faithandgrowthpodcast.com
00:00 – Mom guilt and losing your identity after leaving a career
03:31 – Burnout as a working mom
05:39 – When your body forces you to slow down
007:09 – Why being a news anchor is such a hard career to leave
08:53 – Leaving a job when your identity is tied to your title
09:46 – “Who am I now?” Losing your professional identity
12:06 – Why stay-at-home motherhood can feel lonely
15:20 – Grieving a career you loved
19:46 – Rethinking mom guilt and role modeling for kids
24:24 – Letting go of trying to be the “perfect mom”
26:32 – Menopause symptoms no one warned us about
29:24 – How menopause affects marriage, mood, and confidence
32:00 – Rediscovering purpose after kids leave home
36:36 – Coaching from a mother’s heart
37:31 – Becoming a guide instead of fixing adult children
41:16 – Midlife as a spiritual breakthrough
#FaithAndGrowth #BetsyGuerra #MomGuilt #IdentityShift #MidlifeJourney #PurposeBeyondCareer #EmptyNest #MenopauseAwareness #WomenInTransition #FaithAndHealing #GraceForMoms #RedefiningPurpose #BeingTheLight #EmotionalHealth #WomenOfFaith #LifeTransitions #YouAreNotAlone
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Follow me on social:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterwithbetsy/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Betterwithbetsy/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betterwithbetsy/
Visit me at:
https://hurt2hope.com/
https://betterwithbetsy.com/
https://faithbasedcoachingacademy.com/
Diana Castro - YouTube Producer
www.ForProductions.com