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When Life Changes The Plan | Kym Coco
What do you do when the future you planned suddenly becomes a life you no longer recognize?
In Episode #62 of The Common Ground Podcast, Philly and Sydney Nicole sit down with Kym Coco—author, coach, longtime yoga practitioner, former university instructor, golfer, and traveler—for a deeply personal conversation about grief, resilience, mindset, starting over, and navigating life's unexpected changes.
After the illness and death of her husband, Steve, Kym found herself facing a future very different from the one they had imagined together. She turned to travel, writing, golf, and new experiences as she began rebuilding her life—including an ambitious journey to play 100 golf courses.
But this episode isn't really about golf.
It's about what happens between the shots.
Kym uses the golf swing and the pivot as a powerful metaphor for life: you can't change where the last shot landed, and you can't completely control what happens next. What you can control is how you respond from where you are right now.
We explore grief and life after loss, resilience, self-acceptance, identity, mindset, letting go, uncertainty, personal growth, finding your inner signal through the noise, and having the courage to change direction when what you once wanted no longer fits who you've become.
Kym shares that one of the hardest parts of moving forward has been accepting that the home and future she once wanted with Steve are no longer what she wants today. Letting go brings another layer of grief—but it also creates space to ask a new question: What do I want now?
The conversation also explores grit, which Kym describes through the combination of passion and perseverance: finding what sparks your curiosity and continuing to show up, take the next step, and build momentum even after difficult days.
Life won't always follow the plan.
The past can't be replayed.
The future can't be completely controlled.
But wherever life has placed you today, you still get to decide how you take the next shot.
🎙️ Episode #62: When Life Changes The Plan | Kym Coco
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