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“Quietly Struggling Part 5…” You Will Not Feel Like This Forever!

Quietly Struggling Part 5: Hidden Battles, Unbreakable Spirits

This is the fifth and final episode of the 5-part miniseries, “Quietly Struggling: Hidden Battles, Unbreakable Spirits” in the Lynda: Rooted&Real podcast.

When sadness feels permanent, it can seem as though it has become part of who you are. Feelings change, even when they stay for longer than you hoped, and this pain doesn’t define your worth.

‘Quietly Struggling Part 5’ offers comfort to anyone carrying heavy thoughts without telling others. Let its message remind you that hope can return in small ways, through rest, honest words, or one kind person.

You’re still here, and that means strength is already within you.

Quietly Struggling Part 5

You Will Not Feel Like This Forever

Episode Transcript

A text version of the podcast episode with timestamps.

[00:18.13]This is Lynda from Rooted&Real.
[00:22.97]This is about the person
who’s ‘Struggling Quietly’.
[00:29.01]There’s one thing I want to tell you
today: ‘You Will Not
[00:32.49]Feel Like This Forever’.
[00:36.01]I know sometimes your
situation feels permanent.
[00:40.61]The heaviness feels like it moved in.
[00:43.89]‘Meza’ (table), microwave,
fridge, ‘nini nini’ (etc.
[00:46.23]).
[00:47.49]The sadness feels like
it stained your soul.
[00:50.85]You have felt like this so long,
you forgot what light feels like.
[00:58.01]But here is the thing.
[01:03.73]Feelings are visitors.
They’re not residents.
[01:09.01]Seasons, not identities.
[01:12.89]You have felt joy before.
Can you remember?
[01:17.05]You will will feel it again.
[01:18.97]You have laughed until
your stomach hurt before.
[01:23.49]You will do it again.
[01:26.65]This is not the end of your story.
[01:28.81]This is just the middle.
[01:30.57]And middles can get messy.
[01:36.05]Healing is not a straight line.
[01:39.37]Some days are better, some days are worse.
[01:44.01]But that’s not failure.
[01:46.13]That’s healing.
[01:48.17]For now, just survive today.
[01:51.77]Today is enough.
[01:53.93]Save it, and then come back
on hard days and share it.
[01:58.81]Because there’s someone else on your
timeline who is quietly struggling, too.
[02:07.09]Thank you so much for
walking this journey with me.
[02:12.05]Learn to share your problems
and just remove that mask.
[02:17.97]Be real.
[02:20.41]Bless you…

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Sat, 19 Sep, 2026
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Episode Creator(s): Lynda Onimbo

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