Battle Harder
The Battle Harder Podcast is for high-performing professionals who are carrying more pressure than they can ignore.
Hosted by Coach Rob, the show explores what happens when discipline, responsibility, and ambition go unchecked — and how to regain clarity, structure, and control before burnout, identity loss, or family damage becomes irreversible.
Each episode features real conversations with leaders, veterans, entrepreneurs, and high performers who have been tested by pressure and understand the cost of staying in the fight too long without restructuring their life.
If you’re driven, exhausted, and know something has to change — this podcast is for you.
New episodes weekly.
Battle Harder
She Lost Everything — And Still Chose to Live
Most people never fully heal from the losses that shape them.
In this episode of the Battle Harder Podcast, Coach Rob sits down with Gina—an end-of-life doula, author, and woman of deep faith—who shares a powerful journey through grief, identity loss, addiction, and spiritual restoration.
After losing her mother at a young age, dedicating her life to faith as a nun, experiencing emotional abuse and rejection, loving someone who lost the battle with alcoholism, and eventually confronting her own addiction, Gina reached a crossroads where giving up would have been easy.
Instead, she chose to rebuild.
This conversation goes beyond motivation and into the reality of healing—what it actually takes to face pain, question faith, sit in the darkness, and still move forward.
If you’ve ever:
Questioned your faith or purpose
Struggled with grief or addiction
Felt broken by institutions or relationships you trusted
Wondered if peace is still possible after everything you’ve been through
This episode is for you.
Topics covered:
Grief and loss
Faith after trauma
Addiction and recovery
Identity collapse and rebuilding
Finding peace without denying pain
🎧 Listen now and learn what it truly means to turn pain into progress.
📘 Gina’s book: Shake the Dust Off Your Feet and Walk
🌐 Website: https://ginaecon.com
⏱️ YOUTUBE CHAPTERS (10–12 minute friendly)
00:00 – Why this episode matters
01:18 – Gina’s early loss and grief
05:12 – Faith, becoming a nun, and identity collapse
11:34 – Emotional abuse and spiritual betrayal
18:46 – Love, addiction, and devastating loss
27:30 – Hitting rock bottom
33:12 – Entering recovery and sobriety
40:55 – Rebuilding faith and self-worth
48:10 – Becoming an end-of-life doula
55:20 – Turning pain into progress
58:40 – Final message for anyone struggling