In 2019, right before COVID, my son's father and I called it quits. We had been together five years and built a whole life we thought would last forever. Then one day, it was over.

Nobody really talks about that part. We announce the relationship on Facebook, but we never announce the breakup. The breakup is silent. But there is so much in there, and that is where the real work happens.

In this episode, I get honest about transitioning out of a relationship: grieving the future I had planned, doing the work on myself, and learning how to coparent my son with the same man I was heartbroken over. This one is personal.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why the breakup itself is not the hard part, the transition after is, and how to actually do that work
• How I used affirmations to climb out of the dark place where I felt like a failure
• The one mindset shift that turned my ex into my coparenting partner, and made the whole thing easier

Chapters:

• 00:00 This Is Episode Two: Transitioning Relationships
• 00:46 Calling It Quits After Five Years
• 03:10 Waking Up Alone and Doing the Reflection
• 05:15 The Question I Ask Before Dating Again
• 07:17 Grieving the Future You Planned
• 09:17 When a Breakup Shakes Your Identity
• 09:56 Affirmations to Climb Out of the Dark Place
• 12:02 Learning the Coparenting Thing
• 14:26 From Screaming Matches to Real Communication
• 17:12 This Breakup Is Not My Identity
• 19:37 A Single Mom, But Not a Single Parent
• 21:59 Seeing Him as Prince's Father, Not My Ex
• 25:46 Trusting the Process

I joined the Navy when I was 17 years old. I thought I'd stay in for 20 years and retire. But life had other plans. One day, they told me and 3,000 other sailors that we were being let go. Just like that, the only life I knew was gone.

In this first episode, I share my story with you. How I got here. How everything fell apart, and how my faith helped me put it back together. This is where Transition by Faith began, and I want you here for the very start of it.

In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why losing my Navy career was the scariest thing that ever happened to me, and somehow the best thing too
• Why being honest and open is where real healing starts, even when it feels too scary to do
• What "feel the fear and do it anyway" really means, and how I learned it hanging off the side of a mountain

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Transition by Faith
00:40 Joining the Navy at 17
01:59 The Day Everything Changed
04:26 Learning Who I Am After the Military
05:30 Why I Started This Podcast
06:05 Why Being Vulnerable Matters
07:30 What We'll Talk About Here
10:48 Becoming Softer Without Becoming Weaker
11:30 Choosing Faith Over Fear
12:30 The Day I Climbed Down a Mountain
15:44 You Are Not Alone

Welcome to Transition by Faith. We talk about faith, healing, emotional intelligence, boundaries, relationships, starting over, and the hard conversations most people avoid.
I'm Miranda Queen, your host. I'm a Navy veteran, an author, and a mom. I joined the Navy at 17 and thought I'd be in forever. When that ended out of nowhere, I had to start all over. That season is where this whole show was born.
Here, we talk about all of it, emotional intelligence, boundaries, relationships, men and women, starting over, and the hard conversations most people skip. We share real stories. We get vulnerable. And we learn how to move through change with faith instead of fear.
Maybe you're a veteran. Maybe you're a parent. Maybe you're healing from a broken heart, or just standing at the start of something new. Either way, this isn't a show about having it all figured out. It's a place to grow, because here, we believe healing starts with honesty.
If life feels shaky right now, I want you to know you're not alone. I'm so glad you're here at the very beginning.
This is Transition by Faith.