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The hardest parts of life don&apos;t end when the crisis does. What comes next is where the story begins.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Stories about the lives we rebuild after everything changes.</itunes:name><itunes:email>thesurvivorsedit@substack.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:category text="Health &amp; Fitness"><itunes:category text="Mental Health"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/7600536/2c94ca9ec9a8aeaa309c061bcbc1475e.jpg"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Survival Gap: What Happens After You Survive?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>What happens after you survive the thing that changed your life?</p><p>In the first episode of <strong>The Survivor’s Edit Podcast</strong>, I’m introducing the Survival Gap, an idea I’ve been pondering for a long time. It’s the space between getting through something and figuring out what life looks like in the after.</p><p>Cancer made me recognize it, but it also made me realize it wasn’t my first experience with survival. And my guess is, it probably isn’t yours either.</p><p><p>The Survivor’s Edit | Weslea O’Connor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Survivor’s Edit | Weslea O’Connor at <a href="https://thesurvivorsedit.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">thesurvivorsedit.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://thesurvivorsedit.substack.com/p/the-survival-gap-what-happens-after</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:211265739</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weslea OConnor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211265739/d09f5b62ff7a50d58c3137136799619c.mp3" length="8768464" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Weslea OConnor</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>731</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/7600536/post/211265739/e5ee87faa74f58d6cf230d0213b213f4.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>