Across this first season of The Torn Podcast, we’ve explored what it means to feel torn between choices, identities, values, and the different parts of ourselves.

In this bonus episode, we pause to reflect and respond directly to some of the questions that have come through from listeners along the way.

From feeling stuck in indecision, to navigating conflicting desires, to wondering whether resolution is even possible, this conversation revisits some of the key themes of the series through a more personal and responsive lens. It’s a chance to go a little deeper, clarify some of the ideas we’ve introduced, and offer reassurance to those moments where inner conflict can feel overwhelming or hard to name.

If you’ve found yourself relating to the stories in this series or noticing your own “torn” moments more clearly this episode is for you.

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www.thetornproject.com

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In this final episode of the series, the Torn Project team step back to reflect on what they’ve learned across the season with particular focus on resolutions that help us move through inner conflict. Drawing on the stories, frameworks, and insights explored throughout the season, resolution is seen not as a neat ending, but as an ongoing, human process.

Click the link below to access a downloadable PDF with further resources related to this episode

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Find more stories, resources and hope on all things inner conflict at www.thetornproject.com.

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Sometimes an inner conflict is not about preferences, careers, or relationships, but about survival itself.

In this episode, we hear the story of a woman facing a life-threatening cancer diagnosis. She finds herself torn between two radically different paths: evidence-based medical treatment, or alternative therapies. But this is not a simple choice - there are many other elements which add to her inner conflict.

This episode contains discussion of life-threatening cancer and death so you may wish to consider where and when. you listen.

A book mentioned in this episode:

The Year of Magical Thinking

Author: Joan Didion

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Available as: Paperback, Hardcover Kindle edition, Audiobook, 2009

For those who need support in coping with cancer - their own experience, in

supporting someone else or dealing with a bereavement - the following link

offers a wide range of resources. & lt; https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-

cancer/coping/general-books-links/general-cancer-organisations >

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Find more stories, resources and hope on all things inner conflict at our website www.thetornproject.com

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To reach out directly, use the contact form on our website.

The Torn Podcast is created by Susan Quilliam, Caitlin Cockerton and James Knight. Thank you to our producer, Fin Kinsella of Floom Creative, to our music composers Michal, Mikolaj and Bolek Błaszczyk, to our team of actors (for this episode Rachel Griffiths) and to all of those who have contributed their lived experiences specialist knowledge and professional support.

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