Key Takeaways:

• 🌱 Caregiving & Identity: How lifelong caregiving roles can make us lose touch with who we are—and how to reclaim that.
  
   
• 💔 The Healing Journey: Carmen’s deeply personal story of loss, trauma, and rebuilding through radical self-love.
  
   
• 🧭 Boundaries Are Sacred: Why drawing lines isn’t selfish—it’s survival. Especially for women in caring roles.
  
   
• 🔄 Breaking Cycles: From repeating toxic patterns to rewriting the narrative of your life.
  
   
• 🤝 Community, Connection & Courage: The power of safe spaces to say the things you’ve never said out loud.
  
   

 

 

Quotes to Remember:

“I no longer wanted to be a supporting actor in my own life.” — Carmen Walsh

“You can't pour from an empty cup. But when you’re full, you get to bless others from the overflow.” — Carmen Walsh

“Stop worrying about disappointing others. Start worrying about disappointing yourself.” — Carmen Walsh

 

 

Key Moments:

• [00:30] – Carmen’s powerful question: “How do you show up without expecting anything in return?”
  
   
• [05:25] – The beginning of Carmen’s self-love memoir—and why she wasn’t ready until now
  
   
• [09:04] – Realizing the common denominator in all your relationships is you (and that’s good news!)
  
   
• [11:30] – The power of finding a supportive female community
  
   
• [19:25] – Caregiving vs codependence: learning we’re not responsible for someone else's happiness
  
   
• [22:44] – True self-care: not bubble baths, but tending to your spirit
  
   
• [25:38] – The moment Carmen didn’t show up—and the world didn’t fall apart
  
   
• [33:00] – The taboo of living your own life instead of the one others expect
  
   
• [38:33] – Overflow vs obligation: how to serve from fullness, not fear
  
   
• [45:32] – Compassion, not judgment: how to rewrite your internal narrative
  
   

 

 

Guest Bio: Carmen Walsh

Carmen is a heart-led guide, community-builder, and emerging author of her upcoming self-love memoir, chronicling her journey through grief, unhealthy relationships, and self-reclamation. She co-hosts Shine Circle Connect with Debbie Prediger, holds space for women to speak their truth without shame, and is passionate about helping others find their voice, their boundaries, and their way home to themselves.

 

 

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