This episode is one of the most personal conversations I’ve shared.
Five years ago, I lost my mum to stage four cancer.
I was 30. I had two children under two. My son was 18 months old, my daughter was six months old… and I was trying to figure out how the fuck you keep living when someone you love is no longer physically here.
For a long time, I sat in my grief.
For nine months, I drank every day. What started as a glass of wine turned into a way of numbing what I didn't know how to feel, process or move through.
Until one day, I woke up and decided I didn't want to feel like that anymore.
I had two children watching me. I had a life in front of me. And I made a decision that I wasn't only going to live my life for myself anymore… I was going to live it for my mum too.
In this episode, I'm sharing my personal experience with grief, losing my mum, healing after loss and the ways I've learned to carry her with me through every chapter of my life.
I talk about the final days I spent with her, the grief my body still remembers five years later, my spiritual connection with her after death, the traditions I've created with my children and why “Gma is in the sun” will forever mean so much to our family.
I also share the parts of grief we don't always talk about — numbing the pain, not knowing how to ask for support, holding onto guilt and resentment, and learning that moving forward doesn't mean leaving the person you love behind.
I could have let grief define my future.
Instead, I've turned my grief into purpose.
I've turned it into passion.
I've turned it into a reason to travel more, experience more, break generational cycles and live a life that I know my mum would be fucking proud of.
If you've lost your mum, a parent, a partner, a friendship or someone who held a special place in your heart… this episode is for you.
You are not alone.
You are never alone.
And I see you. 🤍