EPISODE · Apr 22, 2026 · 40 MIN
11. Heart Led and Living Her Next Chapter with Heather Haigh
from Can't Call Your Mom with Nicole Weston · host Nicole Weston | Motherless mothers navigating life after motherloss
EPISODE OVERVIEWThis episode is a masterclass in integration. Heather describes herself as a "well-integrated personal and professional human," a phrase that encapsulates the years of showing up for hard conversations, choosing love over being right, and allowing grief to evolve her. Heather began her heart-led journey 13 years ago, long before her parents became ill, because she wanted to show up better for her family. This early investment meant she could be present with her parents in their final years in a way that brings her deep peace. The conversation explores navigating profound ideological differences with her father, receiving her mother's hardest moments with compassion, grief as an ongoing practice, and the signs and symbols (owls, loons, music) that confirm love's continuation after death.WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODEHow Heather's heart-led journey started 13 years ago because she wanted to show up better for her family.The story of navigating a profound values divide with her father and the conscious choice she made to love him for who he was.The weekly dinner practice with her mother, and what it meant to show up with intention every single time, even when it was hard.The moment her mother called her a bully, and how she transformed that wound into wisdom.What it looked like to hold her mother's final weeks with grace while also having somewhere to release the pain.Why "I am her and she is me" is a lived experience of continuation.The snowy white owl that appeared in her Toronto backyard the day her mom passed, and the loon that visits the cottage dock.Music as a portal to grief, release, and connection, and how Heather uses it to find her footing.The difference between holding onto who you were before loss and allowing yourself to evolve into who you're becoming.Her book Living by Heart and the collaborative chapter she wrote about her journey with inner guidance.A MOMENT THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU"We are forever changed. So how do we let ourselves evolve through the grieving process and become who we're meant to become in this new chapter of our lives?" Heather doesn't just answer this question with words. She answers it with her whole life.CONNECT WITH HEATHERFind Heather's book Living by Heart wherever books are sold. If you're ready to lead your life and your business from a deeper, more integrated place, Heather is the guide for you.The book's website is www.livingbyheart.caConnect with Nicole:Register for Nicole’s free Masterclass: She’s Dead. Now what? May 6th @12pm ET https://www.nicoleweston.ca/masterclassgriefBook a free 20 minute introductory call with Nicole https://nicoleweston.as.me/introductorycallWebsite: www.nicoleweston.caInstagram: @thenicolewestonProduced by Nicole Weston & Co-Produced by Hunter BlackettPhotography by Heather Whitcombe https://www.whitcombecreative.com/If This Episode Resonated: Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this with a woman in your life who is carrying this. You know someone who lost her mom during Covid and has never had a space to talk about it. Send it to her. Every share reaches another motherless mother who is searching for this community.
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EPISODE OVERVIEWThis episode is a masterclass in integration. Heather describes herself as a "well-integrated personal and professional human," a phrase that encapsulates the years of showing up for hard conversations, choosing love over being right, and allowing grief to evolve her. Heather began her heart-led journey 13 years ago, long before her parents became ill, because she wanted to show up better for her family. This early investment meant she could be present with her parents in their final years in a way that brings her deep peace. The conversation explores navigating profound ideological differences with her father, receiving her mother's hardest moments with compassion, grief as an ongoing practice, and the signs and symbols (owls, loons, music) that confirm love's continuation after death.WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODEHow Heather's heart-led journey started 13 years ago because she wanted to show up better for her family.The story of navigating a profound values divide with her father and the conscious choice she made to love him for who he was.The weekly dinner practice with her mother, and what it meant to show up with intention every single time, even when it was hard.The moment her mother called her a bully, and how she transformed that wound into wisdom.What it looked like to hold her mother's final weeks with grace while also having somewhere to release the pain.Why "I am her and she is me" is a lived experience of continuation.The snowy white owl that appeared in her Toronto backyard the day her mom passed, and the loon that visits the cottage dock.Music as a portal to grief, release, and connection, and how Heather uses it to find her footing.The difference between holding onto who you were before loss and allowing yourself to evolve into who you're becoming.Her book Living by Heart and the collaborative chapter she wrote about her journey with inner guidance.A MOMENT THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU"We are forever changed. So how do we let ourselves evolve through the grieving process and become who we're meant to become in this new chapter of our lives?" Heather doesn't just answer this question with words. She answers it with her whole life.CONNECT WITH HEATHERFind Heather's book Living by Heart wherever books are sold. If you're ready to lead your life and your business from a deeper, more integrated place, Heather is the guide for you.The book's website is www.livingbyheart.caConnect with Nicole:Register for Nicole’s free Masterclass: She’s Dead. Now what? May 6th @12pm ET https://www.nicoleweston.ca/masterclassgriefBook a free 20 minute introductory call with Nicole https://nicoleweston.as.me/introductorycallWebsite: www.nicoleweston.caInstagram: @thenicolewestonProduced by Nicole Weston & Co-Produced by Hunter BlackettPhotography by Heather Whitcombe https://www.whitcombecreative.com/If This Episode Resonated: Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this with a woman in your life who is carrying this. You know someone who lost her mom during Covid and has never had a space to talk about it. Send it to her. Every share reaches another motherless mother who is searching for this community.
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