EPISODE · Mar 11, 2026 · 40 MIN
5. The anger I didn’t expect to feel after my mom died
from Can't Call Your Mom with Nicole Weston · host Nicole Weston | Motherless mothers navigating life after motherloss
Nobody warned you about the anger.You expected sadness. Maybe tears. Maybe missing her at the holidays or reaching for your phone to call her out of habit. What you didn't expect was the rage. The fury. Looking at her picture and feeling something that had nothing to do with softness.And then — the shame of feeling it.In this episode, Nicole Weston goes to the place most grief spaces won't touch: the anger we carry at the person we lost. The "fuck you" that lives in your chest. The emotion that doesn't fit the image of who you are — and why it showed up anyway.This is not a pretty episode. It is a true one.In this episode:→ Why the anger after mom dies can be more shocking than the grief itself→ The shame spiral — being angry, then judging yourself for being angry→ Why anger in grief is actually your nervous system protecting you→ What happens when the anger has nowhere to go — and where it ends up instead→ Four rage rituals to move the anger through your body safely and with intention→ Why your emotions are not defining you — they are indicating what you need→ What lives on the other side of the anger when you finally let it moveFree Resource: Grab the WorkbookLet’s move it: The Anger That Nobody Warned Me is Nicole's free guide to moving anger and rage out of the body — without judgment, without needing to have it all figured out, and without anyone else needing to hold it for you.Work with NicoleReady to stop managing the symptoms and get to the root? The Quantum Change Process™ is a single deep-dive session where women release decades of grief, guilt, and anger — in one session. If you're ready, Connect 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/introductorycallNicole's free Anger Workbook Guidenicoleweston.ca/workbookWebsite: 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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Nobody warned you about the anger.You expected sadness. Maybe tears. Maybe missing her at the holidays or reaching for your phone to call her out of habit. What you didn't expect was the rage. The fury. Looking at her picture and feeling something that had nothing to do with softness.And then — the shame of feeling it.In this episode, Nicole Weston goes to the place most grief spaces won't touch: the anger we carry at the person we lost. The "fuck you" that lives in your chest. The emotion that doesn't fit the image of who you are — and why it showed up anyway.This is not a pretty episode. It is a true one.In this episode:→ Why the anger after mom dies can be more shocking than the grief itself→ The shame spiral — being angry, then judging yourself for being angry→ Why anger in grief is actually your nervous system protecting you→ What happens when the anger has nowhere to go — and where it ends up instead→ Four rage rituals to move the anger through your body safely and with intention→ Why your emotions are not defining you — they are indicating what you need→ What lives on the other side of the anger when you finally let it moveFree Resource: Grab the WorkbookLet’s move it: The Anger That Nobody Warned Me is Nicole's free guide to moving anger and rage out of the body — without judgment, without needing to have it all figured out, and without anyone else needing to hold it for you.Work with NicoleReady to stop managing the symptoms and get to the root? The Quantum Change Process™ is a single deep-dive session where women release decades of grief, guilt, and anger — in one session. If you're ready, Connect 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/introductorycallNicole's free Anger Workbook Guidenicoleweston.ca/workbookWebsite: 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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