Deep Grief Means Deep Love with Carmen Walsh: Grief Series Ep.4

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Grief Series, I sit down with Carmen Walsh — writer, speaker, and fierce advocate for women over 40 claiming their freedom and joy — for one of the most vulnerable conversations the series has featured yet.Carmen opens up about losing her older brother to epilepsy when she was just 15, and how she spent the next three decades shutting her grief down to protect the people around her. She shares the exact moment she decided to stop expressing her feelings — a story involving a piano, a boyfriend, and the words "it's been over a year" — and how that moment shaped her relationships for years to come.The conversation shifts when Carmen shares her father's death in 2019, and how being present for his passing gave her a completely different, healing experience of grief — one that helped her finally understand what she'd missed for 30 years.Together, Carmen & I explore why grief has no hierarchy, why we're never taught how to feel our feelings, and why avoiding what feels hard also means denying ourselves what feels delicious. This episode is a permission slip — to feel, to grieve loudly or quietly, and to know there's no wrong way to carry loss.What You'll Hear In This EpisodeWhy grief means you had deep love — and why that reframe changes everythingCarmen's story of losing her brother at 15, and the moment she decided to stop sharing her feelingsHow her father's death in 2019 gave her a completely different, healing experience of griefWhy grief has no hierarchy — pet, parent, job, or illness, it's all the same weightWhat Carmen would tell a grieving child — and a grieving adultSimple tools for processing grief without a "safe person" nearby (writing, vocalizing, screaming into a pillow)Connect with Carmen Walsh: https://www.instagram.com/carmen_livelovesavorlife/Featured Quote"Deep grief means you felt deep love." — Carmen WalshYou can find me at:https://www.instagram.com/cataton/https://www.facebook.com/casey.taton/You can find what sparks me at:https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1AgeRtyojY/https://www.instagram.com/lmbdcelebrations/Music by: Jason and Ashley ScheuflerArtwork by:  https://www.instagram.com/graphx_ink/