EP|23 Losing My Mom to Alzheimer’s | The Real Story of Caregiving, Grief & Family

This episode of  @SaucyNotBossy is a personal one.@shannaferrigno opens up about her mom, Carla Ferrigno, her life, and the reality of losing someone to Alzheimer’s disease. It’s a conversation about family, caregiving, grief, and holding onto the person you love while watching parts of them slowly disappear.Carla Ferrigno was unforgettable.She was sharp, confident, stylish, hardworking, and completely herself. She didn’t care much for fake people or surface-level relationships. She valued honesty, loyalty, and showing up for the people she loved.Over the years, Carla built a career as an actress, fitness author, and celebrity manager, but her family was always at the center of her world. She loved deeply, protected fiercely, and gave people the truth whether they asked for it or not.Alzheimer’s changed a lot. The conversations changed. The memories changed. Life changed.But even through the hardest moments, there were still pieces of Carla that remained — her strength, her presence, her way of making people feel seen.This episode is about who she was, what this disease takes, and the impact it leaves behind on the families living through it.