Turning Grief Into Love: Creating Space for Healing with Kelly Whalen

In this deeply personal episode of The Sticky Truth, Dave Tidler welcomes life coach and certified breathwork instructor Kelly Whalen for a conversation about grief, loss, and learning to stay open when life breaks your heart. Kelly shares how a series of profound personal losses transformed her understanding of healing. Rather than trying to move past grief, she discovered the power of moving with it through breathwork, presence, and self-compassion. Together, they discuss the hidden emotions that often accompany loss—guilt, shame, regret—and why creating space for those feelings can lead to unexpected gratitude and growth. This episode is for anyone who has lost someone they love, struggled to make sense of grief, or wondered if healing means letting go. Kelly offers a different perspective: grief isn't the opposite of love—it's proof that love mattered. Because sometimes the stickiest truths become the most beautiful parts of being human.