For when life feels like nothing you had planned. You did the thing — the career, the family, the move, the reinvention — but you wake up with an ache or disconnect you can’t name.

Everything looks “fine” from the outside, but inside, something feels off. That might be grief — and no, nobody has to die for you to feel it.

Alyssa Rose joins me to unpack what grief can look like when it’s not about death — but about change.

We talk about the quiet ways grief shows up during major life transitions — career pivots, identity shifts, or the loss of the life you expected — and what it really means to honor those emotions instead of rushing past them.

This episode is for you if:

• You're grieving a career pivot, relationship shift, or identity change but feel guilty calling it "grief"
• You avoid going deep with your emotions because you're scared of opening the floodgates
• You and your partner are navigating the same loss in completely different ways (and it's causing distance)
• You're a former "positive person" who's finally letting yourself feel the hard stuff

Your turn! Try this quick reflection after the episode:

Open your journal and write two short lists side-by-side:

1️⃣ What I thought this season would feel like

2️⃣ What it actually feels like

Don’t judge or fix it — just notice the gap.

That space between the two lists? That’s where your grief lives. Naming it is the first step to freeing it.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Alyssa Rose's Website: alisarosehealingarts.com

Instagram: @alisarosehealingarts

Email: [email protected]

Calm Mind Blueprint - my framework for processing emotions and making decisions with clarity: https://www.samanthapenkoff.com/calm-mind-pod

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