S3 E9 Managing Grief as a Working Woman, While Holding Everything Else Around You Up
Managing grief as a working woman, while holding everything else around you up – The Soulie Insider
How do you keep parenting, leading, and showing up when grief knocks the wind out of you?
In this episode of The Soulie Insider, I’m speaking straight to my high-functioning women who are holding families, businesses, and careers together while quietly carrying the weight of grief. I know what it feels like, the celebrations, the meetings, the obligations don’t stop, even when your heart is breaking.
You’ll learn why honouring your grief isn’t weakness but a form of strength. I share practices that support your nervous system regulation when the waves roll in, from breathwork, self-touch, and sound healing to practical pauses that create space for love to flow instead of being buried.
If you’ve been parenting through loss or pushing yourself back into work too soon, this conversation will remind you that grief in high-functioning women doesn’t make you less capable. It makes you real, whole, and deeply human. Your leadership and resilience come not from holding it all together, but from allowing yourself to feel.
Have you ever tried to hold your grief in while keeping life moving? I’d love to know what helped you most. Come connect with me on Instagram @gaylewilson_ and share your story.
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In this episode we cover:
Why high-functioning women often suppress their grief
Gayle’s personal story of parenting through loss
The cultural pressure to return to work and “carry on” too soon
Why grief is love with nowhere to go
Simple practices to honour grief: hot showers, sound and humming, breathwork, self-touch, short meditations
Giving yourself permission to pause, even in busy careers and parenting
How suppressed grief can manifest in the body
Why modelling vulnerability is the new form of resilience in parenting and leadership
The truth: grief shapes you, but it doesn’t need to define you
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Podcast Production
This podcast was recorded by Gayle Wilson and produced by Laura McRae from Podcast Support Services find on Instagram - (1) Instagram