How Women Entrepreneurs Can Hold Grief and Growth at the Same Time | Amanda Guin
About this episode
The episode discusses how women entrepreneurs can navigate grief while still growing their businesses, featuring insights from emotional intelligence coach Amanda Guin.
Not everyone started this year with "new year, new you" energy. If you're a woman entrepreneur navigating grief—from a loss, a diagnosis, a relationship, or a version of yourself you had to let go—you're probably wondering: can I grieve this AND still show up for my business? Can I hold both grief and growth while building a sustainable business? In this replay of one of 2025's most downloaded episodes, I sit down with Amanda Guin , an emotional intelligence coach, traumatology expert, and widow who lost her infant daughter to a congenital heart condition, navigated endometriosis and infertility, and became a solo parent after her husband's suicide. We talk about why "coping" keeps women entrepreneurs stuck, what it means to explore healing instead, and how to hold the duality of grief and growth while creating a business that adapts to your capacity. Inside this episode, you'll learn: Why coping feels stagnant and what exploring your emotions looks like instead How to hold duality: grieving AND showing up, struggling AND growing, loss AND joy Amanda's APPLI framework for acknowledging where you are and choosing your next step The difference between "big T" and "little T" trauma…
People in this episode
Host: Nikita Williams
Guest: Amanda Guin
Topics covered
- grief
- growth
- women entrepreneurs
- emotional intelligence
- sustainable business
- healing
Keywords
- grief
- growth
- women entrepreneurs
- emotional intelligence
- sustainable business
- healing
- trauma
- coping
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