8. Grief, & BoundariesHow to Stop Abandoning Yourself After Motherloss
About this episode
Nicole Weston discusses the challenges of grief and the importance of setting boundaries while navigating personal loss.
Nobody prepared you for this. Not the grief itself, and definitely not the impossible weight of trying to show up as a mother, a business owner, a partner — while silently carrying a loss that has no timeline and no rulebook. In this deeply personal solo episode, Nicole coaches her younger self through one of the most overlooked conversations in grief: how do we take care of ourselves when everything and everyone around us still needs us to show up? This episode introduces the ME First Framework — ME standing for Mental and Emotional — a compassionate, practical approach to understanding what you need, communicating it clearly, and giving yourself permission to be exactly where you are on this journey without shame. If you've ever felt like a fraud for struggling, judged yourself for not bouncing back faster, or said yes when everything in you was screaming no — this one is for you. In this episode, Nicole covers: Why grief feels like an invisible wound — and why the world doesn't give you space to heal it The ME First Framework: what it is, why it matters, and how to start using it today The mindset shift from "I should be able to handle this" to compassionate…
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