9. Finding Glimmers in the Grief with Kelsey Reidl
About this episode
Kelsey Reidl shares her journey of navigating grief after losing her mother and the profound impact of becoming a mother herself.
Kelsey's mom, Heather, was a gatherer of people. She watched the Food Network all day, wrote recipes on cards for friends and family, and never sat down at her own dinner party because she was too busy tending to everyone she loved. When Kelsey describes her mother, you can feel her mom flowing through her — in the way Kelsey gathers her community, loves her coffee, and shows up for the people around her. Kelsey lost her mom just over four years ago. About a year after, she felt an overwhelming pull toward motherhood — a pull she now believes was her mother's hand guiding her. Her son Freddy was born on Christmas Day, her mother's favorite holiday, and that timing cracked something open that had felt broken ever since her mom died. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE The story of how Kelsey's son Freddy came into the world on Christmas Day — her mom's favorite holiday — and what that meant for healing What it felt like to be a motherless woman who also wasn't yet a mother, and how that quiet, dual identity created an internal darkness she hadn't expected Her honest reflection on finding silver linings versus toxic positivity — and why searching for glimmers was the only thing that…
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