When Healing Feels Like Losing: How I Found Myself In Motherhood
04/24/25 • 21 min
What if healing doesn’t feel like peace, but like grief?
In this raw and unfiltered episode, Sam opens up about what it really looks like to heal while mothering. From losing old identities to outgrowing relationships that only valued her performance, she explores the quiet heartbreak of becoming someone new, and the surprising joy she found in the middle of it all.
This is for the mothers healing in silence. The women rediscovering themselves in the stillness. The ones who are grieving their old selves while slowly, painfully, beautifully growing into someone more grounded, more present, more whole.
Sam also shares the truth about being a stay-at-home mom for ten years and what it means now that her house is quiet, and the noise she’s left to face within herself.
And for those who resonated with this episode, Sam introduces The Silent Mother Project, a nonprofit and growing community for mothers carrying invisible grief and untold stories. Because no mother should have to heal alone.
🔗 Learn more at thesilentmotherproject.com
The Agenda.
A revolutionary app that transforms menstrual cycle data into actionable health insights through AI-driven technology and a dynamic e-commerce platform. Unlike traditional tracking apps that focus solely on fertility, The Agenda. provides personalized recommendations that optimize mental, cognitive, and physical health, empowering women to live in sync with their cycles.
What if healing doesn’t feel like peace, but like grief?
In this raw and unfiltered episode, Sam opens up about what it really looks like to heal while mothering. From losing old identities to outgrowing relationships that only valued her performance, she explores the quiet heartbreak of becoming someone new, and the surprising joy she found in the middle of it all.
This is for the mothers healing in silence. The women rediscovering themselves in the stillness. The ones who are grieving their old selves while slowly, painfully, beautifully growing into someone more grounded, more present, more whole.
Sam also shares the truth about being a stay-at-home mom for ten years and what it means now that her house is quiet, and the noise she’s left to face within herself.
And for those who resonated with this episode, Sam introduces The Silent Mother Project, a nonprofit and growing community for mothers carrying invisible grief and untold stories. Because no mother should have to heal alone.
🔗 Learn more at thesilentmotherproject.com
The Agenda.
A revolutionary app that transforms menstrual cycle data into actionable health insights through AI-driven technology and a dynamic e-commerce platform. Unlike traditional tracking apps that focus solely on fertility, The Agenda. provides personalized recommendations that optimize mental, cognitive, and physical health, empowering women to live in sync with their cycles.
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In this deeply personal episode, I’m sharing the journey that started sixteen years ago, when I lost my daughter, Kaydance, at just six weeks old. What followed was a lifetime’s worth of grief, growth, silence, survival... and eventually, healing.
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I also share the full-circle moment I experienced this year on the anniversary of her death, why this project matters now more than ever, and how you can be part of it, whether you’ve walked this road or love someone who has.
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The Agenda.
A revolutionary app that transforms menstrual cycle data into actionable health insights through AI-driven technology and a dynamic e-commerce platform. Unlike traditional tracking apps that focus solely on fertility, The Agenda. provides personalized recommendations that optimize mental, cognitive, and physical health, empowering women to live in sync with their cycles.
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