In this heartfelt episode of The Empowered Grief Journey, host Chris Mamone sits down with Ally Dalsimer — award-winning author of It’s Okay Not to Be Fabulous Every Day: A Journey to Self-Discovery — to explore how resilience, humor, and self-compassion can carry us through life’s hardest seasons.

Ally shares her story of losing her husband to cancer, navigating single parenthood, career upheaval, and multiple losses — and how each experience taught her to rebuild her identity with grace and courage. Together, they unpack the myths of “getting over it,” the importance of honest grief, and why kindness toward ourselves is the foundation of healing.