Welcome to the Grief Series, a collection of conversations about the grief woven throughout our lives with some extraordinary women bringing their raw, vulnerable stories to the mic. I hope you see yourself somewhere in these stories.

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This episode is for anyone who has ever walked away from something they built, a career, a marriage, an identity, and wondered what the hell comes next. My guest, Delia Monk, has done it more than once. She came to this conversation with the full story: leaving journalism, building a six-figure copywriting business she eventually had to grieve, navigating divorce as a single mom, and making one of the scariest leaps of her professional life.

TOPICS WE EXPLORE

• Leaving the career you built your identity around
• When AI devalues your trade overnight
• The $12,000 rebrand that didn't save it
• Fear laced with excitement vs. fear laced with scarcity
• Cutting the rope and going all in
• Grieving the life you thought you'd have after divorce
• Giving up half your child's childhood
• The scrappy list: 100 ways to make money
• What opens up when you finally let go

THE POINT

Grief is the price of going all in. You can't grieve what you didn't love, and you can't become who you're meant to be without leaving someone behind.

ABOUT DELIA

Delia Monk helps people who are ready for their next chapter figure out what that actually looks like and how to talk about it. After years working in messaging and copywriting, she pivoted into transition and pivot coaching, helping women who feel unfulfilled or called toward something new discover what comes next and position it with clarity. She's British, based in Barcelona, and entirely worth finding.

Find her on Instagram @delia.monk and at deliamonk.com.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• deliamonk.com
• The Mixermind (networking community mentioned by Ash)
• Work with Ash

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MORE ABOUT ASH

I'm Ash McDonald — the Entrepreneur's Therapist. Trained therapist, seasoned entrepreneur, mom of 3, && the person you call when your business coach doesn't get your brain && your therapist doesn't get your business.

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