Regulating & Raising
This episode is for the mom who is doing it all — raising her babies, building her business, going back to school, and still trying to figure out who she is in the middle of it all. MaKenzie sits down with Elaine Alexander, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) in Ontario, Canada, practicing under supervision. Elaine works with adults navigating grief — including suicide loss — as well as relationship and dating challenges, and her work lives at the intersection of AI and mental health. Before becoming a therapist, she spent two decades in entrepreneurship while navigating burnout, financial pressure, personal loss, and becoming a wife and mother in her forties. This conversation is raw, honest, and deeply needed. Elaine and MaKenzie both share their personal experiences with suicide loss in their families and walk through what it actually takes to grieve, heal, and find peace when there is no clean answer. They explore the four-year identity shift Elaine has been walking through since becoming a mother, the grief of lost autonomy, the truth about mom guilt, and the importance of solo trips, sleep, and emotional regulation as a mother. Elaine also shares her powerful reframe of emotions as road signs — not good or bad, just data — and the practice that helps her neutralize her hardest memories so she can choose how she responds. If you have ever felt like you do not recognize yourself anymore, this conversation is a soft place to land. What We Cover The four-year identity shift Elaine has walked through since becoming a mom at forty. Why becoming a mother is like a new software update being installed. Grief that lives in the lungs and chest, and the truth about losing three loved ones in one year. Suicide loss as its own category of grief — and what most resources are missing. Why the brain needs a story to find peace, and how to find one that helps you settle. Being a cycle breaker in a family that does not talk about loss. The importance of sleep for moms — and why sometimes you have to leave the house to get it. Why mom guilt is a downloaded belief, not a truth. How to take a solo weekend or solo week without burning your family down. The reframe of emotions as road signs — stop, yield, or go. Why neutralizing a memory gives you back your choice. Why most emotions only last sixty seconds if you actually feel them. Why doing the thing with the guilt — instead of waiting for the guilt to go away — is the whole work. Connect with Elaine Instagram: @elainetalexander [https://www.instagram.com/elainetalexander/] Website: grieftherapyontario.com [https://grieftherapyontario.com] (Ontario-based grief therapy) Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie]A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session [https://calendly.com/thecleanmomedit/aligned-strategy-session] — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF-uZd7lzxX8tg29FAi5Agiswo9-w2oju-n8NqtReTMCV0Q/viewform?usp=publish-editorhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF-uZd7lzxX8tg29FAi5Agiswo9-w2oju-n8NqtReTMCV0Q/viewform?usp=publish-editor] — a complete lifestyle change, application required. Join Aligned — $33/month [https://www.thecleanmomedit.com/membership]A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.
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