Navigating Grief After Our Animals Cross the Rainbow Bridge

In this episode of The Western Hippie Podcast, Michaela opens up about navigating grief after losing one of her soul animals — her horse, Capone — and shares what she’s actually doing in real time to move through grief without suppressing it.

This isn’t a “just remember the good times” conversation.
 It’s an honest look at why grief is so uncomfortable in our culture, how suppressing it creates trapped emotions, and what it looks like to let grief move through the body in a healthy way — especially when it comes to the animals who shape our lives so deeply.

Michaela talks about:

• Why grief isn’t something to “fix” or rush through
• How suppressed grief can show up later as anxiety, depression, or physical pain
• Identifying your go-to protective or numbing mechanisms
• Approaching yourself with curiosity instead of criticism
• Using creativity as a way to transmit grief, not avoid it
• Why isolation makes grief harder — and how support helps release it
• What horses have taught her about emotion, protest, intelligence, and healing

This episode is for anyone who has loved an animal deeply, lost one, or feels like they were never taught how to actually grieve — just how to keep going.

You don’t have to be okay yet.
 And you don’t have to do this alone.

Links & Support Mentioned in the Episode:

• Book a 1:1 emotional release / trauma healing session with Michaela:
 https://stan.store/msmichaelamae