When Your Biggest Cheerleader Dies: Rebuilding Business and Identity After Loss (with Katie Rössler)

What happens when the person who believed in you most dies—and your partner doesn't know how to fill that void?

Katie Rössler, licensed therapist and entrepreneur, knows firsthand. After losing her mother (her biggest cheerleader), she found herself spinning—redirecting all her need for validation onto her husband, wrapping her identity into her business, and collapsing every time he asked a logical question about her next big idea.

In this raw, vulnerable conversation, Katie walks us through the moment she realized she was doing it all wrong. She wasn't unsupported—she was expecting her partner to be something he couldn't be. And she was using his skepticism as proof that she was a failure.

This episode isn't about "fixing" your partner. It's about showing up differently in your relationship, your business, and your own damn life.

You'll learn:

• Why feeling unsupported often mirrors how you're treating yourself
• The maximizer/minimizer effect (and why your partner's questions aren't attacks)
• How to approach your partner with ideas AFTER you've done the work
• Why simplifying saved Katie's business during grief, miscarriages, and international moves
• The difference between therapy and relationship skills (and why one isn't always the answer)
• How to stop shrinking and start living your legacy today

Trigger warning: This episode discusses grief, pregnancy loss, and emotional overwhelm.

Guest Bio: Katie Rössler is a licensed professional counselor, international entrepreneur, and host of the All Things Relationships podcast. She helps high-achieving women navigate the intersection of ambition and relationships—without sacrificing either. Based in Munich, Germany, Katie has rebuilt her business abroad while raising three kids, grieving her mother, and learning to stop apologizing for taking up space.