#430 – The Secret To Greater Resilience
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Show Notes
Feeling your feelings may be the strength you have been missing. In today’s episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy explains why making room for grief, anger, sadness, and other difficult emotions can support healing, resilience, and happiness. For high-achieving women in dentistry and healthcare, work can become an easy way to avoid what hurts. Dr. Tarryn shares personal stories about her daughter’s health scare and her own experiences with loss, while reflecting on the pressure to stay strong, keep going, and move on before we are ready.
She explores how emotions we push aside can stay with us beneath the surface, and why crying, grieving, and accepting support can help us feel more present, peaceful, and connected. If you have been keeping busy through a difficult season, this episode is a gentle reminder that you are allowed to pause and feel what is real.
Show notes:
(3:26) When work becomes a coping tool
(6:41) The pressure to stay strong
(10:03) Why falling apart can help
(13:22) A self-alignment framework to help dentists and healthcare professionals to reconnect with themselves beyond burnout and outside expectations.
(16:15) Personal grief and early motherhood
(20:36) How busyness hides hard emotions
(24:32) Grief, presence, and lasting peace
(26:13) Outro
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Empower Her Retreat:
Dates: October 1–4, 2026
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Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com
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