Episode 010
Grief, Grit, and the Choice to Keep Loving After Unspeakable Loss with Anissa Faus
Anissa's husband died suddenly while she was on a girls’ trip. What she did next? Total rewrite of what grief — and leadership — can look like.
She was mid-cheese tasting on an out-of-town girls trip at Magnolia Farms when her world cracked in half. A frantic call from home. Her husband, Greg, was gone.
No warning. No goodbye. Just one minute, a love-filled life — the next, unimaginable loss.
What happened after that moment will wreck you in the best way. Anissa didn’t just survive it. She walked back through her front door, held her teenage sons, and told them, “We are going to be okay.”
Since that day, she’s turned her grief into a movement — Love Wins — and a leadership approach that actually includes, wait for it, being human.
In this conversation, she shares what it means to lead through heartbreak, why vulnerability is her superpower, and how resilience really works (hint: it involves a black belt and a lot of surrender).
“Grief is love with nowhere to go. So I gave it somewhere — forward.”
CONNECT WITH ANISSA:
- LinkedIn: Anissa Faus
- Instagram: @anissa.faus
- Website: lovewinscollective.com