To Cry for You

Carolyn Arends has spent decades writing songs that tell the truth about being human. The joy. The ache. The questions we carry quietly for years. A respected songwriter, speaker, and author, Carolyn has a rare ability to make people feel less alone through her words.

A three-time Juno nominee and award-winning artist and author, Carolyn’s work has reached people across generations, not because it is polished or performative, but because it is deeply honest.  

At SHIFT Sessions, Carolyn will share a profoundly personal story about grief, love, and losing her mother. Not as an expert standing above the experience, but as someone who tried and failed to avoid the grieving process and discovered how loss shifts the landscape of a life. The story is tender, real, and filled with the kind of wisdom that only comes when we let our hearts breakopen.

Her work has always carried that combination of intelligence and warmth. The sense that even—especially—in sorrow, there are moments of beauty, humour, and grace waiting to be noticed.

This will not just be a talk about grief. It will be a story about the hard but holy gifts we only gain through loss.

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