About Widow Coaching

I became a certified, professional life coach after Jim suddenly died. It was the best decision of my life. Through learning to be a life coach, I learned to coach myself. That alone was amazing. But the feeling of being able to focus on work that is making a contribution in the world is my real reward.

All my life, I had worked a capital J-O-B. It was okay – I did enjoy my work and I didn’t need huge rewards from my job. So much of my life was all about the time spent with Jim and what we explored and learned together. But when Jim passed away, I was left with just a job. I needed more. I needed growth and the feeling that I could make a difference in the world.

Perhaps That Is Where You Are Right Now – Wanting More From Life.

With eyes wide open after losing your spouse and suddenly seeing the world for the treasure it really is, you want to make a contribution. You know there is not a second to waste in life.

Dear widow, how deeply we truly know this after losing our beloved. This knowledge, this new outlook on the world is what makes us fierce warrior goddesses.

We feel like we have just walked through fire. Indeed we have walked through fire and are ready to rise up in rebirth. But it is terrifying, even with all the possibilities that open before us.

Now it is up to you how you proceed, if you proceed at all. You can sit in the fire and continue to wonder who you are now. “What do I do now?” we often think. Or you make a choice to begin discovering who you truly are, and even begin to reach for who you can truly become.

That has become my work in the world. To certify widow coaches who can reach out to help other widows find their work in the world. Only another widow actually “gets it” and knows what this is. Yet there have been few trained professionals to help with grief who are widows themselves. Here at Joann The Life Coach, we are changing that – one certified widowed coach at a time.

“It is my goal for every widow to be able to connect with a widow coach – and this is where YOU come in. Are you ready to take that giant leap and become a certified widow coach?”

And now YOUR journey begins

Are you one of those people who has been reading books on psychology, self-help, powers of the mind, your whole life? Professionally Certified Life Coach and Weight Loss Coach, Joann Filomena speaks widow to widow having walked this path herself after the sudden loss of her husband. A California girl turned New Yorker, now living in the heart of the beautiful Hudson Valley; she is the producer and host of “Widow Cast” and “Weight Coach” podcasts with listeners spanning the globe. She is the bestselling author of the book Widowed and The Widow Coach.

Joann uses her life experience and coaching skills to help numerous clients through widowhood, weight loss, and many other life issues that arise in those sessions with incredible authenticity and compassion.

As a Life Coach, she has seen profound, seemingly impossible transformations in clients: The new widow who felt all her life plans pulled out from under her on the death of her husband, now moving ahead in her life with direction and purpose. Widows who feared they could not live alone finding how much they can savor and thrive in their very own space. The widow who could not even get out of bed most mornings now looks forward to each new day. Joann constantly reminds us all that we can move forward after loss into tremendous personal growth, even as we carry those we’ve lost in our hearts.

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AND TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE

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