by Joann Filomena | Jun 4, 2017 |
Hitting the “pause button” on grief because you throw yourself into work or put all your energy into making sure your kids are okay will eventually catch up. You can pause grief, but that is not healing. The grief eventually turns up again. So how to...
by Joann Filomena | Dec 2, 2016 |
Just the thought of being widowed equals “destitute widow” in our mind. In times of yore, the word widowed and destitute were almost synonymous. Falling prey to financial drama will indeed hold you back. Find the mindset to turn financial fears around! Read...
by Joann Filomena | Nov 20, 2016 |
Are you ignoring the pain of loss, pushing it down, telling yourself “I’m okay, I got this?” This is a definite trend in the sisterhood. We think we can just tie on our red cape and push forward. But all that bottled up emotional pain is going to push right back in...
by Joann Filomena | Nov 4, 2016 |
Don’t miss out on life. Why does one widow stay stuck for years and lose even a decade plus of living, and another widow uses the pain and fear to push forward? One widow is not smarter, better, more emotionally stable than the other. One widow does not have...
by Joann Filomena | Sep 30, 2016 |
Have you received signs that you are certain are from your spouse? Sometimes all it takes is an awareness. Sometimes, it is completely unmistakable! Today I share more stories based on faith that those who have deceased are indeed still with us. I also talk about...
by Joann Filomena | Sep 23, 2016 |
It is not the events in our lives that shape us – it is what we believe about those events. It is what we make it mean in our life. How do we find our way out of the excruciating emotional pain of loss to move ahead in our life? The coaching thought model...