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Ep 44: Do Not Constantly Push Down the Pain
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...
Ep 43: Death after Divorce
We’ve talked about not comparing divorce to becoming widowed as these are two very different circumstances - not the same thing at all. But what happens when after divorce, your ex passes away? Is it rehashing the old feelings? Why are you so devastated all over...
Ep 42: Don’t Miss Out on Life After Becoming Widowed
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 more...
Ep 41: Watch Out for Compounding Stresses as a Widow
Not only do we experience that huge shock of stress with the loss of our spouse, there are a tremendous number of secondary losses. Be aware that these compound and can even affect your health. Today's episode discusses a famous stress units scale and helps you...
Ep 40: Pushing Through Your Day
There were key insights and experiences in my first year as a widow that helped me strike out and rebuild a life for me. This is why I wrote WIDOWED - to share that journey and some of what I discovered along the way that helped me. Today I share a little taste of...
Ep 39: Special Announcement
Today my book, WIDOWED, is live on Amazon.com in Kindle Format and I'm offering it for FREE for the next 3 days. Details in this brief announcement. Event registration: http://lifefromtheauthorcastle.com Book web page: http://joannthelifecoach.com/widowed/
Ep 38: Comparing Divorce to Widowhood
Have you had someone say to you, "I'm not widowed, but I'm divorced and . . . ." There is never any good to come from comparing. Death and Divorce are not the same things, so why are we comparing them? In this episode, I also share about writing and the launch of...
Ep 37: Having Faith as a Widow
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...
Ep 36: The Coaching Thought Model
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 that I...
Ep 35: Widow Moments Update
A “widow moment” is when something small triggers an avalanche of emotion - like all that sadness has piled up while you were still in shock over the death of your spouse. So as the fog and layers of protection your brain has provided you starts to ease off and let...
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