172. Asking for the Support You Need: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Pam Demke

The Widowed Mom Podcast

Krista St-Germain

Mental Health, Grief, Deathofpartner, Education, Widowedmom, Deathofspouse, Widow, Lossoflovedone, Health & Fitness, Husbanddied, Self-improvement, Posttraumaticgrowth, Lifeafterloss, Overcominggrief

4.6 • 649 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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I can’t believe I’ve created a business where I get to work with and change the lives of people like my guest today. Pam Demke is an OG Widowed Mom, and she's sharing her journey of widowhood, the wisdom she would offer her past self or new widows, and what has shifted in her life since she came to coaching.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 172, Widows Unfiltered, an interview with Pam Dempke.
0:10.2	Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, the only podcast that offers a proven process to help you work through your grief to grow, evolve, and create a future you can truly look forward to.
0:24.2	Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain.
0:32.9	Hey there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. What's good? What's happening in your neighborhood? So I promised
0:40.1	you an update. My daughter left for Costa Rica. And so far so good. It was not nearly as emotional as I
0:49.5	expected it to be. And I am confident that that is because I have been letting myself feel all the feelings for, I don't even know how I'm going to be. And I am confident that that is because I have been letting myself feel all the feelings
0:56.2	for, I don't even know how long since I found out about the trip. I did not resist them.
1:01.6	I did not try to coach myself out of them. I did not try to think positive thoughts. I just let
1:07.5	myself feel how I felt. and so much easier that way.
1:13.2	So everything is fine.
1:14.9	She made it.
1:15.3	No problem.
1:16.3	She left me the sweetest post-it notes all over the house.
1:19.4	I'm still finding them, which was such a delight.
1:22.5	She's just so creative and crafty and she hid them in all these places.
1:26.1	Apparently my son helped her and he told me
1:28.2	I'm going to be finding them for a long, long time. So that's been super fun. So thanks to those of you who
1:34.6	are sending her and me, your good mojo, actually got several emails. I just really appreciate it.
1:40.1	And even if you didn't email me, but you just thought of us, like, I really do appreciate it. So all as well. I will keep you posted on her adventures, but I think she's going to have a great
1:47.8	time and it's going to be a good learning experience. And it's good for me too. It's good growth for me.
1:51.8	So let's get into this week's episode. I know that I say this a lot because I do love all of my clients, but I really, really love Pam.
2:01.6	She's one of those people that when you meet her, you cannot help but love her.
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