Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, Episode 174, Be Done Apologizing.

So many widows have a more difficult time loving life after their spouse dies because of all

the ways they think they aren't living up to a completely optional set of standards.

We think we need to change ourselves, but really we don't.

We need to change the way we think about ourselves. We need to put down the idea that we need to be

different. We need to consider that who we are and the way we do things might actually be okay.

It might actually even be amazing.

It might be something we can be proud of. It might be something that if we stopped listening to the mean thoughts in our mind about it, even the subtle ones, that we could actually lean into

and let ourselves enjoy. That's what I want to talk about on today's podcast. Let's be

done apologizing, shall we? 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.

Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain.

Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast.

I'm excited about today's topic. I feel it. I'm a little

fired up already. So be forewarned as far as what's going on in my world. So fall is in full

effect. You know I love fall if you've been listening to the podcast. I love fall. Actually,

waited until the first of September, or a little bit

after that, to even decorate for fall. Usually, man, mid-August, I'm there. But I waited a little

bit longer, but I love that it's starting to feel like fall where I live. We went to the state fair.

We got early Christmas presents, which I would not have ever imagined. I would like it this much, but it's this

back plus massager that I can put in the back of my office chair and then one for my neck. And oh, my gosh,

so amazing, well worth the money. Bought the Christmas presents early, opened them, enjoying them now.

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