187. The Emotional Stagnation Zone

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

🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The emotional stagnation zone is where many of us find ourselves as widows. The very last thing we want to do in grief is handle or bring on more intense emotions. So, it’s no surprise then that while life doesn’t feel terrible, it doesn’t feel exciting either. How we end up here makes sense, but we don’t have to stay in this place. If you’re ready to stop surviving and start thriving, listen in to find out why we get stuck in the emotional stagnation zone and how to get out.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/187

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 187, The Emotional Stagnation Zone.
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.
0:32.7	Hey there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. I am recording this a little bit in advance. You guys,
0:40.5	I just got the sweetest gift in the mail from a client. It's really so sweet. You know how I say
0:48.5	you got this all the time? She sent me the sweetest coffee mug and a little mouse pad and a little plaque for my desk and the most
0:56.6	lovely note. And what's so exciting to me, I mean, not only do I have the best clients, the most
1:02.5	kind, most loving clients in the whole wide world, but what's also so fun about this particular
1:08.6	client, Miss Mary, if you're listening, is that she's so new in the program and yet she's already using it and changing her life. And it's just really fun to watch. So Mary, thank you so much for your sweet gift. And man, I can't wait to see what happens at the end of month six.
1:29.9	Like, where will you be then?
1:31.1	So fun already.
1:32.3	All right.
1:33.2	I want to talk to you today about the emotional stagnation zone,
1:38.5	which is the term I use to describe where a lot of us find ourselves emotionally speaking as widows.
1:49.8	So we've talked a little bit about a grief plateau on this podcast. And if you haven't listened
1:55.2	to that episode or that's a new term for you, you might go back and listen. It's episode 184,
2:00.7	identifying a grief plateau.
2:03.2	But one of the things that contributes to our getting stuck in a grief plateau is how we approach
2:10.3	our emotions.
2:11.9	And as you listen to this, I want to make sure you know that I do not want anyone to feel bad when they listen
2:19.9	to this or feel badly, I guess I should say. I don't want you to feel badly. In fact, I really hope
2:25.3	you'll extend a whole lot of compassion to yourself. It's no wonder that we end up in the emotional
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