209. Counterfactual Thinking in Grief

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

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever imagined alternative scenarios that could have prevented your person from dying? Going down the path in your mind of the would’ve, could’ve, should’ve things that have happened in the past is not logical, and yet, it’s extremely common in grief.

Hear what counterfactual thinking in grief looks like, why it’s a normal experience, and what you can do when you notice it happening for you.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/209

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 209, counterfactual thinking in grief.
0:10.3	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.
0:32.8	Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast. I've been meaning to do an episode on counterfactual
0:38.5	thinking for a while, and I'm glad I'm finally getting to it because I think it's important.
0:43.5	You want to understand it, and I want you to know how to deal with it. So that's what we're going to
0:46.9	talk about. We're going to talk about what it is, why we do it, two main reasons, and then three
0:52.7	things that you can do when you notice it happening to you,
0:55.9	which you probably will or have because it's very common in grief. So before we jump into that,
1:01.5	a couple of things. Thank you, thank you, thank you for those of you who left podcast reviews.
1:06.2	As a birthday present for me last week, I turned 48 on Saturday. And thank you so much for those of you
1:14.1	who left a review. If you haven't, I would love it if you did. It's my mission to get this podcast
1:18.7	out to as many widowed moms as possible. And when you rate and review the podcast, especially
1:23.6	review it. Not only does it help me know what you like about the podcast, but for some
1:28.1	reason, it makes the algorithm, you know, more responsive and send it to more people. So if you
1:33.8	haven't reviewed it or rated it, I would love it if you did. And then also, I'm so excited.
1:39.5	I get to travel again. I went to Spain to see my daughter in April, Greece in early May to be with
1:47.0	some of my coach friends. And coming up here in a couple of days, we're going to the Dominican
1:53.5	Republic, which I've never been to. And that will be our family vacation. So me, my partner,
1:58.9	and my two kids, and one of his two kids, the other one is working,
2:04.2	and he's just too cool to travel with us anymore. But at least the three kids and he and I are
2:10.4	going to go and enjoy a little VRBO, found a condo right on the beach, super affordable, which I love,
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