234. From Why Me to Why Not Me?: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Paula Fleming

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

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The loss of Paula’s husband left her deep widow fog, feeling like nothing was grounding her, only wishing she could be where he was. She was terrified of surrendering to her emotions in fear of falling into a downward spiral with no way out, but she found the support she needed.

Hear Paula’s experience of widow fog, the realizations she had about life after losing her husband, and the whirlwind adventure she went on with her children.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/234

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 234, Widows Unfiltered, an interview with Paula Fleming.
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
0:23.2	to. Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista
0:30.5	St. Germain.
0:32.9	Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast. I just got back from visiting one of my team members
0:41.8	and friends, Jamie. You've probably listened to her episode of the podcast called Surviving the First
0:46.6	Year with Jamie Galleon. And I went to Denver where she lives last week for a pink concert. It was
0:53.6	amazing. And while I was there, I actually got to
0:57.8	spend time with the person you're about to hear from, Paula. We had lunch and a few of my former clients
1:05.4	were there. Paula is still in the master's program, but also I got to hang out with Carol and Laura
1:09.2	and Jamie, of course. And it was really so fun
1:12.0	to spend some time with her in person. And then the next day from Jamie's house, record the podcast
1:17.7	episode that you're about to listen to. It's long overdue. I really don't know why Paul and I
1:22.5	haven't recorded a podcast before because I've known her for several years now. She's been and mom goes on
1:27.4	and mom goes on and mom goes
1:27.8	on masters since like mid-2020. But I'm really excited to bring you her story. What I love about Paula,
1:35.7	so many things, but what I think you'll love about Paula too is she's just super authentic and
1:41.0	honest. She never tries to pretend to be anybody other than who she is. She's always so
1:46.9	willing to get coached and be vulnerable. And I just think you'll resonate to so much of what she
1:53.5	says. So I'll stop talking and let you listen to this episode, Widows Unfiltered an interview with Paula Fleming. Enjoy.
2:03.6	All right, Paula, welcome to the podcast. I'm so glad you're here. Thank you for having me.
2:09.5	I'm excited. It feels like forever. I'm not quite sure why we didn't do this a long time ago,
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