235. Holiday Help for Widows

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

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

You probably understand this intellectually, but there is no right or wrong Holiday experience. That includes your family’s traditions, what other people expect of you, and even how you think your spouse might have wanted you to spend the Holidays.

If any of it doesn’t feel aligned with you, this episode is your invitation to rewrite the rules of your Holiday experience.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/235

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 235, holiday help for widows.
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	Hi, my name is Krista Weedle, different Krista. My husband died unexpectedly in May of 2022 at the age of 60. I had two adult children from a previous marriage and Dan and I had a 14-year-old together. His mother died five days later. I wasn't one to stay in bed. I kept pressing on with life because I had a wonderful teenager and I didn't want her to spiral.
0:55.5	I didn't know anybody else my age that had been through this. Nobody really understood what I was
1:01.0	feeling or going through. Doing Google searches, five months in, I found the widowed mom podcast
1:07.1	and binged the entire thing. I joined Mom Goes on in the 11th month. I wish I had joined it
1:13.3	sooner. Everyone in the group understands. Everyone loves and supports each other. We learn and grow
1:20.3	and move forward together. There is nothing like it. Don't wait. Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast. So I'm recording this
1:30.4	one a little bit in advance, as I try to do to give myself some margin. By the time you're
1:35.6	listening, if you listen on Monday when this episode releases, you will have already survived
1:40.2	the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. So kudos to you. I don't know how it went.
1:46.8	But I wanted to record this episode. It's not going to be a long one. But because I think this time
1:52.5	of year as a widow, whether you are a brand new widow, whether you have been widowed for a while,
1:57.8	can be so very challenging. And I just want to give you five things to consider
2:02.4	that will help. Plus, some links to some other free resources and podcast episodes and the
2:09.8	like. Okay. So also, what's bringing me joy right now? Coaching on the couch is this weekend,
2:15.9	very excited to have 10 of my mom goes on clients come to my
2:20.9	house. We're going to spend the day coaching in my living room. I'm bringing in yummy food. And then we're
2:27.3	going to go out to dinner to a lovely little restaurant. And it's going to be an amazing day. So super
2:32.5	excited about that. And tonight, sadly,
2:36.2	I've got to take down the Halloween decorations. So sad. I didn't have as many trick or treaters
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