285. Handling Holiday Triggers as a Widow

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

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Are you dreading the holidays as a widow? Do certain sights, smells, or sounds trigger painful memories and emotions during this festive season?

The holidays can be an incredibly challenging time when you're grieving the loss of a loved one, but being prepared and having a plan can make the experience more manageable. I explore practical strategies for handling holiday triggers with more ease and grace, and share tips for creating your personalized holiday resilience plan.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/285

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 285, handling holiday triggers as a widow.
0:10.8	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.
0:24.7	Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain.
0:33.3	Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast.
0:37.1	We're recording this really only a week before this episode drops a little bit later, the normal for me.
0:42.9	But here we are in November.
0:45.8	Halloween was so fun at my house.
0:48.4	We had more trick-or-treaters than we've ever had before.
0:50.5	My favorite little costume was a baby who came, well, toddler, who came as a sailor,
0:59.0	and then the parents had decorated the wagon that they were pulling around their toddler in
1:04.5	as a sailboat. And it was so cute, so cute. But it feels like fall, truly. It's rainy. It's lovely. I'm here in my office
1:14.1	in a cozy little hoodie and just recording this podcast episode here for you. So happy to be here.
1:21.0	I want to remind you that today is probably the last day to register for the happier holidays event. If you want to do it
1:29.7	live, coaching with Krista.com forward slash free holiday event is where you can do that. But if you're
1:35.9	listening on Monday, November 11th when this episode releases, that is the day we start. So I'm going to
1:41.8	go live and teach just for 30 minutes, for four days,
1:45.6	and give you four helpful tools that will make your holidays easier. And it kind of lends itself
1:51.9	well to what we're going to cover in this episode because I want to specifically talk in this
1:56.6	episode about handling holiday triggers as a widow, but there's so much more for you if you come
2:02.6	to the happier holidays event. And again, this year, I just decided to do it all for free.
2:07.1	I've done VIP versions in the past, and frankly, I just didn't want to mess with it.
2:12.6	I'm taking the easy route. So everybody gets everything for free. So a little pop-up Facebook group,
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