298. Reimagining Valentine’s Day as a Day of Connection

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

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

What if I told you there was a way to reimagine Valentine's Day and make it a meaningful, connecting experience - even in the midst of grief?

I explore four pillars of connection that can transform Valentine's Day from a painful reminder of loss to an opportunity for love and belonging. Whether you choose to focus on one, two or all of these pillars, you have the power to make this holiday whatever you need it to be.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/298

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, Episode 298, reimagining Valentine's Day as a day of connection.
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.
0:37.3	Valentine's Day is almost here, and I want to talk
0:40.1	about it, hopefully make it a little bit easier for you, give you some other ways to think about it.
0:45.3	I know for me, I'm of course recording this a little bit early, but celebrating in that very near
0:51.9	to Valentine's Day, my dad should be coming home from his radiation
0:55.5	treatment in Houston at MD Anderson. So I'll be so excited to have him home and to have that
1:01.4	behind us. It has been, it's been a long year for him. And so just really looking forward to
1:08.0	having him come home soon. So, okay, I know Valentine's Day can bring up
1:12.2	lots of feelings. And so I just want to normalize that straight out of the gate. I also want to tell
1:17.3	you, if you want to skip Valentine's Day altogether and don't even give it a second thought,
1:21.9	totally fine. Okay, do that. Do whatever works for you. But if you want to think about it differently, then I want to give
1:29.3	you some options, right? You don't have to do it the way you've always done it. And thinking about it
1:34.8	in terms of a day of connection is something that I think there's a lot of value in. So if you're
1:39.6	looking for ideas to make the day feel a little more intentional, whether that's connecting with your kids or
1:45.6	your family or honoring your person or even just taking a moment for yourself, that's what this
1:51.3	episode is all about. So today we will explore how to reimagine Valentine's Day through four
1:57.9	pillars of connection, connection to self, connection to family, connection to
2:03.2	community, and connection to your late partner. So let's start with connection to self,
2:08.5	because at the end of the day, the relationship that you have with yourself is the foundation
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