299. Are You Struggling or Are You Sad?

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

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

I share a simple yet powerful mindset shift that can help you navigate your emotions with more ease and less suffering.

I explore the difference between struggling and feeling sad. By the end of this episode, you'll have a new perspective on sadness and a tool for creating more space for your feelings.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/299

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 299. Are you struggling or are you sad?
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.
0:32.9	Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast.
0:36.6	I am Krista St. Germain. If this is the first time you are
0:39.6	listening, and I am so happy that you decided to join me today. So today I want to talk about
0:44.9	the way that we experience struggle and the way that we experience sadness and how we can do one
0:52.0	without the other. So if you have ever felt like you're struggling
0:55.4	in your grief or with your sadness, then this episode is for you. And what I want to share with
1:00.8	you is a very simple shift that you can make in how you think about struggling. And it's one that I
1:07.9	hope will help you navigate sadness with more ease and more compassion for
1:13.6	yourself and of course with less suffering. So before we jump in, I want to remind you,
1:20.5	please subscribe to the podcast so that you don't miss an episode. And I would be so grateful
1:25.5	if you would leave a quick review. It's one of the best ways
1:28.8	to help other widowed moms find this free podcast. And I very much appreciate it when you do that.
1:34.5	So, okay, let's get into it. Here's how it all came to be. A couple of weeks ago, I had one of those days
1:40.6	that reminded me in real time of how powerful our thoughts are. And it was not my favorite of
1:48.9	days as some of the most opportune teaching moments come from. So my daughter and I had scheduled
1:57.6	an appointment to say goodbye to her 17-year-old cat Ella. And the cat was not just a pet,
2:04.6	right? The cat was family, especially for my daughter. She was a gift for my daughter on her
2:09.8	fourth birthday. So you can imagine all the things that that cat heard, right? This cat was her confidant, her comfort. When her dad and I got
2:22.0	divorced, when Hugo died, when COVID happened, right? All the big, especially downs in her life,
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