305. How to Give Yourself a Break And Why You Probably Need One

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

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

How often are you pushing yourself to the point of exhaustion?

For many widows, juggling work, children, household responsibilities, and grief creates a perfect storm where taking breaks seems impossible.

In this episode, I share the warning signs that your body and mind desperately need rest, how to redefine what a "break" actually means, and why making rest non-negotiable is essential for your wellbeing.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/305

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 305, how to give yourself a break and why you probably need one.
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	Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast. Okay, last chance. Grief Essentials starts tomorrow,
0:41.2	April 1st. It's my eight-week program for those who want to make early grief easier. I know how hard
0:47.1	early grief can be. And there are so many things I wish I would have known about how to make it
0:51.6	easier after Hugo died. And I want you to benefit from
0:54.4	that. So come join us in Grief Essentials. You can go to coaching with Krista.com forward slash grief
1:00.2	essentials and learn all about it and sign up. It is not too late. Okay, how to give yourself a break
1:07.1	and why you probably need one. I want to talk about something that I think might hit
1:13.9	close to home if you're like most of the widows I know, which is giving yourself a break.
1:19.2	And I don't mean just like, hey, you're doing a good job kind of break. I mean actually
1:24.3	resting without guilt. I have been catching myself recently pushing through to nearly exhaustion.
1:33.0	It has been a rough patch for me.
1:35.7	And I have been thinking I don't have time to slow down.
1:38.7	I have too much to do.
1:40.4	I hear this voice that says you can sleep when you're dead, which is not very helpful. And it's not
1:47.5	just about sleep, right? The truth is, I have needed to slow down. I have had this period
1:53.7	multiple times in my life, and lately I've been going through it too. And what I know for me
1:59.2	is that when my body says slow down, I need to listen.
2:04.3	If I don't listen, I'm going to get sick. And something as simple as getting more rest for me
2:11.7	helps getting off social media, you know, late at night especially. I set my phone to go off
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