306. Sad in Spring: If Flowers Are Blooming, Shouldn’t I Be Happy?

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

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Do you look outside at the blooming flowers and singing birds and wonder why you don't feel as bright and cheerful as the season suggests you should?

You're not alone.

Sometimes spring brings up a very different kind of tension - when everything outside looks light and beautiful, but inside, it feels heavy and tender. Maybe even dark.

In this week's episode, I'm getting vulnerable and sharing my own experience with this seasonal disconnect, along with some gentle reminders that I think we all need to hear.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/306

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 306, sad in spring.
0:06.2	If flowers are blooming, shouldn't I be happy?
0:11.0	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.
0:24.8	Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain.
0:33.5	Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast.
0:37.4	Before we dive in to today's episode, I want to share
0:40.7	something personal. And it actually relates very well to what we're going to be talking about in
0:45.6	this episode of the podcast, which is that my partner and I have legally separated and he has moved
0:51.9	out. And it's something that happened rather quickly,
0:54.9	and it's something that I've been moving through quietly. And I'm ready to let you know what's
0:59.4	going on because honesty has always been important to me, especially on this podcast. If you've
1:05.3	been listening to a lot of this podcast, even if you weren't listening as the episodes,
1:10.2	you know, aired when they were originally
1:11.5	created. If you've gone back and listened, then you have been with me on quite the journey,
1:17.1	the journey of losing Hugo, the journey of figuring out how to be happy without being in a
1:22.4	partnered relationship, then deciding to date again a little bit, gosh, three and a half years after Hugo died,
1:29.5	I talked to you about what it was like to date and to get to know myself through the process
1:34.0	of dating, going into a COVID bubble with him, eventually buying my dream house and moving
1:40.8	in together and all the secondary losses that that brought up for me, how this big
1:45.6	beautiful house brought up all my imposter thoughts and fears and all the highs and lows of
1:51.1	combining our families and just life together since then.
1:54.2	And as I've recorded this podcast every week over the last six years, I have genuinely
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