319. When Your Grief Includes Anger

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 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

When Hugo died, people kept assuming I'd be furious at the driver who had meth and alcohol in his system. But the anger just wasn't there - it felt like a tragedy, not a betrayal. The emotions I carried were heavy with sadness and shock, but not the white-hot rage everyone expected.

This time around, with my recent breakup and having to sell the house, I'm experiencing wave after wave of intense anger. Maybe you've been caught off guard by unexpected waves of anger, or perhaps you're wondering why you're not feeling angry when everyone expects you to be.

Join me this week as I share my own real-time experience with anger in grief, and how drastically different it can look from one loss to another. I'll show you how to let these waves of emotion move through without letting them drive your choices, whether your anger comes early, late, or not at all.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/319

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 319, when your grief includes Anchor.
0:10.2	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. Quick little life update for me, which you'll see will segue
0:40.4	nicely into today's topic. In fact, it's kind of the reason for today's topic. So I've been
0:45.4	bringing you along in this story of how I have been working to list the house to get it sold,
0:52.2	all the things going through this breakup since
0:55.2	spring. And good news on the house front, which is that we had pictures taken last week. The
1:03.7	videos turned out amazing and sent them to the neighborhood. My real estate agent reached out to her
1:10.7	contacts. And then that was
1:13.2	Sunday by Monday. We had people who wanted showings, did a couple of showings Monday and Tuesday.
1:18.6	By Wednesday had two offers. And I accepted an offer on Wednesday also Tuesday night.
1:24.9	At the same time someone was checking out my house. Another house popped on the
1:28.5	market. I went and checked it out. I made an offer. And on Wednesday, I had accepted an offer and my offer
1:33.5	had been accepted. So all good things. In terms of quick progress, it is the right decision for me
1:41.6	to move. And shortly thereafter, I got a text message from the real
1:48.0	estate agent and she said, the buyers of your house are so excited and they want to come over and
1:53.8	show some family the house. Can they do that? Which means, of course, you know, I would need to
1:58.0	leave the house and give them some space so they can check it out.
2:05.2	And of course, I am really excited that someone loves my house.
2:13.9	And also, the anger I noticed I felt in that moment, because a huge part of me doesn't want to leave this house.
2:16.2	I know it's the right decision for me.
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