320. The Invisible Ceiling After Loss

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

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

There’s an invisible ceiling above you, limiting what you believe is possible for your life after loss. You didn't put it there consciously, you probably can't even see it clearly, but you can feel its weight pressing down on everything you do. This quiet but powerful belief problem shapes your entire future without you even realizing it's there.

After losing your person, you put one foot in front of the other and get through the practical stuff. You hold it together for your kids, your job, your family. Eventually you reach a place where you're not in crisis mode anymore, but you're not really living either - you're just existing inside patterns that feel familiar and predictable but not great.

Most widows never stop to consider that the way they think about what's possible for their lives is just a habit, not a fact or fixed reality. This week, you'll discover why feeling stuck is so common and learn that possibility is something you can create based on the beliefs you choose to cultivate for yourself.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 320, The Invisible Sealing After Loss.
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.
0:32.8	Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast. Packing Mania. It continues coordinating all of the
0:40.1	bigger components of the move currently, seeing what I can get done, getting ready, close on the house
0:45.5	August 1st, which happens to be the death anniversary of my late husband, Hugo. Interestingly enough,
0:51.7	it will be nine years in August. So those wheels are all in motion,
0:55.9	and I'm trying to get a little bit more margin back into my podcast schedule. Usually I record
1:01.7	podcasts several weeks in advance lately. I've been recording them, like the day they are due.
1:06.2	So I'm going to record a few ahead of time so I can focus on the move, get that margin back,
1:10.0	feel a little more piece around my recording schedule. So I might not be giving you a ton of move updates until it's
1:15.2	all over. But thank you for cheering me on. I really do appreciate it. Okay. Let's dive into the
1:20.9	invisible ceiling after loss. If you have ever found yourself resigned or a little discouraged
1:27.0	and believing things like
1:28.8	this is just how life is now, or I guess this is just my new normal, you are not alone.
1:36.0	And today, I want to talk about something I call the invisible ceiling. It's a quiet but powerful
1:42.2	belief problem that can shape your entire future without you even realizing
1:47.6	it.
1:47.8	So let's talk about what it means, why it matters so much.
1:51.0	So first, what is the invisible ceiling?
1:54.2	After your person dies, you know this well.
1:57.3	So many things change.
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