360. 5 Ways Widows Can Build Real Resilience
The Widowed Mom Podcast
Krista St-Germain
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
How do widows build real resilience?
It's not about "getting over it" or putting on a brave face; resilience is a skill you can develop. Whether you’re in the early stages of grief or looking to strengthen your emotional toolkit, this episode provides actionable strategies to build resilience from the inside out.
Tune in this week as I break down five key ways widows can build real resilience, and show you how they’ll help you take back control and start living a fuller, more intentional life, even in the midst of grief.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we jump into today's episode, I want to let you know about the mom goes on spring pass. |
| 0:07.0 | For a limited time, you'll get two weeks of support for those frustrating moments of widowhood |
| 0:12.5 | that your friends just don't understand. Like when your brain won't stop spinning at 2 a.m., when |
| 0:18.2 | decisions feel extra heavy, or when you just don't feel like yourself. |
| 0:22.8 | You won't have to sit alone trying to figure it out. You'll be supported by me and a community of |
| 0:28.7 | widows who truly get it, whether you join live calls or just stay connected in the app. |
| 0:34.3 | We're doing this again because it was so popular, but this is the last spring pass I'll |
| 0:39.1 | offer in 2026. Doors close May 4th, and we start May 6th. Go to Coaching with Krista.com |
| 0:46.2 | forward slash spring pass to get yours. Now on to the episode. |
| 1:02.3 | Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 360, five ways widows can build real resilience. |
| 1:12.6 | Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, the only podcast that offers a proven process to help you work through your grief, |
| 1:19.7 | to grow, evolve, and create a future you can truly look forward to. Here's your host, |
| 1:26.1 | master certified life coach, grief expert, widow, and mom, Krista St. Germain. |
| 1:30.3 | Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:33.4 | We're going to talk about resilience today. |
| 1:38.0 | It's one of those terms we throw around and we overgeneralize with it. |
| 1:41.2 | We don't ever really get into what exactly is resilience. |
| 1:43.2 | How do we actually build resilience? |
| 1:45.8 | And unfortunately, most of what we've been taught about resilience when we actually do hear something about it is not actually very |
| 1:51.1 | accurate or true. Most of us tend to think that resilience is about being strong or about pushing |
| 1:56.6 | through or getting over it. And that is absolutely not what resilience is. Resilience is something |
| 2:02.7 | that you build. And so in this episode, I want to show you five ways that widows can build |
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