362. Why Grief Isn’t Linear
The Widowed Mom Podcast
Krista St-Germain
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever thought, “I was doing better, so why am I falling apart again?”
In this episode, I want to reassure you that you are not back at the beginning, you are not failing, and you are not doing grief wrong. Grief was never meant to move in a straight line.
Tune in this week to learn why grief isn’t linear, why the traditional idea of “stages” can make us judge ourselves, and why recurring grief waves do not mean something has gone wrong. Instead, I’ll show you how to think about grief as a spiral: layered, human, and always meeting you from a new place.
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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. |
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| 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 |
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| 0:46.2 | forward slash spring pass to get yours. Now on to the episode. |
| 0:59.7 | Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 362, |
| 1:02.3 | Why Grief Isn't Linear. |
| 1:07.2 | Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, the only podcast that offers a proven process |
| 1:10.5 | to help you work through your grief to grow, |
| 1:14.2 | evolve, and create a future you can truly look forward to. |
| 1:18.9 | Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain. |
| 1:27.4 | Hey there, welcome to the podcast. If you have ever wondered. and mom, Krista St. Germain. |
| 1:34.6 | Hey there, welcome to the podcast. If you have ever wondered, I was doing better, why am I falling apart again? Or shouldn't I be further along by now? Or even am I sliding backwards? |
| 1:42.1 | This episode is for you. Today I want to talk about why grief isn't |
| 1:46.8 | linear, what that actually means, and why believing that it should be linear can make grief |
| 1:52.8 | harder than it needs to be. And I also want to connect that to something I see happening a lot |
| 1:58.3 | for widows, which is getting stuck in what I call a grief plateau. |
| 2:03.1 | So we're going to talk about the myth of linear grief, why so many traditional grief models |
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