365. Dear Widow: Advice From a Grief Coach
The Widowed Mom Podcast
Krista St-Germain
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I share six powerful lessons I wish someone had told me after I became a widow and the guidance I now give widows as a grief coach.
Tune in this week as I talk about the difference between consuming grief content and actually doing the work of healing. I explain why self-compassion matters, why getting the right support and tools is essential, and how widows often stay stuck waiting to feel ready before taking action toward the life they want. This episode is a reminder that fulfillment after grief is possible, and you deserve support getting there.
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Celebrate Turning 50 With Me!
As part of my 50 Widows Forward celebration, you can currently receive 10% off Grief Essentials or Mom Goes On. This offer ends June 20… or when 50 widows join. Get the discount code and more information by going to: https://the-widowed-mom-podcast.captivate.fm/50widowsforward
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Before we jump into today's episode, I want to let you know about something special I'm doing for my 50th birthday. |
| 0:07.6 | I'm calling it 50 Widows Forward. One thing I've learned in 50 years is that life doesn't wait, |
| 0:14.7 | and we shouldn't wait to move forward either. So, for a limited time, the next 50 widows who join either grief essentials or mom goes on will receive 10% off. |
| 0:27.5 | You deserve a life you can genuinely love. |
| 0:30.7 | And while listening to a podcast can absolutely help, most of us need more than just listening. |
| 0:36.5 | We need support and tools that help. I've never offered a |
| 0:40.8 | discount on my programs before and I may never do it again, but turning 50 feels like a pretty good reason. |
| 0:47.6 | The offer ends June 20th or when 50 widows join, whichever happens first. Go to coaching withchrista.com for all the details. |
| 0:57.3 | Now, on to the episode. |
| 1:01.7 | Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 365, |
| 1:07.2 | Dear Widow, Advice from a Grief Coach. |
| 1:12.4 | 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. |
| 1:26.5 | Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, |
| 1:29.7 | grief expert, widow, and mom, Krista St. Germain. Hey there, welcome to another episode of the |
| 1:37.5 | podcast. Okay, so first, happy birthday to me. I just turned 50. My birthday was last week, and it's kind of the inspiration |
| 1:47.7 | behind this podcast episode. So I have been thinking, as one does, when you hit a milestone |
| 1:54.3 | birthday, about what's important, what I want people to hear. And so this episode is what I really want widows to hear, not just new widows, |
| 2:03.8 | widows. This is the advice that I wish someone had given me, and this is the advice that I hope |
| 2:09.6 | will help you. So I have six things that we're going to talk about. Before I do that, though, |
| 2:14.7 | I also want to tell you, since it is my birthday, that I have decided to do something that feels fun to me. I've never done it before. And I don't know if I'll ever do it again, but it feels like the right time to do it, which is that I decided, because I know there's a lot of you out there who have been thinking about joining grief essentials |
| 2:34.2 | or thinking about joining mom goes on. Some of you for years. And I know because you come into the |
| 2:39.7 | program and you tell me that it took you two, three years of listening before you finally joined, |
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