Ep #102: Sex and Widowhood - Part 2: Worries and Fears

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

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Are you ready to become the boss of your sex life? I’m breaking down how to do so by first addressing 3 of the top worries about the act of sex, 6 fears we have about what will happen during sex, and how to handle all of it with grace and compassion for yourself.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/102

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 102, Sex and Widowhood, Part 2,
0:07.6	Worries and Fears. Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, the only podcast that offers a proven
0:15.7	process to help you work through your grief, to grow, evolve, and create a future you can truly look
0:23.2	forward to.
0:24.5	Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista
0:30.8	St. Germain.
0:33.0	Hey there.
0:34.6	Welcome to Sex and Widowhood Part 2. If you haven't listened to Part 1, I would suggest that you stop and go back and listen to last week's episode, catch up on Part 1 where I cover the biggest myths that I hear widowed moms worried about as it relates to sex and then come back and let's dive
0:56.7	into part two worries and fears. Okay, in this episode, I'm going to cover some of the most
1:04.9	common worries and fears that widows have about sex. We had quite the discussion about it inside my mom goes on group coaching
1:14.6	program. And these are also the issues that have come up over and over when I've coached on the
1:20.6	subject. Now, I'm sure there are probably more worries and fears that I won't cover in this
1:25.7	episode, but I'm going to cover some of the biggest,
1:28.6	most frequent worries and fears that I see. And I'm going to break them up into two categories.
1:33.1	The first is about sex and the act of sex. And the second category is worries and fears we
1:41.8	have about what happens or what will happen during sex. So first,
1:47.2	about sex. Number one, I'm worried about STDs and I don't know how to have conversations about it.
1:55.0	The whole thing feels just terribly awkward. So if this is you, first I would say good for you. Good for you
2:02.9	for having the foresight to think about STDs. One of my mom goes on members who just actually
2:09.2	recently graduated is a sex educator and she piped in on our discussion inside the group
2:13.7	and shared that STDs are pretty common among people who aren't needing birth control
2:18.0	anymore because they just forget. They forget that infections can be spread through sexual
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