Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 107, How to Know if you're Ready for Coaching.

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.

Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain.

Hey there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Just got back from Colorado, little trip to the

mountains and my dad's cabin over Memorial took my daughter, my son, the boyfriend, his youngest

son. And it was a lovely little trip, just kind of the right amount of time. Always have to

kind of prepare myself for

the grief grenades when I go to Colorado because, well, a couple of things happen. One is that we

always drive by the site of the accident where, you know, it all started really. And I don't

love that part. Never have. And then also,

of course, Hugo just loved Colorado. He loved being at my dad's property. He loved the mountains.

And so I have a lot of memories with him there. And it went so well this time. It's kind of gotten

easier every single time. And this, I think, was by far the least triggering, least stressful,

least emotional time at all. I almost didn't even notice, honestly, driving by that spot on the

highway, either coming or going. And that was different because almost every other time I've really, really noticed. So I hope that

when I tell you these stories, you aren't comparing and despairing. I hope you aren't thinking,

ugh, you know, here she is almost five years out and maybe I'm not that far along or I'm out

farther than that and, you know, it hurts worse for me or,

you know, making yourself feel bad. But I do like telling my story with hopes that it will

inspire you and, you know, lift you up if you're maybe worried that it's not going to get better

for you. I guess I just want to assure you that it will. It's definitely gotten so much better

for me. So let's get in to the episode,

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