Ep #108: Being Both Parents

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

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

If you’re currently telling yourself that you have to be both parents to compensate for the other person’s strengths, I want to let you know that this line of thinking is completely optional. We can put almost anything behind “the other parent was __ and I’m not,” but I’m offering you 4 alternative thoughts instead that hopefully show you that you get to choose how you want to see your role as a solo parent.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/108

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 108, being both parents.
0:10.3	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
0:23.2	to.
0:24.2	Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain.
0:32.7	Hey there.
0:33.7	Welcome to another episode of the podcast.
0:36.0	Whether you have little kids or grown kids or somewhere
0:39.5	in between, trying to be both parents is a common struggle for widowed moms everywhere.
0:46.3	My hope is that today's episode will give you a different perspective and help ease your struggle.
0:52.5	And before we get into that, I want to do a quick listener shout out.
0:55.5	I haven't done one of those in a while. This one came from a reviewer that calls themselves
1:01.8	J-U-D-L-U-K. And the title of the review is Life Can Go On. And J-U-D-L-U-K wrote,
1:09.5	I have podcast surfed and finally found my home.
1:13.3	I was referred to Krista's Mom Goes On coaching program.
1:16.2	Thank the Lord, through someone who personally went through the coaching program.
1:19.9	I was so hesitant.
1:21.4	The cost, the time to devote, the time spent away from my bed and sleeping my life away.
1:30.0	But I did join, and I can't stop listening to the podcast. Thank you, Krista, for getting me out of bed. I have some suspicions on who this person is,
1:37.9	but I just want to say thank you for that review because I think sometimes people are listening to
1:41.6	the podcast and maybe judging themselves.
1:45.2	Are you judging yourself?
1:46.1	Are you telling yourself that you should be further along or that there's something wrong with you
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