Ep #134: The Closure Myth

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

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

I hear so often from widows that they can’t move forward in their lives until they understand why or how their person died, and what exactly happened. But this is the closure myth, and I’m inviting you to see how you truly don’t need closure to live a life you love.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/134

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 134, The Closure Myth.
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.
0:33.9	Welcome to another episode of the podcast.
0:39.2	I'm going to talk about closure today,
0:47.7	the closure myth and little updates see from my world. So last weekend we had little cookie decorating and gift exchange event at my house for my daughter's volleyball team. That was fun,
0:53.6	a lot of laughter. They played a really
0:55.0	fun game that I've never seen before. It was like a telephone game where someone writes
0:59.6	something down like Santa coming down the chimney with presents. And then the next person tries to
1:06.4	draw that. And then the next person tries to write down what the person before them drew. And then the
1:14.7	next person writes down what the other person drew and it just goes on and on. And it's like a
1:19.0	big game of telephone. And at the end, you end up with something completely different than the
1:24.8	original message that the first person started with, and it was hilarious.
1:28.6	So if you're looking for a game to play, I recommend that one.
1:31.4	Then in less exciting news, last night at practice, she sprained her ankle, went up for a block,
1:38.5	came down, landed on another player, and oof.
1:42.3	But at least the x-rays today showed that there are no broken bones but we'll be
1:47.1	looking at crutches for the foreseeable future and so everyone send your best healing energy
1:53.7	her way because this is not exactly what we were looking for this holiday season but we know
1:58.2	how that goes right okay let's get into closure. Often, I will get
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