Ep #21: When People Don’t Understand

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 October 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Join me on the podcast this week as I discuss why nobody can ever comprehend exactly what you’re going through, even other widows. Instead, you’ll discover how you can reframe your own thoughts about their perception of you, allowing you a way of out the inevitable judgment cycle that awaits if you choose to believe that other people’s understanding of you is important.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/21

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom Podcast, episode 21, when people don't understand.
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 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, welcome back to another episode of the podcast, Holy Cow, mid-October. I have no idea what happened
0:42.4	and how it went by so fast. But here we are. And today, I want to talk about when people don't
0:49.6	understand. Because part of learning to move through this widowed mom experience is learning how to deal
0:58.8	with the people in our lives because we don't live in a vacuum, right? There are people around us
1:04.2	at every turn and many of them don't understand what we've been through or what we're struggling with.
1:12.0	We're surrounded by people who have not walked in our shoes, our friends, our family,
1:18.3	our coworkers, even our children. So if you've ever felt frustrated or misunderstood, lonely, isolated. If you've wished people could
1:32.1	just get what you've been through and understand why it's so hard and cut you some more slack,
1:41.0	then you picked a good episode. Before we jump in, though, I want to give you a heads up.
1:48.4	As you listen to this episode, you might notice yourself feeling emotions you didn't expect.
1:54.9	You might feel a bit defensive, maybe even a little threatened. It's okay. Just be curious. Many of you won't feel that way,
2:03.8	but for those that do, I want to offer that it makes sense. Our minds already perceive that our
2:13.0	survival has been threatened, right? Your husband died. Your whole foundation was shaken. It's logical
2:20.5	that your sensitivity to perceived threats is already on red alert. Your fight or flight instinct
2:31.3	might be understandably on overdrive. So if you notice defensiveness,
2:37.4	it's okay. Just let it be there. Have some compassion for yourself. Don't make it mean anything's
2:43.1	gone wrong. Try to stay open and curious to what I have to offer. Deal? All right.
2:51.1	You know that one of my big goals is to reach a million women with this podcast.
2:58.2	And one of the things that is necessary for me to do that is for listeners like you to review
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