Ep #95: Playing the Widow Card

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

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how to use your widow card, if you want to, in a way that empowers you and allows you to make decisions in your own best interest. You never need an excuse after what you’ve been through, but I’m sharing how to get crystal clear on your reasons for playing the widow card, so you can start using it in a way that really serves you.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, episode 95, playing the widow card.
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	Have you ever asked yourself when it's okay to play the widow card and for how long?
0:39.2	Or maybe you've never heard of a widow card and you have no idea what I'm talking about.
0:44.4	Either way, this episode is going to make you think about why you might want to play it and why you might not.
0:51.7	And I'll give you three no-fail questions to answer so you can decide for
0:57.1	yourself. First, though, a little update inside my life. I don't think I've given you one in a while.
1:03.8	Got to watch my girl play volleyball quite a bit these last couple of months, even with COVID. She was
1:09.6	able to play the sport that she loves
1:11.3	so much and shorter season than normal, but better than no season. So we got to do a little bit
1:17.2	of traveling, a little bit of watching her play. And bless her heart, she was super flexible.
1:23.4	She's really not a setter or doesn't think of herself as a setter. And seems like coaches keep recognizing that she has the ability to set. So she's really not a setter or doesn't think of herself as a setter and seems like coaches keep
1:29.3	recognizing that she has the ability to set. So even though she wants to be a hitter, she was a team
1:34.4	player and set whenever they asked her to. She got to do a lot of hitting too, but she did a lot of
1:39.5	setting. And I was really proud of just the positive attitude that she had.
1:46.9	And it's fun to watch her play or sport.
1:51.6	Then, boyfriend and I celebrated a year.
1:53.1	We're past a year now.
1:54.2	It's like 13 months.
2:03.6	And I got the most beautiful ring for our one year anniversary. It's like a little promise ring that he surprised me with a little infinity band with pave diamonds on three sides. I'm not hating it. I'll say that. I'm not
2:11.1	hating it. I'm not hating it. I'm very lucky and I'm very happy that he's in my life and enjoying time
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