The air is changing, it is colder out, I hope you guys are feeling nice and cozy, maybe

it's just a warm mug of something that you love to drink, maybe it's coffee, maybe it's

cozy, maybe for this episode you'll need a little whiskey. We've got such an interesting

guest on this week, I am so excited to introduce her and just a fair little trigger warning

up top, up top, we are talking about death and grief. So if you're not ahead space to

talk about that right at this very moment, completely understand, but also, hey, maybe

this is exactly what you need if you are personally going through any of these life's

moments. This week's guest, I am so happy to introduce her. She is a widowed mom who

changed her career to become a post traumatic growth and grief expert and life coach to help

other widowed moms learn to love their lives again. She is also the host of the widowed

mom's podcast. Welcome, Christa, say, Jermaine, thank you. It's always nice when other people

want to talk about grief and it's not just me. I'm not going to lie, I was like anxious

and nervous because it's such a taboo subject matter, I guess. What's the best way to start

this podcast off to just shake off any nervousness or excited energy? What's the best way

to just be like, we're talking about this. Yeah, that's just it, right? That's why it's

so uncomfortable because we don't talk about it. So all we have to do is just talk about

it and then it gets easier. Okay, well, then let's get right into it. I guess the obvious

slash, maybe not so obvious question is, why would you get into this work yourself? Didn't

plan on it. I'll tell you that. This was never in my plan. When I was 40, I had been through

my first marriage, kind of went down in flames, got married again, redemption story, right?

Like perfect guy, proof that you can be treated the way that you deserve and want to be treated

and that relationships can be easy. And I was just on this real high in my life. And we

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