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For people who have lost their spouse, referring to one’s self as a widow sometimes brings a lot of emotions to the surface. In fact, I avoided calling myself a widow for quite some time because [...]

If there is one thing I can be absolutely sure of, it’s that everyone listening to this podcast has a tendency to people-please. I know this because, for the longest time, I did this as well. [...]

When people apply for my Mom Goes On group coaching program, I ask them to list the three emotions they experience most regularly. Overwhelm is easily one of the most common that I see, and [...]

I had a conversation recently with a widow who told me, “You have it all together.” Now, I guess she saw me on social media and heard me on the podcast, so she had this idea of me as this person [...]

Under some circumstances, it might be considered too early to start talking about the holidays. However, when you’re facing the holidays without your person, especially if it’s the first time, we [...]

The motivational triad as we know it, the three things that keep us motivated, are to seek pleasure, avoid pain, and be efficient. The human brain following these three guidelines has helped us [...]

Are you aware that there is a connection between the thoughts you think, the feelings you feel, and the actions that you take? I didn’t know this for a long time, but getting my head around this [...]

A huge part of the work of widowhood is learning how to deal with the people around you. As we know, not everybody is going to think you’re making the best decisions, and it might feel like some [...]

Cognitive bias is important to understand for anyone, but when you’ve gone through something like grieving the loss of your person, it will have a huge impact on your ability to live a positive [...]

Trying to decipher where you are in the mourning process can be very confusing. The “five stages of grief” is one theory people circle back to, but these stages don’t actually apply to [...]