loss of loved one

When you become a widow, suddenly everyone approaches you with some well-intentioned advice. This is one of those 'widow rules' we hear about all the time!

"They" say not to make any big changes in the first year of widowhood. But you have to consider, on an individual basis, if this makes sense to you or not.

Here are some instances where big changes just make more sense!

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This week's podcast guest is no stranger to grief and loss. Emily Thiroux Threatt is our special guest on the podcast today. She has been widowed twice and shares her journey through both losses, how she coped with grief, and how she is finding happiness and joy through creativity and new pursuits!

We chat about:

~ How Emily quit her job to become a full time caregiver and had to start all over again after losing her first husband, Jacques.

~ How certain friends start to distance themselves, but then life surprises us and the right people come into our lives at the exact right time!

~ How Emily told herself to start saying YES to invitations, and her world opened up to brand new adventures!

~ Emily signed up on Match.com reluctantly after her friend persuaded her to. She met Ron and the two were married a few years later!

~ Ron fell ill and died of congestive heart failure. They had been married for 10 years.

~ Emily wrote a book called Loving And Living Your Way Through Grief! Her new book is coming out in April!

~ Best advice: take care of yourself!

You can find Emily at www.lovingandlivingyourwaythroughgrief.com

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I had the pleasure of talking to our returning guest, Laurice Duffy this week on the podcast! It's been 2 years since our first interview on Episode 10 and we had a lot of catching up to do!

Laurice and I chat about:

~ Her time as a caregiver to her husband Kevin, who passed away from ALS in 2018.

~ Her decision to choose life coaching as a way to learn coping skills and eventually help others.

~ How she started the non-profit, The Kindness Matters Mission, that offers scholarships to high school students!

~ How she coaches women and started her own podcast, Aligned and Awakened!

~ How she wrote a book called Raising Hope, that's available now!

You can get her book at https://www.widow180.com/products

Find Laurice on IG: @amindfuljourney.ld

She has 2 Facebook groups: A Mindful Journey and Rise

Watch the FREE video called Kicking Loneliness To The Curb! Go to https://www.widow180.com/lonely

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Last week in the WidowSquad weekly meeting, we were doing a group exercise and choosing our Word Of The Year. Are you familiar with this exercise? It's a very powerful tool to help us stay motivated and focused throughout the year. 

One of our lovely WidowSquad members chose the word PATIENCE. Great word, right?!

She felt like she needed to have more patience with herself. She noticed she was being really hard on herself for "not feeling better by now". This sparked a whole conversation about how this healing process takes time. Grieving takes time. Healing a broken heart takes time. 

I hope you enjoy this episode and please share it with a friend! Also leave a rating and review on the podcast and I'll read it on air!

Don't forget to grab your seat in the Finding Purpose And Meaning After Loss Program For Widows starting soon! You know you are meant for more! You know you want to make an impact on the world! You know you want to make some big changes in your life! Let's do this together!

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Hope is believeing with confidence that good things will happen in the future.

Whatever place you're in right now, whatever you're feeling in this season is right for you. It's where you need to be.

I ask you and encourage you, no matter what you're feeling, no matter the high or the low you're in right now, to move into this new year with hope!

Hope will carry you through this next year.

This episode will tell you why!

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The benefits of reflection are so often overlooked, especially when grieving, when we're feeling like we're just trying to stay afloat. We're so busy adjusting to our new life, our new normal, that we don't tak the time to stop and look at ourselves, not just to praise ourselves, but to see how we're managing it all. 

Reflection is a process. You need to slow down. It requires you to get vulnerable. But it's also a process that can lead to valuable insights and even breakthroughs! 

Grab a pen and your journal and let's get started answering these powerful questions!

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We're starting today's podcast with a quote from Marcus Aurelius and he says "The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength." This is an important quote because today's topic on the podcast is anxiety.

This podcast episode covers 3 ways you can manage anxiety during the holidays AND any time of year, for that matter. 

If you take away anything from today, I want you to remember this: You have power over the panic! You have the power within you, the strength within you, to calm your mind.

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You are welcome here!

Have a safe and happy holiday!

 

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Anita Coyle's husband Jason died suddenly one night while swimming at a local rec center. Their kids were 12, 8, 5, and 2 years old at the time. Jason was only 42. Just one week later, Anita was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. In today's episode Anita shares some of her biggest struggles in dealing with loss for the past 4 years.

Anita and I chat about:

~ how difficult it is to face the unexpected AND expected grief triggers, like having to work at the same hospital that Jason was taken to the night he passed away.

~ How parenting has been the hardest part of being a widow for Anita

~ How finding healthy coping mechanisms is a must for your own well-being and sanity!

~ How important it is to always have something to look forward to!

~ How Anita partnered up with Mel Shore and created the Widow We Do Now podcast!

~ Anita and Mel have spoken at Camp Widow 5 times!

~ Her biggest piece of advice for widows is to have patience. There's so much time to figure stuff out. There's nothing you can do to speed it up!

To reach Anita you can go to https://www.widowwedonow.com

You can find the Widow We Do Now Podcast on Apple and Spotify!

Need some extra help this holiday season? Get a copy of the book The Widow's Holiday Guidebook today! It's 45 Days of Self-Reflection, Self-Compassion, and Self-Care! Download at https://www.widow180.com/books

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When you are suffering the loss of someone in your life and you are genuinely and completely buried in grief, it's pretty damn hard to find anything to be grateful for.

When we feel the overpower of grief, we can get into a gratitiude slump.

Here's a way to uplevel your gratitude game and REALLY feel the emotion of gratitude again!

Wanna talk about more important "widow" topics? Get into the WidowSquad and let's chat! We're running a promotion this week where you get 2 weeks FREE! There's no better time than now, when the holidays feel stressful, than to get in here for some amazing group support!

Go to https://widowsquad.com

If groups aren't your thing but you still need some help this holiday season, get a copy of my book The Widow's Holiday Guidebook today! It's 45 days of self-reflection, self-compassion, and self-care! AND it's only $7! Go to https://www.widow180.com/books

 

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Welcome to Life After Losing Mom With Kat Bonner. In this episode, we’re joined by, Diane Langness. On this episode, Diane shares how joining the military gave her confidence and how you can have more confidence in your life.

What To Listen For

• Diane story of piecing together the facts about how her mother died in an accident.
• How Diane and her sister were left to basically raise themselves.
• The impact that seeing a woman in uniform had on Diane’s life.
• How getting involved with other women who have lost their mom enabled Diane to realize she’s not alone.
• How losing her mother at a young age played into Diane’s self-esteem growing up.
• The idea that being kind to yourself is key to managing your grief.
• Strategies for increasing your confidence.
• How Diane remembers that her mom is always with her in spirit.

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Change happens, but what happens to your creative nature when loss strikes? What's normal? What's not? Today we have resiliency, change and loss coach Teresa Bitner on the show to answer these questions. Teresa is the author of the new book Soul Love: How a Dog Taught Me to Breathe Again.This book is a must read journey through loss and healing. Teresa shares her story in an amazingly honest way and I'm glad to have her onboard to share her insights with you today. For a copy of Teresa's book: https://www.boldfulfilledlifecoach.com/the-book.html

When you love deeply, it hurts to lose that love. Whether the person you love dies, abandons you, cheats on you, turns on you, or continues to live in the same house but with no love shown, you will find yourself in the powerful grasp of grief.

We see it with people whose spouses fall in love with another. We witness it in a straying spouse who decides to come home but now has to deal with the loss of the other relationship. We feel our hearts break when it is a child struggling to understand why a parent isn't there any longer. We hurt for the parent who loses a child to death.

Is there hope? 

Can life be good again?

Yes. There is a process. It works.

In this program, Dr. Joe Beam brings on special guest David Matthews. Along with his wife Debbie, he founded Spark of Life (www.sparkoflife.org) in 2008. Spark of Life exists to instill hope that, though life can never be the same after loss, life can be rich and fulfilling. Among other resources, they offer Grief Recovery Retreats to those who have experienced loss.

David and Debbie are also certified leaders of Dr. Beam's intensive weekends for marriages in trouble.

During this live call-in program, David will explain the process for dealing with loss of love so that life can again be full. He and Dr. Beam will also take callers who are dealing with the loss of love...from losing a spouse, to losing a parent, to losing a child, to losing a lover...or whatever loss you are experiencing or have experienced. Call live beginning at 9 p.m. Central time, Tuesday, November 15 by dialing 646-378-0424.

If your children are suffering loss just as you are - (for example, the other parent has left) - invite them to listen to the program with you. After the program, you can find the recording on iTunes by subscribing free to Marriage Radio. Share the recording link with anyone you believe will benefit from this.

When you love deeply, it hurts to lose that love. Whether the person you love dies, abandons you, cheats on you, turns on you, or continues to live in the same house but with no love shown, you will find yourself in the powerful grasp of grief.

We see it with people whose spouses fall in love with another. We witness it in a straying spouse who decides to come home but now has to deal with the loss of the other relationship. We feel our hearts break when it is a child struggling to understand why a parent isn't there any longer. We hurt for the parent who loses a child to death.

Is there hope? 

Can life be good again?

Yes. There is a process. It works.

In this program, Dr. Joe Beam brings on special guest David Matthews. Along with his wife Debbie, he founded Spark of Life (www.sparkoflife.org) in 2008. Spark of Life exists to instill hope that, though life can never be the same after loss, life can be rich and fulfilling. Among other resources, they offer Grief Recovery Retreats to those who have experienced loss.

David and Debbie are also certified leaders of Dr. Beam's intensive weekends for marriages in trouble.

During this live call-in program, David will explain the process for dealing with loss of love so that life can again be full. He and Dr. Beam will also take callers who are dealing with the loss of love...from losing a spouse, to losing a parent, to losing a child, to losing a lover...or whatever loss you are experiencing or have experienced. Call live beginning at 9 p.m. Central time, Tuesday, November 15 by dialing 646-378-0424.

If your children are suffering loss just as you are - (for example, the other parent has left) - invite them to listen to the program with you. After the program, you can find the recording on iTunes by subscribing free to Marriage Radio. Share the recording link with anyone you believe will benefit from this.