The Widowed Mom Podcast
By Krista St-Germain
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Episodes: 260
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The Widowed Mom Podcast offers practical and empowering strategies for widowed moms who believe in the possibility of loving life again but sometimes worry their best days are behind them. If you want more than traditional therapy and grief groups can offer, if you’re stuck in an emotional pattern and feel like you can’t get free, if you want help navigating the unique challenges of being a widowed mom with support that is uplifting and honest, this is the podcast for you. In each episode, Certified Life Coach, widow and mom, Krista St-Germain, will teach you small, manageable steps and techniques to help uncover what’s holding you back and show you how to create a future you can actually look forward to. You may not believe it yet but you CAN move through your grief and live a life you love. If you want to learn more, head over to coachingwithkrista.com.
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258. Answering the Dreaded “How Are You Doing?” Question
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May 06, 2024 |
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257. How to Know When You’re Done with Grief
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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256. Navigating Deathiversaries: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Wendy Alcanter
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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255. Acceptance Is Not a Place
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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254. Your Pain Is Not Your Connection
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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253. Prioritizing Pleasure as a Widow
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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252. When Do Widows Need a Life Coach?
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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251. When It’s Okay to Give Up
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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250. You Are the Context, Not the Content: A New Perspective on Widowhood
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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249. Uncommon Widowhood
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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248. More Myths About Grief Part 2
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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247. More Myths About Grief Part 1
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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246. What Widows Need to Know About Grief Theory
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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245. A Valentine’s Day Take-Back for Widows
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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244. No Motivation Required
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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243. The Best Way to Create What You Want as a Widow
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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242. If Self-Care Feels Terrible, You’re Probably Doing It Right
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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241. Game 1 vs Game 2: The Top 7 Mistakes
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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240. Game 1 vs Game 2
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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239. Make 2024 a Should-Free Year
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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238. Does Coaching Conflict with Your Faith? A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Darlene Barnett Carter
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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237. Stop Saying “5 Stages of Grief”
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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236. The Gratitude Trap
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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A Bonus Special Announcement
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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235. Holiday Help for Widows
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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234. From Why Me to Why Not Me?: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Paula Fleming
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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233. Unapologetic Tears
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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232. Why Happiness Sometimes Feels Scary for Widows
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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231. How to Live a Life That Includes Suffering: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Dr. Lucy Kalanithi
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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230. Feeling like a Widowhood Outcast
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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229. I Was Always Going to Be a Widow
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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228. The Fear of Forgetting Them
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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227. Why Tough Topics Are Hard to Talk About: An Interview with Anna Sale
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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226. Creating More Time
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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225. Avoiding Grief on Purpose: The Dual Process Model Explained
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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224. The Power of Investing in Yourself: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Alexis Cuthbert
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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223. When It’s Useful Not to Know
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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222. An Interview with Eleanor and Litsa from the What’s Your Grief Podcast
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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221. Making Decisions in the First Year, or When Big Decisions Have Deadlines
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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220. Advice from Other Widows
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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219. When There’s No Template for Widowhood: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Erica Lee
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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218. Time Doesn’t Heal Our Grief
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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217. What You Need to Know About Regressing in Grief
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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216. Secondary Losses
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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215. Investing in What You Want Matters: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Cindy Arcuri
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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214. Good Isn’t Great: A Love Letter for Widowed Moms
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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213. How to Create Everything You Want: An Interview with Corinne Crabtree
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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212. Why I Rarely Recommend Journaling for Widowed Moms
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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211. Father’s Day Do’s and Don’ts for Widowed Moms
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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210. Asking for What You Need: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Dani Nyman
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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209. Counterfactual Thinking in Grief
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May 29, 2023 |
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208. Grief, Patriarchy and Post-Traumatic Growth: A Conversation with Kara Loewentheil and Krista St-Germain
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May 22, 2023 |
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207. Learning to Receive in Grief
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May 15, 2023 |
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206. From the Depths of Despair to Finding Hope for the Future: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Cindy
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May 08, 2023 |
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205. Spot Your Grief ANTs
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May 01, 2023 |
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204. How to Stop People Pleasing: An Interview with Sara Bybee Fisk
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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203. It Was Always You
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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202. Navigating Grief and Widowhood: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Jess Peurakoski
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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201. When They Lied
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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200. What I’ve Learned in 200 Episodes
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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199. When You Feel Stuck
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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198. Finding Happiness After Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Cheri Metzler
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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197. Prolonged Grief Disorder
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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196. Oranges In, Orange Juice Out
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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195. Urges are Just Feelings
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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194. Sex and Widowhood: An Interview with Dr. Sonia Wright
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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193. Less Trying, More Deciding
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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192. CPR Scenes and Other Such Reminders
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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191. Work and Life Harmony: An Interview with Megan Sumrell
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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190. When There’s Pressure
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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189. Indecision Drama
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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188. Blank Slate Fears
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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187. The Emotional Stagnation Zone
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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186. From Grief to Empowerment: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Annette Warmoth
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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185. Damn Good Mama: An Interview with Pam Howard
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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184. Identifying a Grief Plateau
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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183. Dream Stealers
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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182. The Tipping Point in Grief
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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181. Happier Holidays for Widowed Moms Q&A
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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180. Money Drama: An Interview with Molly Claire
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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179. Out of Our Heads and Into Our Bodies: An Interview with Victoria Albina
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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178. Creating Meaning from Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Pam Baker
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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177. Why You’re Procrastinating in Grief
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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176. How We Make the Holidays Harder in Grief
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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175. What It’s Like to Be in Mom Goes On: Your Questions Answered
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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174. Be Done Apologizing
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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173. Weight Loss and Grief: An Interview with Dr. Katrina Ubell
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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172. Asking for the Support You Need: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Pam Demke
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Ep #171: How You’re Supposed to Feel
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Ep #170: The Grieving Brain: An Interview with Mary-Frances O’Connor
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Ep #169: It’s Not Personal
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Ep #168: Tornadoes and Post-Traumatic Growth
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Ep #167: Tapping for Widows: An Interview with Melanie Fay
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Ep #166: Perfectly Hidden Depression: An Interview with Dr. Margaret Robinson Rutherford
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Ep #165: The Gift of Goal Constraint
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Ep #164: Growth After Trauma: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Jenna Kelley
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Ep #163: Controlling the Controllables
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Ep #162: Struggling Less as a Mom: A Conversation with Molly Claire
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Ep #161: Ask Krista Anything: Free Public Coaching Call
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Ep #160: Healing After Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Jane Grondin
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Ep #159: Grief Support with EFT Tapping Part 2
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Ep #158: Grief Support with EFT Tapping Part 1
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Ep #157: What is Your Purpose Now?
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May 30, 2022 |
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Ep #156: When the Relationship Was Difficult
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May 23, 2022 |
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Ep #155: Where You Should Be in Grief
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May 16, 2022 |
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Ep #154: E+R=O
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May 09, 2022 |
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Ep #153: What’s Possible
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May 02, 2022 |
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Ep #152: Why We Suck at Grief
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Ep #151: The Merry-Go-Round or the Roller Coaster
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Ep #150: Hold Your Roles Lightly
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Ep #149: Forming Friendship After Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Julie McAdoo and Carrie Fajvan
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Ep #148: Why Anger is a Problem
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Ep #147: The Robin at the Window
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Ep #146: Your Emotional Board of Directors
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Ep #145: Why Friends Disappear During Grief
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Ep #144: The Two Most Important Relationships for Widows
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Ep #143: Beliefs and Your Smartphone
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Ep #142: From Surviving to Thriving: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Ann Kerrigan
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Ep #141: Being Lovable
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Ep #140: Are You Interested or Committed?
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Ep #139: How to Worry Less
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Ep #138: Unfair Fantasies
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Ep #137: Helping Others Deal With Grief: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Pam Stoddard
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Ep #136: Creating Feelings On Purpose
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Ep #135: A Should-Free Year
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Ep #134: The Closure Myth
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Ep #133: Difficult Family Members
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Ep #132: Creating Opportunity From Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Debbie Sinagoga
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Ep #131: Valid Reasons and Love as a Compass
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Ep #130: Trading Sadness for Regret
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Ep #129: When You Don’t Feel Motivated
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Ep #128: Why Do I Feel So Guilty?
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Ep #127: Becoming a Young Widow at Christmas: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Christina Sgambato
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Ep #126: Why Lasts Sometimes Feel Harder Than Firsts
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Ep #125: Who Are You Fighting For?
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Ep #124: Your Future is Your Property
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Ep #123: Solo Parenting While Grieving: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Kim Murray
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Ep #122: Upper Limit Problems
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Ep #121: Feelings About Feelings
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Ep #120: Self-Pity vs Self-Compassion
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Ep #119: Style and Grief: An Interview with Judith Gaton
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Ep #118: Sliding Backward in Grief
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Ep #117: The Healing Power of Art: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Linda Shanti McCabe
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Ep #116: Imperfect Action Until
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Ep #115: Returning to Work
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Ep #114: Making Money with Stacey Boehman
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Ep #113: Disenfranchised Grief
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Ep #112: Listener Q&A
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Ep #111: Relief in Grief
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Ep #110: The Limits of Hope
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Ep #109: Getting Back Out There
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Ep #108: Being Both Parents
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Ep #107: How to Know if You’re Ready for Coaching
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Ep #106: Being the Third Wheel
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Ep #105: Grief Grenades
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May 31, 2021 |
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Ep #104: This Is the Part Where…
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May 24, 2021 |
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Ep #103: Feeling Isolated in Grief: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Suzanne Denigris
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May 17, 2021 |
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Ep #102: Sex and Widowhood - Part 2: Worries and Fears
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May 10, 2021 |
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Ep #101: Sex and Widowhood - Part 1
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May 03, 2021 |
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Ep #100: Thought-Colored Glasses
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Ep #99: Creating a Life You Love After Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Leann Patrick
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Ep #98: Money Fears
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Ep #97: When It Was Suicide
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Ep #96: When Boundaries Aren’t Working
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Ep #95: Playing the Widow Card
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Ep #94: When You Don’t Know How
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Ep #93: Take the Damn Trip: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Bevin Farrand
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Ep #92: Dating When Kids Don’t Approve
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Ep #91: Drinking Less: An Interview with Dr. Sherry Price
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Ep #90: Moving On, Through, or Forward
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Ep #89: Happiness and Gap vs. Gain
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Ep #88: How to Love Your Life Without Changing It
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Ep #87: What is EFT Tapping? An Interview with Jessica Ortner
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Ep #86: Negativity Bias and Grief
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Ep #85: New Widows, Start Here
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Ep #84: Goal Traps
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Ep #83: A Different Perspective on Widowhood: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Suzanne Gibbs
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Ep #82: When You Feel Like a Failure
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Ep #81: Therapy vs. Life Coaching with Sandy Arguello
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Ep #80: Feelings Aren’t Problems
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Ep #79: Tiny Books for Widows: An Interview with Author Brooke Adams Law
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Ep #78: Holiday Drama
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Ep #77: Coping With Grief as a New Widow: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Brandy Faker
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Ep #76: Let Them Be Wrong
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Ep #75: Ask Krista Anything: Live Coaching
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Ep #74: Everything’s Okay and Everything’s Not Okay
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Ep #73: Grief and the Law: An Interview with Meredith Holley
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Ep #72: Less Drama More Mama: An Interview with Pam Howard
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Ep #71: The Importance of Curiosity
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Ep #70: The Self-Coaching Model
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Ep #69: Put Down Your Manuals
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Ep #68: Alone but Not Lonely
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Ep #67: Listener Q&A
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Ep #66: Surviving the First Year: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Jamie Galyon
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Ep #65: A Pep-Talk for When You Need It
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Ep #64: 2 Circles to Loving Your Life
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Ep #63: How Life Was Supposed to Go
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Ep #62: Awkward Conversations About His Death
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Ep #61: Your Future Self
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Ep #60: Interview with Jana DeCristofaro
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Ep #59: Response-Ability
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Ep #58: Listener Q&A
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Ep #57: The Phrase “New Normal” – Helpful or Hurtful?
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Ep #56: Loss is Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Dawne Long
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Ep #55: How to Be Your Own Champion
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Ep #54: Navigating Father’s Day
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Ep #53: Before You Try to Lose Weight Again
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Ep #52: Helping Widows Through Grief: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Jenny Lisk
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May 25, 2020 |
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Ep #51: How to Overcome Perfectionism with Failure
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May 18, 2020 |
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Ep #50: Ask Krista Anything: Live Coaching
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May 11, 2020 |
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Ep #49: Wealth Purgatory
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May 04, 2020 |
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Ep #48: Embracing the Pain of Grief: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Melissa Sogavo
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Ep #47: (Part 2) Why We Numb and How to Stop
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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Ep #46: Why We Numb and How to Stop
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Ep #45: For Those Who Love Us
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Ep #44: The Wedding Ring
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Ep #43: When Things Around Us Seem Crazy
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Ep #42: How to Know if You’re Ready to Date Again
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Ep #41: Useful Emotions
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Ep #40: Listener Q&A
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Ep #39: Changing Your Painful Past
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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Ep #38: Dealing with an Inner Critic
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Ep #37: Valentine’s Day On Purpose
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Ep #36: Your Beliefs About You
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Ep #35: Measuring Your Success as a Mom
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Ep #34: Your Relationship with Your Husband
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Ep #33: Forgiveness
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Ep #32: Dealing with Toxic People
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Ep #31: New Year’s Resolutions for Widows
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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Ep #30: Making Decisions By Yourself
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Ep #29: Guilt and Regret in Grief
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Ep #28: The Word “Widow”
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Ep #27: People-Pleasing
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Ep #26: The Truth About Overwhelm
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Ep #25: Two Sides of the Comparison Coin
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Ep #24: Happier Holidays After Loss
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Ep #23: Widowhood and the Motivational Triad
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Ep #22: The Thought-Feeling-Action Connection
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Ep #21: When People Don’t Understand
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Ep #20: Cognitive Bias and Widowhood
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Ep #19: Tasks of Mourning
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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Ep #18: Confidence After Loss
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Bonus Episode: Special Announcement
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Ep #17: Making Friends with Grief
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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Ep #16: Handling His Stuff
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Ep #15: Who Am I Now? Redefining Our Identity After Loss
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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Ep #14: Helping Your Children Grieve
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Ep #13: Dealing with the Have-Tos
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Ep #12: Owning It
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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Ep #11: Deathiversaries
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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Ep #10: Lessons I’ve Learned Since My Husband Died
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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Ep #9: Pain Vs. Suffering
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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Ep #8: Post-Traumatic Growth
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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Ep #7: The Stories We Tell
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Ep #6: Widow Fog
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Ep #5: Powerful Questions for Widows
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Ep #4: The Widowed Mom’s Bill of Rights
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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Ep #3: How to Feel Better Now
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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Ep #2: Myths of Grief
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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Ep #1: Game On!
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Jun 12, 2019 |