Welcome to Episode 171 of The Brave Widow Show — and we’re nearly at Brave Widow’s 3rd birthday! Today we continue the Four Seasons of Grief (RISE) mini-series and go deep on Season 2: Isolation, that weird “I’m functioning… but I feel invisible” stage. 

You’ll learn my Self-Trust System (the exact 4 components I coach on to help you move from anxious second-guessing to grounded confidence):

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Chapters
00:00 Intro + Brave Widow turns 3
02:00 RISE overview + Season 1 recap (Rawness / Chaos-to-Calm)
03:30 What Season 2 (Isolation) feels like
06:10 “Untethered” story & why decisions feel high-stakes
11:00 The Self-Trust System overview (Decisions, Confidence, Safety, Boundaries)
18:00 Building your Board of Advisors (money, legal, health, home)
24:00 How action builds self-confidence (+ Be-Do-Have)
27:00 Travel, grills, longhorns: practicing confidence in real life
31:00 Safety nets for firsts (travel groups, buddy systems)
48:00 Boundaries that protect your energy
50:30 Your custom plan + next steps (quiz + consult)

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I’m Emily Tanner.  I was widowed at age 37, one month shy of our 20 year wedding anniversary.  Nathan and I have four beautiful children together, and my world was turned completely upside down when I lost him.  

Now, I love my life again!  I’m able to experience joy, achieve goals and dreams I thought I’d lost, and rediscover this next version of me.

I did the work.

I invested in coaching for myself.

I learned what I needed to do to move forward and took the steps.

I implemented the tools and strategies that I use for my clients in my coaching program.

This is for you, if:

Find and take the next steps to move forward (without “moving on”).

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