This week's Filled With Gold Widow Podcast is a short one - a holiday message from Melissa and an announcement! Hear about what's upcoming in the new year and a powerful message on self-care. You are worthy of being taken care of. This episode is brought to you by: Filled With Gold monthly self-care subscription box for widows. Hand-selected items to nurture the body, mind, and spirit after the loss of a spouse. Made for widows with love by a widow. filledwithgold.orgThanks for listeni...

On this week’s Filled With Gold Widow Podcast, Rachel Kodanaz and I talk about navigating grief in the workplace. Rachel is a heart-minded professional specializing in current and relevant approaches in support of individuals and workplaces following a loss or trauma. She is a best-selling author, seasoned keynote speaker, and business consultant. She has served on many grief-related boards of directors and has published numerous articles, blogs, podcasts, and has appeared on Good Morning Ame...

Hi Filled With Gold Widow Podcast listeners! I met Debra Morrison 10 years ago and after that meeting I had a little spark of hope that changed my life and the lives of my kids. Debra is an international transformational speaker, retired from 42-yrs. Practicing Fiduciary Financial Planning & Asset Management as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. She now serves women as a Financial Coach in her new company, Women Navigating Finances. After giving pro bono financial planning ...

Paula Harris and I covered a lot of ground this week on the Filled With Gold Widow Podcast! Paula is part-financial-advisor and part-dream-architect, who takes great pride in helping her clients, particularly widowed women, obtain financial peace of mind while they get back on their feet, rise up and navigate their path forward. Paula is an engaging speaker and author of “Rise Up: A Widow’s Journal”. She enjoys assisting people in the life planning that goes hand-in-hand with financial planni...

I had a great conversation with Amanda Ferrat this week on the Filled With Gold Widow Podcast! Amanda is the founder of Value Yourself Counseling, a certified emotional wellness counselor, Advanced EFT Practitioner, and professional speaker. She uses her education, experience, skills, intuition, and passion to help other women make peace with their past, fall in love with their present, and get excited about their future. Amanda believes all women navigate difficulties and barriers in their l...

On this week’s Filled With Gold Widow Podcast, we’re chatting with Krista St-Germain. Krista is a Master Certified Life Coach, grief expert, widow, mom and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast. When her husband was killed by a drunk driver in 2016, Krista’s life was completely and unexpectedly flipped upside down. After therapy helped her uncurl from the fetal position, Krista discovered Life Coaching, Post Traumatic Growth and learned the tools she needed to move forward and create a ...

This week's Filled With Gold Widow Podcast guest is Emma Payne. Emma is the Founder & CEO of Grief Coach. Grief Coach combines Emma's passion for mobile technology and engagement, with her deep commitment to giving people the confidence and tools they need to support each other through grief. She knows that, while nothing makes grief go away, supporting someone through loss is powerful and transformative for the supporter, and alters the trajectory for the grieving person too. Liste...

Our guest this week on the Filled With Gold Widow Podcast is Bevin Farrand. In 2019, after unexpectedly losing her husband, Mark, 5 days after they returned from a whirlwind trip to France, Bevin founded the Take the DAMN Trip movement. Her DAMN framework has inspired hundreds to connect with the people that they love, do the “crazy thing” that makes all the difference and, when given a choice, to take the damn trip. Additionally, she is a business strategist and coach who supports smal...

What happens when two widow podcasters get together? You’ll find out on this week’s Filled With Gold Widow Podcast as I talk with Jen Zwinck of Widow 180! Jen Zwinck is the founder and host of Widow 180: The Podcast and Widow 180: The Channel. In 2011, her husband was walking home from a bachelor party when he was attacked, robbed, and killed. Jen instantly became a young widow, left to raise their two-year-old daughter alone. Overcome with grief and anxiety over the loss, Jen chose her...

Are you ready to “tune” yourself towards joy? On this week’s Filled With Gold Widow Podcast, I talk with Carole Marie Downing who is a heart-centered coach, songleader, and facilitator passionate about creating resilience through challenging times. She holds a Nursing Doctorate from the University of Colorado and as a nurse provided care in the areas of hospice, integrative medicine, and nursing education. She transitioned to coaching after receiving a Master’s degree in Spiritual Psych...