Just a Widow Talk

In this episode, we chat with remarried widow, mother, blogger and professor Alison Nissen of Florida who says, "I can't erase their father's memory just because I have someone new in my life...I think our creator (and spouses) would be so sad for us if we weren't trying to get the most out of life."
Alison was married for 14 years before ALS took her first husband from their young family. Revel Coach co-founder, professor, and storyteller, Alison Nissen is the executive director of Branded Interviews, a platform that creates video business cards, webinars, and courses for authors, coaches, and entrepreneurs. She is also the co-founder and president of Revel Coach, a career growth platform and award-winning author. Follow her Tales from the Laundry Room @ alisonnissen.com.

Join Kristin Sunanta-Walker, host of the Mental Health News Radio Network, as she interviews Teresa Taylor-Williams, host of Just a Widow Talk. They discuss grief and its many forms.
Teresa is a widow, an award-winning newspaper journalist, and self-proclaimed grief arse-kicker. First losing her job to downsizing and then her husband, Ricky, in 2014, she has found the true meaning of resilience. After her home was foreclosed, she lived in subsidized housing while raising her two teenage sons; worked various jobs to make ends meet; and engaged in self-sabotaging behaviors in her attempts to cope with life without Ricky. Her grief journey has been a rocky one and Teresa deems herself an expert in how not to grieve. She found comfort in grief groups and therapy. In 2021, she founded 2 Become 1 Grief Support LLC, where she hosts a weekly virtual grief support group, as well as the podcast “Just a Widow Talk: Voices of Spouse & Partner Loss.” She is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is currently a Diversity director in higher education. She resides in the Kansas heartland.

Sylvia Walters Drake of North Carolina, a widow of 5 years, talks about the devastation of her husband's fatal heart attack, and how to honor your spouse by living with joy.

Join us as we chat about navigating loss and processing grief with Grief Therapist Lola Brognano, LCSW, a social worker in private practice in Tallahassee, Fla.

Dr. Jan Canty is author of "A Life Divided: A psychologist's memoir about the double life and murder of her husband--and her road to recovery." Jan is a renowned speaker, world traveler, former triathlete and cancer survivor. She hosts the podcast, "The Domino Effect of Murder," which may be heard on the Mental Health News Radio Network.

Join us as we listen to the 22-year grief journey of Delores of Michigan. She has found fulfillment in advising other new widows. "What got me through was my faith in God," she said.

Richie, a single Dad in Great Britain, shares of his experience when he unexpectedly lost his partner and the mother of his children six years ago.

Mike H. of Michigan talks with us about faith and his grief journey; the beauty of his wife, Penny; and the challenges of life without her.

David from Illinois shares about his 26 year marriage, his wife's battle with cancer, and living as a widower the past 16 years. Faith, dating challenges, and moving forward.