As a widow it can be hard to consider that next chapter in life without your partner.

You may be thinking, will I ever be ready or want to date again?

In today’s episode I am speaking with Nicky Wake who is the founder of Chapter 2, UK’s only dating app built by widows for widows.

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Did you know the stories and beliefs you currently hold may be causing extra suffering? Often we seek validation after the loss of a loved one which leads to people pleasing and a shift in our beliefs.

In today’s episode I want to share with you what a limiting belief is and how they impact our lives during widowhood.

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Today I want to share with you some hope and the story of one of my clients, Katie Hunt.

Katie gave an incredible TedX talk that speaks to widowhood and as she says in her talk, “the future that we envisioned no longer exists”.

Although life is going to be very different now it can also still be good.

There is still so much to look forward to and so many more wonderful moments for you to experience.

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I want to share with you what grief looks like six years on. How the story we tell ourselves in the beginning stages of grief changes over time to a new story.

At first it feels like your world is over and your best days are behind you with your person in your mind with everything you do.

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In today’s episode I speak with Stacy Francis, the President and CEO of Francis Financial, who helps women in transition through widowhood.

She is a certified grief coach and is talking to us about the financial implications of widowhood.

Stacy also shares her own experience with loss and how it has impacted her to help others.

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Stacy Francis:

www.FrancisFinancial.com

Twitter: @FrancisFinance

Francis Financial’s Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/FrancisFinancialInc/

Francis Financial’s LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/francisfinancialinc

Stacy’s Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/StacyFrancisFinancial/

Stacy’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacyfrancis/

Financial Help for Widows: A Complete Resource Guide: https://francisfinancial.com/financial-help-for-widows/

In this episode I want to talk to you about the importance of not allowing your person's death to overshadow their life.

In the early stages of grieving we are naturally very focused on the death, this is unavoidable, however, we want to avoid it becoming our focal point for the rest of our lives.

Our person lived, they created memories, they taught us so much and they shaped who we are today.

Remembering our person for all that they were in life is so healing for us, it helps us take steps forward towards a brighter future and remember our person with more love than pain.

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Remembering the life they lived and not their death

Learning to focus on the memories, moments and achievements you made together

Remembering the value that our loved ones brought to our lives

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It can be incredibly difficult in our grief to care for ourselves.

Sometimes it can feel easier to keep busy, distract ourselves and take ourselves away from the pain that we're in.

Today, I’d like to invite you to take some time to slow down and think about you.

To focus on some breathing & self healing in a guided meditation.

Practice this meditation as often as you would like and experience the amazing benefits of self care and self healing.

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In this episode, I want to give you a widow pep talk.

I want to give you some words of encouragement to help you see how courageous, inspiring and incredible you are.

In our journey through grief, acknowledging the things that we've done since our person has died can be challenging.

Some people find this a little easier while others may feel disloyal. It can be hard to acknowledge the things that we're doing and giving ourselves credit for that.

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When you’re widowed there will be people in your life who will want to support you in your grief. They’re showing up because they care about you. 

They may not always know the right thing to say, or do, as what works for one person doesn’t always work for another. 

Grief is daunting, uncomfortable and scary for so many. Let's not make this worse by expecting them to get it all right all the time.

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Talking about death and dying is as difficult, if not more so, as talking about grief and grieving. It feels deeply uncomfortable for a lot of us and we are unsure of how to have these conversations with our loved ones.

I get a lot of messages from people giving end of life care and there’s a real fear of getting it wrong, either by saying too much or not enough.

When we think about preparing for death and opening up those conversations it can be helpful to think ‘What would love say’? 

In today’s episode I speak with Victoria Tolchard, an Art Therapist specialising in supporting people from diagnosis to recovery and end of life into bereavement, on the importance of having a conversation about death and dying. 

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