The Widowed Mom Podcast

If we polled all the widows in the world, most of us would agree that we’ve experienced regressing in grief. While it’s easy to believe you’re stuck or no longer doing as great as you once were, this thought is not helpful.

Hear why we get to this place in grief, how the notion of regressing in grief is a lie, and a better way to approach yourself when you feel this way.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/217

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A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

It is 100% unequivocally devastating to lose a loved one. That’s your primary loss in grief. However, you might have also noticed knock-on effects of things you would not have otherwise lost in addition to your loved one. These are called secondary losses.

Join me this week to understand why we need to normalize secondary losses in grief and learn three things you can do to support yourself when you notice one emerging for you.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/216

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

When so many things are changing in your life, trying to gain clarity about what you want can be extremely challenging.

Cindy Arcuri is a career and executive life coach who went through Mom Goes On. She went from being stuck to finding a sense of clarity about what she wants for the next chapter of her life, and she's here this week to shed light on what your future can hold.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/215

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

Are you good? Or are you stopping at good enough, rather than dreaming big and chasing the next chapter of life that you really want?

I invite you to consider what it would feel like to allow yourself to experience greatness, and explore my process for transitioning from good to great.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/214

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

My guest this week is Corinne Crabtree, a brilliant example of not only someone who is an expert at teaching weight loss but also a woman who has developed mastery in figuring out how to create everything she wants one step at a time.

Hear Corinne's journey of creating an eight-figure coaching business and how you, too, can begin making your dreams a reality.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/213

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

Getting everything that’s swirling around in your mind out on paper can be incredibly helpful. However, it can also be extremely problematic, specifically for widowed moms who are past acute grief.

If journaling is cementing stories in your brain that don’t feel good to you, it’s time for a different approach, and I’m teaching you the alternatives on this episode.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/212

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

Many widowed moms believe there’s an inherent right or wrong way to navigate challenging days like Father’s Day.

Hear my top three do’s and don’ts for navigating Father’s Day, and why it’s a beautiful opportunity for you to let what feels right grow and change year by year.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/211

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

Vulnerability is a term that’s thrown around a lot these days, but actually being willing to be vulnerable, authentic, and to ask for what you need especially in the midst of grief, is something to be commended.

Hear the realization Dani Nyman had that she needed support in widowhood, how she’s given herself permission to ask for help and be vulnerable, and what’s changed in how she takes care of herself now.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/210

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

Have you ever imagined alternative scenarios that could have prevented your person from dying? Going down the path in your mind of the would’ve, could’ve, should’ve things that have happened in the past is not logical, and yet, it’s extremely common in grief.

Hear what counterfactual thinking in grief looks like, why it’s a normal experience, and what you can do when you notice it happening for you.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/209

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026

Kara Loewentheil is a Master Certified coach and a powerhouse feminist confidence coach, and we recently had a conversation on grief, patriarchy, and post-traumatic growth over on her podcast.

Hear my insights on the various theories of grief and what I find most helpful, our socialization and the role of the patriarchy in shaping our experience of grief, as well as how post-traumatic growth plays a part in the grieving process.

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/208

Mentioned in this episode:

A Widow’s Guide to a Happier Holiday Season

Navigating the holidays after losing your loved one doesn't have to mean just gritting your teeth and surviving. Join Happier Holidays, a free 3-day online event for widows from November 10th through 12th, to learn practical tools for managing difficult emotions, releasing guilt, and taking control of your holiday season.

Happier Holidays 2026