The Young Widow Podcast

Welcome to Episode 16! This is a slightly different style as I am going to talk through a topic and explain to you how you implement these processes into your daily life with grief - to help you move forward through a grief plateau or active grieving.

Today we are going to talk about:

What is witnessing your grief? Like what does that statement really mean? How do you witness your grief? What is true self care in grief?

So let's jump in!

 Hi, welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining me today for Episode 15: the Fog of Widowhood.

Today, I want to talk about the fog of widowhood. 

You know, when you go through loss, you can't remember old memories or you forget simple things in your daily life. I want to normalize those and validate it for you. 

So today we're going to talk about what is the fog of widowhood and what are examples of it? What causes our brain to go hazy after loss? And how to work through that feeling of being confused and like your brain isn't operating at a normal level and how long something like this could even last for.

Hi, welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining me today for Episode 14: Acceptance vs Agreeance and Early Grief Healing

I'm Britany, your host, and I'm happy you could join today. There has been a lot of confusion on my Instagram page and I think this topic warrants a deeper discussion. This topic is focused on early and active grieving, again my niche is the first few years in grief. Not everyone is ready for growth in grief at the same time… in the early stages – you are just trying to figure out how to work through your emotions, what your emotions mean, and just flat out survive because it seems in-survivable. Emotions in grief run so deep that it can seem like there is nothing on the other side – you can’t look past the pain. So let’s talk about, lets validate it because you are growing and accepting even if you don’t think you are.

Today we are going to talk about:

What is acceptance vs agreeance

How are the two different and why are the terms not synonymous

And then we are going to touch on what early grief healing really is.

So let’s get started!

Hi, welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining me today for Episode 13: The Loss of Physical Intimacy in Widowhood

I'm Britany, your host, and I'm happy you could join today. This is a topic that was requested on Instagram. I'm always happy to do those topics. This is going to be a very intimate and personal topic, and I'm going to do the best to give you the advice that I can.

 It is really hard to replace physical intimacy in widowhood. Whereas when you're dealing with the emotional aspect of grief, you're able to work through coping mechanisms for that.   While those two aspects of loss and widowhood go hand in hand. They are very different when you're trying to navigate it.

Today, we're going to cover the loss of physical intimacy, how that affects you physically and emotionally, as well as what that may feel like, thoughts that may be going through your head,  and then any advice that I can give you. 

Episode 12: The Birthdays Without Them

 Hi, welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining me today for Episode 12: The Birthdays Without Them.

I'm Britany, your host, and I'm happy you could join today. There are a lot of escalating emotions this week with Father's Day on the horizon, but this is a topic that I wanted to cover because it was requested on Instagram and so I'm happy to cover it whenever you have a request.

Today, we're going to talk about the birthdays without them: emotions around that, how you can feel celebrating it. And then I really want to dive into the emotions around a birthday when you out age, the person that you lost. So with that, let's get started and jump right in.

Welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining today for Episode 11, Insights into Solo-Parenting.

I’m Britany, your host and am happy you could join on today. This is my second podcast this week so it has been a busy week! This has been a requested topic and I previously didn’t cover it because it is a little daunting, There is so much to talk about around solo-parenting. It is going to be a longer podcast

This week, I am going to talk about solo-parenting

• What it is and how it can be overwhelming

So let’s jump in and get started!

Episode 10: Secondary Losses in Widowhood

Welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining today for Episode 10, Secondary Losses in Widowhood. I’m Britany, your host and am happy you could join on today. It is an off-cycle podcast but I opened up my Instagram for requests and have a lot of good topics to work through so wanted to start with those rather quickly!

This week, I am going to cover secondary losses in widowhood:

• Secondary loss of relationships with friends and family

And then, we are going to tie ti all together with talking about the loss of a sense of security. This is a little longer of a podcast that I normally do, so just stick with me and I promise it will be worth it in validating your secondary losses.

So, let’s get started!

Episode 9: What to Do With Your Spouse’s Things After Loss

Welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining today for Episode 9, What to Do With Your Spouse’s Things After Loss. I’m Britany, your host and am happy you could join on today.

First, I want to apologize for being out the past couple of weeks . We traveled and then I went through a period where I lost my voice and it wasn't conducive for podcasting.  Unfortunately, I was forced to take a slight break, but I am back and I'm ready to chat.

Today I want to chat about:

• What do you do with your husband's things after loss?

So let's get started.

Welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining today for Episode 8, Traversing Mother’s Day as A Widow. I’m Britany, your host and am happy you could join on today. It is a rainy day here, which always makes me feel gloomy but let’s get started – there is a lot I want to cover today!

This week, I want to talk about traversing Mother’s Day as a widow and the emotions around that and how that may feel. I also want to try and validate a little with all of my followers so I want to do a small segment on traversing Mother’s Day as a widower and then as a widower who maybe doesn’t have children, but wanted them.

So let’s get started.

Welcome to the Young Widow Podcast and thank you for joining today for Episode 7, The Little Things No One Tells You (Part II: Daily Life).

I’m Britany, your host and am happy you could join today. It may sound weird to say that – I am happy you could join for a talk about widowhood – but this is what I do and my intent is to reach as many widows as possible – so if you found my podcast, that actually does make me happy.

Last week we talked about the Little Things No One Talks Tells You About – like the Death Certificate. That was an emotional episode for me – yes 5 years into my grief and talking about different portions of it still activate triggers and emotions so I kept it short and wanted to separate it into two parts.

This week I want to talk about more things in daily life I didn’t know were going to be triggers or real aspects of grief simply because I didn’t know – and you may be feeling this way too.

Those things are going to be:

Household Tasks – like Grocery Shopping or doing the lawn

The Mail that Keeps on Coming