Am I going crazy?? Do I have some kind of impairment?? What is wrong with me??

NO, you're not crazy. I promise. You're grieving. This is normal.

Last week I was talking to our group members in the Widow Connection Community about their struggle of the week and their happiest moment of the week.

Here are a couple of the answers I got. 

It was an interesting insight into human emotion!

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Also, the Finding Purpose And Meaning After Loss - Program For Widows is starting in a few weeks! Are you ready to start living the life you want?

Are you ready to find what sparks your passion?

Are you ready to find purpose and fulfillment in life again?

This 4 week program will get you started on a meaningful path of life after loss!

Save your spot today!

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On April 19, 2012 Hope's life was changed forever when she came home to find that her husband Claude had taken his own life. 

In today's interview, she walks us through her life with her husband leading up to his passing and then how her life has been evolving since then. 

She talks about:

~ watching her husband decline emotionally and physically

~ feeling helpless

~ feeling relief after he passed away because he was no longer suffering

~ coping with trauma

~ harnessing the power of grief as a catalyst for awakening and transformation

~ being called to write a book about her experience

~ Writing the book "Widow's Moon" and what that meant to her

~ Encouraging other widows with her words

You can reach Hope and purchase the book at www.carahopeclark.com or www.widowsmoon.com

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Natalie Reid-Knutson lost her husband Wayne suddenly after a family vacation in 2018.  She was left to raise their 3 boys and put the pieces back together of their broken life. But Natalie realizes that this life is short and we are not to waste one precious day!

On the show today, she shares her passion for helping other widows.

We talk about:

~ serving others to take away your own pain

~ How she just opened a grief retreat home for widows 

~ How she wrote a One-Woman Show called "How To Live A Great Story: Maintaining Your Faith When The Chapters Are Re-Written"

~ ways to help a grieving friend

~ How she coped with the loss of her husband

~ Dating as a widow! And now being a remarried widow!

~ Finding purpose after loss

Natalie is amazing! You can reach her at www.brokenhaloshaven.org

The book that really helped her is called "It's Not Supposed To Be This Way" by Lysa Terkeurst

Here's the link to info on her One Woman Show:

https://www.brokenhaloshaven.org/speaking/

Ways to help a grieving friend blog post:

 https://modmomtv.com/ways-to-help-a-grieving-friend-2/

 

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Kathleen Jucar-Forbes lost her husband Brad suddenly in December 2018. Kathleen shares her story of how losing Brad has shaped her into who she is today.

We talk about:

~ Finding purpose and meaning in life after we lose a spouse.

~ Visiting mediums to connect with lost loved ones

~ How Camp Widow is an amazing place to connect with other widows

~ How grief can affect us physically

~Important financial decisions

~ Widow fog is real!

~Having nightmares about your husband where he acts like a jerk to you!

~How you should always let other people help you, for as long as they're willing to keep showing up!

Kat will be speaking to our Widow Connection Community in March! If you would like to get more information and sign up to hear her speak, go to www.widow180.com/membership

You can reach Kat at www.MonarchWealth.com

She's on IG @mrs.katforbes

 

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Camp Widow info: www.campwidow.org

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20 days changed everything for Becki Koon. Her husband Jack was diagnosed with cancer and 20 days later he passed away.

Becki and I chat about:

~ focusing on a "conscious death" process and what that means.

~ how one month after Jack passed, she was able to connect with him through meditation.

~ how we can feel connected to our loved ones who've passed

~ How she wrote the book "20 Days Changed Everything"

~How 20 months after Jack passed, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer and began fighting for her own life.

~ How breathwork is such an easy tool we can all use to change our energy in times of stress.

You can reach Becki and get a copy of her book at www.beckikoon.com

Be a part of our amazing membership community! at www.widow180.com/membership

Register now for the New Year, New Love Dating Program For Widows at www.widow180.com/newlove

The 6-week program starts Thursday February 17 at 7pm EST on Zoom!

DM me if you have any questions or email me at [email protected]

Hope to see you there!

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This is something that we all struggle with when we've been through loss and heartache and we're thinking about dating again.

It's finding the confidence in ourselves to get back out there and be vulnerable again.

Here are 3 ways to gain confidence in yourself so you can put yourself back out there and find love again.

This is definitely something that we cover in our new dating program, New Year New Love Dating Program For Widows!

We're starting February 17, 2022 so sign up now and save your spot at www.widow180.com/newlove  

If you have any questions, email me at [email protected]

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100 Episodes of Widow 180: The Podcast!

I couldn't think of a better way to recognize this monumental occasion than by highlighting some of the incredible quotes and stories from the past 100 episodes!

This podcast has been the most rewarding thing I've ever done with my life.

Thank you all for listening!

Please leave a rating and review!

Please share the podcast with other widows who need to hear it!

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I have interviewed a lot of widows on the podcast and I've found that this is the NUMBER 1 reason why widows don't date again after losing their spouse!

 

You don't want to miss this!

If you are interested in dating again, but don't know where to start, I encourage you to sign up for my FREE workshop next Thursday January 27, 2022.

It's called New Year, New Love!

In this workshop, I'll walk you through how to create a dating strategy for you in 2022!

Are you ready?? This is gonna be fun!

Sign up at https://widow180.ck.page/newlove

See you at the workshop!

If you have any questions you can always email me at [email protected] 

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My first interview of 2022 and it's one you don't want to miss! This is April Katherman-Redgrave, surviving widow of fallen police officer Mike Katherman who was killed in 2016.

April and I chat about:

~ Raising her 2 boys after losing Mike

~ An unexpected flood of her home where she had to be rescued by boat, just 6 months after losing Mike.

~ Starting new traditions around milestone dates and holidays

~ Going through the trial, facing the man that killed her husband.

~ Having to be the poised widow under the spotlight and only having time to grieve in the shower!

~ Her decision to start a blog called Beauty For Our Ashes

~ Writing her book Through Hell And High Water

~ Being remarried to her now husband David and having a blended family of 5 kids!

You can find April's book on Amazon!

The bracelet April mentions can be found at: AdventuresAfterYou75 on Instagram

Sign up for the New Year, New Love FREE workshop here:

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or go to www.widow180.com and click right there on the homepage!

During this workshop we'll be creating a dating strategy for YOU in 2022!

Are you ready? Let's do this!

 

 

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This is something we hear a lot! Year 2 of widowhood is much harder than year 1. But is that really true??

This question was asked in our last group meeting by one of our members and I wanted to share the answers that followed. 4 different widows. Different stages of grief. Each with a different perspective.

I invite you all to join the Widow Connection Community for more group discussions like this!

Sign up at www.widow180.com/membership

I hope to see you in the meetings!

Please leave a rating and review of the podcast and I'll read it on the next episode with a big thank you TO YOU!

 

 

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