The Widowed Mom Podcast

Tune in this week where Pam and I are discussing why reactive parenting isn’t serving you or your children, and how you can be there for your kids in a way that meets their core emotional needs. Pam is sharing where she sees so many moms go wrong in changing their own behavior, and the importance of asking for and accepting help when you need it. Get full show notes and more information here: http...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why curiosity is an essential part of loving life again and what life has in store if we do not get curious. I’m sharing how being curious about my thoughts and beliefs has helped me in so many different ways, and how you can do exactly the same for yourself. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/71 Mentioned...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover what is, by far, the most useful tool I have in my arsenal: the Self-Coaching Model. I’m sharing how this tool helps us analyze everything that contributes to our experience of life, and how we can move forward, no matter what tragedy or loss we’ve suffered, and build a life we really love. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coac...

Tune in this week to discover some of the things you might have manuals for that you weren’t even aware of. I’m sharing how you can tell if a manual isn’t serving you and needs to be set aside, and how you can do this without becoming a doormat and instead, become a woman who simply loves her life, regardless of how things outside of her are going. Get full show notes and more information here: ht...

Join me on the podcast this week where I’ll share some surprising statistics about loneliness, and explain why if it's not managed appropriately, it can have a detrimental effect on your life. I’ll share ways to view loneliness as an opportunity rather than an issue, and why you can be lonely, but not alone, and alone, but not lonely. Let’s take loneliness seriously and do something about it. Get...

Join me today as I answer four questions that I’ve received from podcast listeners, and I hope all of you find them useful. We’re going to dive into how the primitive brain responds to fear and why this is completely normal, numbing with social media, how to let emotions flow through you, and failure. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/67 Mentioned in...

Tune in this week to discover what Jamie has learned from her first year as a widow. Jamie is sharing what she wishes she would have known sooner, and what she believes every newly widowed mom would benefit from hearing. There is so much wisdom in this conversation for you to hear, even if you're passed the one-year mark. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrist...

Join me on the podcast this week for a little pick-me-up. This journey is messy and complicated, whether you’re having a good or a bad day. But I know for sure that you can handle this and anything else life throws at you. So tune in today and re-listen any time you’re struggling. Because you’ve come way too far to give up now. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwit...

Join me this week to discover what the two circles to loving life are, and how to expand the one that really matters. I’m sharing how we give our power away to thoughts that don’t serve us, and how we can center our focus and energy in order to create a life that we truly love. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/64 Mentioned in this episode: You're In...

Listen in today as I show you the upside of dropping the story you might be holding onto about how your life was supposed to go. We fool ourselves when we argue and fight for that story, and we are the ones that suffer. I’ll be sharing a few questions you can consider to decide how you’re going to show up for the one life you have and how you’re going to choose to live on purpose. Get full show no...

Tune in this week to discover why you don’t have to worry or avoid seeing people so that you don’t have to encounter awkward conversations. No one is powerful enough to choose your emotional state and I don’t want you to be a chameleon. You can be who you are and let other people be who they are, and I’m showing you how to show up powerfully for yourself. Get full show notes and more information h...

Join me on the podcast this week as I share the one tool that has helped me the most in creating a life I love and guides my clients every day in their lives. You’ll discover the three steps to tap into the version of you who knows exactly what you need to do, and not do, so you can move through the next phase of your journey with peace and certainty. Get full show notes and more information here:...

Join Jana and I as we shed some light on the most common questions that come up around supporting grieving children. She is outlining the importance of taking the pressure off of yourself to best show up for your kids, the power of peer support, and why resiliency shouldn’t ever be the end goal. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/60 Mentioned in this...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why the choice of how you respond starts and ends with you, and nobody else. I’m sharing how our results are dictated by the way we choose to respond to situations, what you can do to consciously react in a way that serves you, no matter what life throws your way. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/59 Menti...

Join me this week for a Q&A episode as I answer questions on the realities of new relationships, old habits, and why it’s totally fine if you feel like a hot mess right now. I’m also sharing some tips on how to ask yourself better questions about your life instead of getting caught up in a negative cycle of believing things should be different. Get full show notes and more information here: ht...

Join me on the podcast this week as I discuss how this idea of a new normal can be helpful and liberating. I’m sharing how to get clear on what you’re thinking about your new normal, and where I see widows holding themselves back by trying to accept something they simply don’t like and is not serving them. Get full show notes and more information here: https://coachingwithkrista.com/57 Mentioned i...

Listen in on our conversation as I ask Dawne on how she was coping with her earlier days of grief and how that had evolved once we started working together. I think you’ll be able to relate to Dawne’s resistance to her painful emotions, and how processing them was vital to let them flow and ease up. Dawne had many "aha" moments along the way, and I hope you’ll find hope in her story for your own j...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how to be your own champion. I’m sharing how our ideas of perfection hold us back from being believing we are doing a great job, and 3 steps that you can take to become your own champion and show yourself some love and grace in every imperfect, human action you take. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/55 Me...

This week I'm sharing why there is nothing you should be doing or feeling this Father’s Day, and how to create an environment that allows you and your children to process any emotion that comes up, whatever they might be. What we think about, we bring about, so trust me, if you believe you can make this day work for you, that is the first step in making it happen. Get full show notes and more info...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why you probably need to forget everything you thought you knew about weight loss. I’m sharing how your reasons for trying for losing weight will impact your outcome, and the emotional disappointment waiting for you if you don’t get your mind right before you get started. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/...

Listen in this week on my interview with Jenny Lisk as we discuss how Jenny helps widowed parents through her podcast and her books that are in the works. Jenny has some incredible insights about resiliency, the importance of approaching our kids with honesty, and she shares a ton of resources to remind you that you’re not alone in this journey. Get full show notes and more information here: https...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover where perfectionist thinking might be holding you back and how you can begin to overcome it, using failure as a tool. I’m sharing how perfectionism kept me from going after the life I really wanted to be living, and the incredible shifts that I have created since addressing my perfectionist tendencies. Get full show notes and more information here: http...

Tune in this week for a taste of live coaching as we discuss dating, societal pressures around the grieving process, and parenting your kids after the loss your family has experienced. Coaching is what I live for, and I’m genuinely excited to show you why I love it so much. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/50 Mentioned in this episode: You're Invite...

Join me on the podcast this week to understand why all widows have such differing emotions around money. Once you understand where your feelings about money come from, you can do the work to start to see a future where you’ve worked through money purgatory and can view any newfound wealth through a lens that serves you, rather than beating yourself up about it. Get full show notes and more informa...

Tune in this week for my first ever interview on the podcast. Melissa is kindly sharing her journey through grief, from the days afterward, through the widow fog, through to how she found my coaching and how she has taken ownership of every aspect of her life and decided to embrace the grief instead of constantly fighting a battle she was never going to win. Get full show notes and more informatio...