The Widowed Mom Podcast

Grief is not a disorder, we were built to grieve. However, if at a certain point, it is persistently interfering with the quality of your life, you might be experiencing prolonged grief disorder. Hear what prolonged grief disorder entails so you can understand if this describes your experience and identify the support you need. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwit...

Our brains only let data into our awareness that aligns with our thinking. If you think you’re incapable, if you’re looking for how someone in your life always screws something up, if you don't think of your kids in the highest regard, guess what you’ll find? Expecting to see evidence that proves otherwise is like putting an orange in a juicer and anticipating something other than orange juice to...

If you’re in the habit of answering your urges, not doing so feels incredibly uncomfortable. The good news is you don’t need your urges to disappear for you to start pulling away from them, and this week, you’ll hear why, and what to do so your urges stop being a problem. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/195 Mentioned in this episode: You're Invited...

Whether you’re excited about sex, or you’ve never had a great experience or made pleasure a priority for you, this is an opportunity to get to know yourself in a way you potentially never have before. Board-certified pediatric radiologist, trained sexual counselor, and Master Certified life coach, Dr. Sonia Wright is here to share her expert perspective on common concerns and questions we all have...

Whether it’s a raise, getting better at saying no, starting a side hustle, or to date again, your goals matter. Hear how to keep your goals and dreams alive by deciding, instead of letting them die because you’re just trying. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/193 Mentioned in this episode: You're Invited to Grief Essentials LIVE Join us for 8 weeks o...

If you are experiencing reminders that take you back to your person’s passing, be it a CPR scene, an accident, the hospital, or anything else, tune in to hear how to be your own advocate and how to seek help without re-traumatizing yourself. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/192 Mentioned in this episode: You're Invited to Grief Essentials LIVE Join...

Listen in this week as time management expert for women Megan Sumrell shows you how to find true peace and purpose, break out of overwhelm by building a system that helps you manage the mental madness of everything you’re juggling on a daily basis, and get in the driver’s seat of your calendar. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/191 Mentioned in this...

What is it that you think is causing pressure in your life right now? Maybe you feel pressured to move to a different house or city, to date again, or go back to work. The great news is that no one and nothing outside of you can cause you to feel pressure. So, if you’re ready to start seeing yourself as the powerful creator of pressure when you feel it, listen in to hear why it’s not a problem, an...

When it comes to making big decisions, most of us are used to having our person to talk them through with and bounce ideas off of. So, if you’re now struggling with decision-making and experiencing fear, worry, or stress around big or small decisions, know that you are not alone and you don’t have to stay stuck in indecision drama. You can learn how to start making faster decisions with less anxie...

2023 is here, and it continues to fascinate me how scary it can sometimes feel to enter a blank slate where we’re creating from scratch and thinking about what we want in the next chapter of life. Our brains will offer us unconscious, unintentional fear-producing thoughts about the blank slate that is in front of us, but you don’t have to listen. Uncertainty will always be a part of our lives, so...

The emotional stagnation zone is where many of us find ourselves as widows. The very last thing we want to do in grief is handle or bring on more intense emotions. So, it’s no surprise then that while life doesn’t feel terrible, it doesn’t feel exciting either. How we end up here makes sense, but we don’t have to stay in this place. If you’re ready to stop surviving and start thriving, listen in t...

Mom Goes On graduate Annette Warmoth is on the show today, and she is a stellar example of continuing to navigate challenges in life using the tools she learned. She’s had a lot happen since she graduated the program, and she’s here to share her story. Listen in as Annette shares her grief journey with us, and how she continues to use the coaching tools she learned from Mom Goes On and from her Li...

Parenting expert, Master Certified Coach, and my dear friend Pam Howard is back on the show this week. Pam specializes in helping moms who are successful in many areas of their lives, but don’t feel successful as a mom. Most of us can relate to the parenting drama of getting reactive or feeling out of control, and Pam is here to share her expertise with us so you can handle anything that comes you...

When we first lose our person, most of us have an early acute grief experience that might look like struggling in our day-to-day. However, you might not be in that place after some time. You might be back to functioning, and everyone thinks you’re going great. You’re not in a pit of despair and life doesn’t feel terrible, but it also doesn’t feel amazing. If you like the idea of loving life again,...

A lot of you are walking around with dream stealers and you don’t even know it. Dream stealers affect all of us, whether you’re currently in acute grief or you’re further down the path of your grief journey. But if you’re ready to stop just surviving and instead live the life you want, you have to let your dream stealers go. Tune in this week to find out what dream stealers are, how to identify yo...

There is a tipping point in grief that some widows reach quickly, while other widows never reach it. Most widows feel sad, lonely, or disheartened when they think about their life without their person. Those who reach the tipping point just aren’t okay with staying there. The life you want is worth fighting for. Don’t give up on that. This week, hear why crossing the tipping point matters. Get ful...

I received so many questions after our Happier Holidays for Widowed Moms online event last week, and I’m addressing some of the most commonly asked questions here this week. Your holiday season can be joyful, fun, and full of holiday spirit, even without your person. So listen in to hear what other widowed moms just like you are worried or anxious about for the holidays, and what you can do to mak...

So many widows, including myself, struggle with money drama. Whether it’s because you have less money than you’ve ever had and are struggling to make ends meet, or because you have more money now and hate how you came into it, we need to talk about it. Master Certified life and business coach Molly Claire is here to share from her deep well of wisdom around money drama and how to free yourself fro...

If you find yourself not trusting your own authority or constantly judging your emotional experience, the good news is it’s just science. The remedy? Getting out of your head and into your body’s wisdom. Functional medicine Nurse Practitioner and Master Certified life coach Victoria Albina is on the show this week to dive into the nervous system science behind your automatic reactions, and her fav...

Pam Baker came to coaching worried she no longer had a purpose in life, only to create meaning from her loss by starting a non-profit. We can all give ourselves the gift of going after a vision. You don’t have to be a special snowflake, or even do it the way Pam did. You just have to be committed to figuring it out, and I hope you feel encouraged and inspired by Pam’s story. Get full show notes an...

Do you have a to-do list of grief-related items you’re procrastinating on? Maybe you haven’t ordered that headstone, closed an account belonging to your person, or completed the paperwork for the estate. Tune in this week to discover why you’re procrastinating in grief so that when you’re ready to get it done, you’ll have everything you need. Get full show notes and more information here: https://...

Are you starting to dread the holidays, and it’s not even Halloween yet? No matter when you lost your person, this time of year can be especially hard. And if you’re feeling that impending holiday dread, I’ve got just the thing for you on this episode. Listen in to discover three ways we make the holidays harder in grief, and how we can make this time of year a little easier on ourselves and maybe...

Widowhood is so often an extremely isolating experience. We think that we’re the only ones going through something that is actually very normal and common in grief. This week, I invite you to listen to the women inside Mom Goes On talk about their stories, and I hope you see yourself in their journeys. And if this is exactly what you needed to take the leap, I can’t wait to see you inside. Get ful...

So many widows have a difficult time loving life after their spouse dies because of all the ways they think they aren’t living up to a completely optional set of standards. But we need to put down the idea that we need to be different. We need to consider that who we are might actually be amazing and that being unapologetically you is the best way to be. So, let’s figure out how to be done apologi...

So much of what we struggle with in grief can be exactly what holds us back from the things we want to accomplish, including weight loss. This week, I’m sitting down with my dear friend, Master Certified Coach, and weight loss expert, Dr. Katrina Ubell to discuss how learning the skills of processing your emotions and working with your body instead of against it will transform your life. Get full...