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009 Hope in Widowhood
When will I feel better? This is a question most widows ask after losing a partner. The truth is, no one knows how long grief will last. Some people find peace within months. For others, the journey can take years. We...
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008 The Truth About the Timeline of Grief
How long should grief last? For some people, 12 months may still feel as fresh as the first day. For others, a month may feel like everything happened a lifetime ago.
A lot of people are shocked by how different the...
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007 Sexual Desires in Widowhood
How soon is "normal" enough for a widow to start craving intimacy? Is it even possible to have a genuine desire for someone new after the death of a loved one? The simple answer is yes. But unfortunately, widowhood...
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006 Jealousy is Natural in Widowhood
As weird as it sounds, jealousy during grief is normal. It's certainly not malicious jealousy, neither is it jealousy that causes anger or outbursts. But it's real and many of us feel it after losing a loved one.Â
The...
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005 Why We Feel Guilt in Widowhood
One of the most unsettling emotions during grief is guilt. People feel guilt for several reasons, many of which don't make sense. Unfortunately, grief has a way of manifesting toxic personal blame and shame. In...
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004 You Are Not a Burden as a Widow
Whether real, imagined, or received from interactions with people in their lives, grieving widows often feel like a burden to those around them. When internalised repeatedly, these messages can cause people to...
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003 The Five Stages of Grief Myths
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Almost everyone has heard about the five stages of grief. However, these 5 stages were first proposed in 1969, which is why many people question their relevance in...
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002 All Feelings are Valid
Grief is the human body's natural response to loss. It's the emotional pain you feel when the person you love is taken away. Although we'll all grieve at some point or another, grief is very personal. It's not neat,...
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001 There is No Right Way to Grieve
There's a lot of advice out there about grief, but most people fail to understand that grief is personal and that there's quite a mixture of feelings involved. For example, when your spouse dies, you may feel numb,...
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000 Welcome to The Widow Podcast!
Regardless of age, a partner's death can be one of the most challenging events in a person's life. What saddens me most is when I see people expecting too much of themselves too soon. Navigating life without your...
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My husband died - Now what?
When your husband dies you are thrown into a world you no longer recognise and you have no idea how youâre going to get through the next five minutes, let alone the next five days.
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So what do you do now? This is the...
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Being a Widow does not define you!
I speak to so many people and read so many posts where people talk about the fact they hate having to call themselves a widow.
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It wasnât long after Simon died that I realised I was a widow myself, at 39, but I did...
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