The Widowed Mom Podcast
Episodes
58. Listener Q&A
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 fe...
57. The Phrase “New Normal” – Helpful or Hurtful?
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
56. Loss is Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Dawne Long
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 tog...
55. How to Be Your Own Champion
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
54. Navigating Father’s Day
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 yo...
53. Before You Try to Lose Weight Again
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
52. Helping Widows Through Grief: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Jenny Lisk
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 wo...
51. How to Overcome Perfectionism with Failure
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 failur...
50. Ask Krista Anything: Live Coaching
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
49. Wealth Purgatory
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
48. Embracing the Pain of Grief: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Melissa Sogavo
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
47. (Part 2) Why We Numb and How to Stop
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me this week for part two of Why We Numb and How to Stop, where I’m sharing my tips for creating a step-by-step plan to address your numbing be...
46. Why We Numb and How to Stop
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week for a little understanding as to why you engage in numbing activities, what’s going on in your brain, and how to ch...
45. For Those Who Love Us
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been asking my clients and people in my community what they wished their loved ones knew about their experience as a widowed mom. And so, if so...
44. The Wedding Ring
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me this week as I share what I did with my wedding ring after my husband died, and how my thoughts about it changed over the following years, and...
43. When Things Around Us Seem Crazy
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week to discover why panicking right now is nothing to be ashamed of, and how you can move towards thoughts and emotions t...
42. How to Know if You’re Ready to Date Again
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week as I discuss the five most important considerations to take into account, so you can know for sure if you’re ready ...
41. Useful Emotions
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me this week to discover how to choose your emotions on purpose. I’m showing you how you can take a look at your thoughts and the feelings that...
40. Listener Q&A
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week as I take your questions on feeling whole again, playing the role of both dad and mom now your husband has gone, and ...
39. Changing Your Painful Past
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve talked on the podcast before about the stories we tell ourselves when it comes to the loss of our person. But I want to go a little deeper this...
38. Dealing with an Inner Critic
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week to discover why the inner critic of ours doesn’t have to be something we ignore or fight against, how to see it for...
37. Valentine’s Day On Purpose
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and, for many women like us who have lost our husbands, it’s not a day that we look forward to. In fact...
36. Your Beliefs About You
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s no secret that when you think anything long enough, you’re going to believe it’s true. What I want to discuss today is that you can choose ...
35. Measuring Your Success as a Mom
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week and discover how to stop beating yourself up and start measuring your success as a mom in a healthy and loving way. I...
34. Your Relationship with Your Husband
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me this week to see that you have the option to maintain a relationship with your husband if you choose to. You can feel separation or closeness;...
33. Forgiveness
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Forgiveness can understandably be a sore subject for a lot of us. I get people asking me from time to time about when the right time to forgive someon...
32. Dealing with Toxic People
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week to discover why we believe that people are toxic, and how letting people occupy real estate in our brain in this way only serves to ...
31. New Year’s Resolutions for Widows
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most people, that I’m aware of at least, have real difficulty following through with their New Year’s resolutions. There’s no shame in that. How...
30. Making Decisions By Yourself
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Discover the truth about right and wrong decisions, and how to start deciding from a place of power, and why you only have yourself to answer to when ...
29. Guilt and Regret in Grief
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week to discover where our sense of guilt or regret is coming from, what the difference between guilt and regret is, and w...
28. The Word “Widow”
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week to discover why the word widow carries such strong and differing emotion, depending on who you ask, and what labeling...
27. People-Pleasing
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week and discover the ways people-pleasing might be showing up in your life, and how you can leave the cycle of putting ev...
26. The Truth About Overwhelm
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in today to discover how to process your thoughts in a way that alleviates the overwhelm that comes with the grieving process and how you can mov...
25. Two Sides of the Comparison Coin
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As human beings, we like comparison. Knowing that we are not alone gives us some comfort. But we don’t always compare in a helpful way. Join me on t...
24. Happier Holidays After Loss
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week to discover how to take proper care of yourself during the holidays, rather than acting out of obligation and leaving yourself feeli...
23. Widowhood and the Motivational Triad
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I’m always excited to record the podcast for you guys, but this week is a special one because today’s topic is really the cornerstone of my work a...
22. The Thought-Feeling-Action Connection
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join me this week as I’m sharing some examples from my own life of how, once I embraced the thought-feeling-action connection, everything changed. W...
21. When People Don’t Understand
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on the podcast this week as I discuss why nobody can ever comprehend exactly what you’re going through, even other widows. Instead, you’ll...
20. Cognitive Bias and Widowhood
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week to discover how your cognitive bias could be holding you back. Whether you think you’re a bad mom, that you’ll never find love a...
19. Tasks of Mourning
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week to discover the difference between grief and mourning, where you’re at in your journey, and how to identify how much you have move...
18. Confidence After Loss
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join me this week as I discuss why we lack confidence during this time in our lives, the beliefs that we have about our confidence that prevent us fro...
Bonus Episode: Special Announcement
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wished for a customized program to help you move through the parts of grief that are keeping you stuck? Something to teach you the tools that gri...
17. Making Friends with Grief
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week and discover why grief is something we will never be able to leave behind, but also why that in itself is not a bad thing. This is a...
16. Handling His Stuff
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week as I share some of the mental drama that occurs when deciding what to do with your person’s possessions. I’m also giving you my ...
15. Who Am I Now? Redefining Our Identity After Loss
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week as I discuss why we believe that we have lost our identity, what gets in the way of us really trying to define ourselves after loss,...
14. Helping Your Children Grieve
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to use your own grief experience to help your child get through theirs. It’s impossible for us to make them feel better, but that doesn’t mean...
13. Dealing with the Have-Tos
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're discussing the "have-tos" and pressure that we pile on ourselves and why it doesn't have to be this way. We'll talk about why we disem...
12. Owning It
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Trying to have a say in the actions of others or the events of our lives makes us feel like we’re doing something about our situation, but it’s ac...
11. Deathiversaries
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're talking about how to think about the anniversary of your husband's death in a way that honors your feelings and capacity on the...
10. Lessons I’ve Learned Since My Husband Died
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I've learned so much since my husband died: about myself and what I'm capable of; about my children and how resilient they are; and about life and how...
9. Pain Vs. Suffering
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We often don't recognize that there is a difference between pain and suffering. They're actually completely different in that one of them is part and ...
8. Post-Traumatic Growth
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm introducing you to the concept of post-traumatic growth. We'll talk about the definition of trauma and why it's a unique experien...
7. The Stories We Tell
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I want to tell you the same story three times, each with a different interpretation. I want you to listen closely and notice the difference...
6. Widow Fog
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we'll talk about what widow fog is, some of its common symptoms, and why your brain protects yourself in this way. I share some of...
5. Powerful Questions for Widows
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm talking about powerful questions for widows and how to make the most of your brain's natural filter. We'll walk through some of t...
4. The Widowed Mom’s Bill of Rights
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a list of twenty-five things I hope you remember when people around you are questioning your grieving process, asking if you’re okay, or tel...
3. How to Feel Better Now
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join me today as I break down the three most common ways of dealing with emotion and why they are not serving you. I'm also offering you a fourth way ...
2. Myths of Grief
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I’m sharing six myths of grief and walking through why each one is inaccurate. I talk about why grief is a normal, natural response...
1. Game On!
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of The Widowed Mom Podcast. I am pleased to be here with you and honored that you’re joining me in this new endeavor th...