A Widow and A Wife

In Episode #11 of A Widow and A Wife, "How the Heart Holds It All", we are opening up about the sheer resilience of the heart...from surviving devestating heartbreak, making space for joy without letting go of what you lost, and the incredible biological wonder of a heart that keeps beating after being shattered. The heart is elastic enough to hold both the ache of what was and the beauty of what's next-simultaneously. No matter where you're sitting now, in the middle of deep heartbreak or lear

We've all played the "what if" game-replaying conversations at 2 AM, wishing we had said something differently or made a different choice...carrying guilt. In Episode #10 of A Widow and A Wife, "The Weight We Carry: Unpacking Regret," we are taking on one of the heaviest emotions both in grief and everyday life. Regret. Regret after loss is uniquely heavy, but it doesn't stop there. It shows up in so many areas of our lives, words said or not said, time wasted, chances we didn't take and decis

You don't heal a deep cut with a quick bandage-and you don't recover from a massive loss on someone else's timeline. In Epidose #9 of A Widow and A Wife, "Big Losses Take BIg Time: Your Healing, Your Hurt", we are talking about the truth so many people overlook: the depth of your healing is relative to the size of your wound and loss. Navigating these unchartered waters is something that unfortunately belongs to you. Your healing is ultimately your responsibility, and its damn hard work!

Episode #8 is here and so is a new school year! The best back-to-school supply isn't on the list-it's entering the room as the soft spot. In our newest episode, "Back to School: Soft Hearts, Big Laughs, and Open Seats,"...we are reminding ourselves that not everyone steps into this season from the same starting line-some have excitement, others carrying grief or nervous butterflies. So how do we handle it? With big hearts, open arms and a heavy dose of humor... Please join us today by clicking

This week on Episode #7 of A Widow and A Wife, we are heading into "The Languages of Love: from "Pucker Up" to "Unload the Dishwasher". We are talking about how we give love, how we receive it, how we learn this about ourselves and how it can be completely rewritten depending on your age AND your gender. Sometimes it may be flowers or late-night texts, but more often possibly it's doing something without a reminder or just being heard. Grief and life transitions can completely restructure what

Shoulder Pads and Second Hand Embarrassment...we are owning all of it. Episode #6 has dropped! We're taking a mental health break from grief talk this week to focus on a different kind of trauma...High School. Some of the best music and worst fashion! This week on A Widow and A Wife, we're putting down the heavy stuff and picking up our teenage cringe and asking ourselves...did I really do that? If your soul needs a breather and a reminder that you too survived blue eyeshadow and questionable c