This last month I’ve been so busy finishing my “Dating Guide for Widows” and starting my YouTube channel for “The Sisterhood of Widows” that I got out of balance. Even though I love the work I do for widows, I … Read More
The sense of helplessness and numbness that is common the first year, are signs of an ending and also a new beginning. You are experiencing the end of your married life and the couple world, to begin your life as … Read More
In the 60’s and 70’s psychologists outlined “stages” of grief describing the typical emotions one can expect to experience based on the best-known list of stages developed by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her book “On Death and Dying.” In it, … Read More
There is an art to knowing when a relationship can be saved and when it’s beyond repair. If your not careful you will waste too much time and put too much effort into something that is beyond repair. On the … Read More
As a widow nothing highlights being alone as much as holidays and long weekends. If your lucky you have family close by and will be able to share part of the long weekend with them. But for a lot of … Read More
On the Dr. Oz show they talked about Doctors that were so stressed that they snapped and took their own lives. They made a lot of good points about how their loved ones didn’t see the signs and just how … Read More
As I approach valentine’s day without my husband I think about being single in a world I once knew as a couple. I think that searching and believing in a soul mate can be dysfunctional and can even compound loneliness. … Read More
We live in social systems that call for continuous and complex interconnections. A widow who undergoes a dramatic shift creates a ripple effect, requiring change from those around her, and it isn’t always acceptable to them. The problem, as you … Read More
As widows we have learned quite painfully, that life is full of unexpected potholes. That’s why we need to plan for the unforeseen – even more so, now that we are on our own. So your first task is to … Read More
You are smart, successful, popular – and a new widow. Your anxiety may begin in a bad dream, where you wake up to a messy bed and waves of worry that won’t let you go back to sleep. You get … Read More