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The Widowed Mom Podcast

Krista St-Germaincoachingwithkrista.com
The Widowed Mom Podcast offers practical and empowering strategies for widowed moms who believe in the possibility of loving life again but sometimes worry their best days are behind them. If you want more than traditional therapy and grief groups can offer, if you’re stuck in an emotional pattern and feel like you can’t get free, if you want help navigating the unique challenges of being a widowed mom with support that is uplifting and honest, this is the podcast for you. In each episode, Certified Life Coach, widow and mom, Krista St-Germain, will teach you small, manageable steps and techniques to help uncover what’s holding you back and show you how to create a future you can actually look forward to. You may not believe it yet but you CAN move through your grief and live a life you love. If you want to learn more, head over to coachingwithkrista.com.
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Episodes

Ep #82: When You Feel Like a Failure

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why, contrary to what your brain is telling you, you are not a failure. I’m sharing why this thought crosses our minds so often, how I see it show up for my clients, and how to take this false pressure of believing you are a failure off of yourself. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/82

Dec 21, 202015 minEp. 82

Ep #81: Therapy vs. Life Coaching with Sandy Arguello

Join us on the podcast this week as Sandy generously shares her insights on the differences between life coaching and therapy, and how to identify which one you might need. There aren’t necessarily any right or wrong answers here, but I hope that by sharing this conversation, this episode sheds some light on how to know what is best for you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/81

Dec 14, 202042 minEp. 81

Ep #80: Feelings Aren’t Problems

Tune in this week to discover why your feelings are not problems, and how to handle your current feelings in a more productive way. We're sharing five common myths around feelings that often just pile on the uncomfortable experience, and we’re going into why all feelings matter, no matter whether they’re “positive” or “negative.” Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/80

Dec 07, 20201 hr 13 minEp. 80

Ep #79: Tiny Books for Widows: An Interview with Author Brooke Adams Law

Join Brooke and I this week as she tells us all about tiny books and the process involved with creating one. Her deep insights and copious ideas around this topic have definitely got me thinking about writing one myself, and I hope you walk away from this conversation inspired to maybe create one of your own too. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/79

Nov 30, 202039 minEp. 79

Ep #78: Holiday Drama

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why whether you experience drama or not is completely up to you. I’m sharing what you can do to reframe the ways people interact with you that you might have found upsetting in the past, and how you can actually look forward to this time of the year, regardless of how miserable it made you last time around. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/78...

Nov 23, 202019 minEp. 78

Ep #77: Coping With Grief as a New Widow: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Brandy Faker

Join us this week as Brandy and I dig into her experience of grief and how she’s come to cope with it. It has been such an honor to work with her and so much fun to watch her complete transformation. I can’t wait for you to listen in and be inspired by all the work she’s done on herself and to know that it’s possible for you too. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/77

Nov 16, 202048 minEp. 77

Ep #76: Let Them Be Wrong

Tune in this week as I discuss the wasted energy that goes into proving that we’re right and they’re wrong, and that even if we could convince them through arguing, it wouldn’t bring us any peace. Instead, I have some tips that I use for letting go of my ego, seeing their opinion for what it is, and simply allowing them to be wrong. And trust me, it feels so liberating. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/76...

Nov 09, 202016 minEp. 76

Ep #75: Ask Krista Anything: Live Coaching

Tune in this week to discover what actually happens in a coaching session and how the work I share on the podcast can be applied to literally any situation. I’m sharing two separate coaching conversations around the difficulties of being a widow and raising children while grappling with the regrets from the past and overwhelm in the present. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/75

Nov 02, 202049 minEp. 75

Ep #74: Everything’s Okay and Everything’s Not Okay

Listen in today as I show you what it means for everything to simultaneously be okay and not okay. The contrast between joy and despair or happiness and sadness is what makes up the human experience, and I’m showing you how embracing this perspective will allow you to give yourself the space to believe that everything’s okay, while you’re not okay. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/74...

Oct 26, 202016 minEp. 74

Ep #73: Grief and the Law: An Interview with Meredith Holley

Tune in this week as Meredith and I discuss why putting up with an uncomfortable workplace is never a good option. Meredith is sharing how your mental health is legally protected, just like your physical health, and what your options are during those times where grief strikes when you least expect it. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/73

Oct 19, 202044 minEp. 73

Ep #72: Less Drama More Mama: An Interview with Pam Howard

Tune in this week where Pam and I are discussing why reactive parenting isn’t serving you or your children, and how you can be there for your kids in a way that meets their core emotional needs. Pam is sharing where she sees so many moms go wrong in changing their own behavior, and the importance of asking for and accepting help when you need it. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/72

Oct 12, 202049 minEp. 72

Ep #71: The Importance of Curiosity

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why curiosity is an essential part of loving life again and what life has in store if we do not get curious. I’m sharing how being curious about my thoughts and beliefs has helped me in so many different ways, and how you can do exactly the same for yourself. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/71

Oct 05, 202015 minEp. 71

Ep #70: The Self-Coaching Model

Join me on the podcast this week to discover what is, by far, the most useful tool I have in my arsenal: the Self-Coaching Model. I’m sharing how this tool helps us analyze everything that contributes to our experience of life, and how we can move forward, no matter what tragedy or loss we’ve suffered, and build a life we really love. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/70

Sep 28, 202037 minEp. 70

Ep #69: Put Down Your Manuals

Tune in this week to discover some of the things you might have manuals for that you weren’t even aware of. I’m sharing how you can tell if a manual isn’t serving you and needs to be set aside, and how you can do this without becoming a doormat and instead, become a woman who simply loves her life, regardless of how things outside of her are going. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/69...

Sep 21, 202021 minEp. 69

Ep #68: Alone but Not Lonely

Join me on the podcast this week where I’ll share some surprising statistics about loneliness, and explain why if it's not managed appropriately, it can have a detrimental effect on your life. I’ll share ways to view loneliness as an opportunity rather than an issue, and why you can be lonely, but not alone, and alone, but not lonely. Let’s take loneliness seriously and do something about it. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/68...

Sep 14, 202032 minEp. 68

Ep #67: Listener Q&A

Join me today as I answer four questions that I’ve received from podcast listeners, and I hope all of you find them useful. We’re going to dive into how the primitive brain responds to fear and why this is completely normal, numbing with social media, how to let emotions flow through you, and failure. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/67

Sep 07, 202028 minEp. 67

Ep #66: Surviving the First Year: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Jamie Galyon

Tune in this week to discover what Jamie has learned from her first year as a widow. Jamie is sharing what she wishes she would have known sooner, and what she believes every newly widowed mom would benefit from hearing. There is so much wisdom in this conversation for you to hear, even if you're passed the one-year mark. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/66

Aug 31, 20201 hr 3 minEp. 66

Ep #65: A Pep-Talk for When You Need It

Join me on the podcast this week for a little pick-me-up. This journey is messy and complicated, whether you’re having a good or a bad day. But I know for sure that you can handle this and anything else life throws at you. So tune in today and re-listen any time you’re struggling. Because you’ve come way too far to give up now. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/65

Aug 24, 20209 minEp. 65

Ep #64: 2 Circles to Loving Your Life

Join me this week to discover what the two circles to loving life are, and how to expand the one that really matters. I’m sharing how we give our power away to thoughts that don’t serve us, and how we can center our focus and energy in order to create a life that we truly love. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/64

Aug 17, 202030 minEp. 64

Ep #63: How Life Was Supposed to Go

Listen in today as I show you the upside of dropping the story you might be holding onto about how your life was supposed to go. We fool ourselves when we argue and fight for that story, and we are the ones that suffer. I’ll be sharing a few questions you can consider to decide how you’re going to show up for the one life you have and how you’re going to choose to live on purpose. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/63...

Aug 10, 202016 minEp. 63

Ep #62: Awkward Conversations About His Death

Tune in this week to discover why you don’t have to worry or avoid seeing people so that you don’t have to encounter awkward conversations. No one is powerful enough to choose your emotional state and I don’t want you to be a chameleon. You can be who you are and let other people be who they are, and I’m showing you how to show up powerfully for yourself. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/62...

Aug 03, 202022 minEp. 62

Ep #61: Your Future Self

Join me on the podcast this week as I share the one tool that has helped me the most in creating a life I love and guides my clients every day in their lives. You’ll discover the three steps to tap into the version of you who knows exactly what you need to do, and not do, so you can move through the next phase of your journey with peace and certainty. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/61...

Jul 27, 202019 minEp. 61

Ep #60: Interview with Jana DeCristofaro

Join Jana and I as we shed some light on the most common questions that come up around supporting grieving children. She is outlining the importance of taking the pressure off of yourself to best show up for your kids, the power of peer support, and why resiliency shouldn’t ever be the end goal. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/60

Jul 20, 202056 minEp. 60

Ep #59: Response-Ability

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why the choice of how you respond starts and ends with you, and nobody else. I’m sharing how our results are dictated by the way we choose to respond to situations, what you can do to consciously react in a way that serves you, no matter what life throws your way. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/59

Jul 13, 202027 minEp. 59

Ep #58: Listener Q&A

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 feel like a hot mess right now. I’m also sharing some tips on how to ask yourself better questions about your life instead of getting caught up in a negative cycle of believing things should be different. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/58...

Jul 06, 202030 minEp. 58

Ep #57: The Phrase “New Normal” – Helpful or Hurtful?

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’re thinking about your new normal, and where I see widows holding themselves back by trying to accept something they simply don’t like and is not serving them. Get full show notes and more information here: https://coachingwithkrista.com/57

Jun 29, 202021 minEp. 57

Ep #56: Loss is Loss: A Widows Unfiltered Interview with Dawne Long

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 together. I think you’ll be able to relate to Dawne’s resistance to her painful emotions, and how processing them was vital to let them flow and ease up. Dawne had many "aha" moments along the way, and I hope you’ll find hope in her story for your own journey. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/56...

Jun 22, 202047 minEp. 56

Ep #55: How to Be Your Own Champion

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 we are doing a great job, and 3 steps that you can take to become your own champion and show yourself some love and grace in every imperfect, human action you take. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/55

Jun 15, 202023 minEp. 55

Ep #54: Navigating Father’s Day

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 your children to process any emotion that comes up, whatever they might be. What we think about, we bring about, so trust me, if you believe you can make this day work for you, that is the first step in making it happen. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/54...

Jun 08, 202017 minEp. 54

Ep #53: Before You Try to Lose Weight Again

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 reasons for trying for losing weight will impact your outcome, and the emotional disappointment waiting for you if you don’t get your mind right before you get started. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.coachingwithkrista.com/53

Jun 01, 202029 minEp. 53
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