Overwhelming to listen to your podcast this morning AND I know we can fix this because we truly are better together…… The Boyfriend

I have listened to a few of these podcasts and Krista has a gentle way of saying things that can be hard to hear. If you are struggling with geeif, give it a try.

I’ve not written a review up til now because I felt I couldn’t write something perfect enough. But here I am right now writing something GOOD…it doesn’t have to be perfect. I lost my husband September 2023 (still incomprehensible) and if it wasn’t for Krista, I don’t even know where I’d be. Thank you for giving me grief help, but even more valuable…human help…woman help. You’re amazingly talented and helpful!! ❤️

I am not a new widow, and am, in fact, a graduate of Krista’s amazing coaching program for widowed moms. I found her through these podcasts 5 years ago now and am still listening every single week. This week’s topic deals with secondary losses and talks about the reality of friends who disappear after your person dies, something that has been hard for me to deal with. I also moved across the country to a big new city a year after my husband died and have found it challenging, finding my people in a sea of strangers, while still feeling so sad. Anyway, as always, her words and wisdom completely resonate with me, and she always helps me to feel heard and understood. If you have been holding back on contacting her to find out about her coaching program, I could not recommend it strongly enough. It was a HUGE help to me, and I learned tools that I am still using, in all aspects of my life. Big thanks to Krista for all of her wisdom and kind help!

Recently widowed—Jan 10, 2025–cancer. He is the love of my life so having a hard time without him. But I stumbled into this podcast and it has been such a help and blessing. So many groups on social media have people 10-15 years out from their grief but appear as if their loss happened last week. I’m overwhelmed by my feelings and the idea that it will be this intense and difficult “forever” is frightening and feels hopeless. This podcast has really helped me to see there is another way to find my way forward. I’m just at the beginning but that episode “Feel better N O W” was so powerful and helpful. Not sure if you’re at a million followers 5.5 years later but I plan to spread the word. Thank you for your help and I’m so happy to have someone to guide me on this journey.

I don’t know what I would do without this podcast, it always finds a way to help me through a situation or give that reassurance that I’m doing alright and I can do life after the loss of my husband thank you!

This is just what I needed today. It explained exactly what I was experiencing. I had to do something hard and started in the morning with the struggling but I realize I was really sad. I cried and after I listened to this I knew exactly what I was feeling. Thank you for helping me.

It seems however I am feeling there is a podcast from Krista that is just for me. Valentines Day was our wedding anniversary. He got sick right after our 50th celebration. Krista and her podcasts have been such a help to me to get through my year of firsts. Please do not hesitate to listen to her soothing voice and wonderful insights !

Love the episode on post traumatic growth and the idea that life isn’t a either/or thing

If you say game 1 one more time !!! Terrible podcast. Got nothing out of it. Matter of fact made me want to pull my hair out … do not recommend for griefing !!!

I’m glad I happened on to this podcast. I’ve only listened to the first 2 so far, but I already find them to be very helpful. My husband (of 48 years) died suddenly, after beating metastatic prostate cancer, only 18 days ago. This grief journey is even harder than I even expected. Thank you for making this support available.

Krista’s podcasts have given me skills and hope when I had no strength or energy after losing the love of my life a year ago.

I’ve felt so misunderstood since my husband died. This podcast has helped me immensely and helped normalize the thoughts and feelings I’ve experienced since he died.

Although I have been a widow for nearly two years now and have been an active member of Krista St-Germain’s Mom Goes On program for a year and a half, I have not yet been able to effectively deal with all of my person’s belongings. I donated a lot of stuff initially, but I still have more items to deal with at this time. This podcast was perfect in helping me to realize that I am “holding on” to many things that belonged to him still without a good reason to do so. As always, Krista was able to provide a new perspective regarding the feelings and beliefs that are holding me back. I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly throughout the podcast since I saw myself and my own lack of action in what Krista was sharing.Immediately after I listened to it, I began looking at his t-shirts and sweaters that I had been saving for so long and making decisions about what to donate, what to give to friends or family members, as well as the few things that I feel the need to keep for myself to honor him. I feel good about doing it at this point. Thank you, Krista, for addressing this topic in such a comprehensive and caring manner. As usual, you rock!!!!!

Stumbled across this podcast within a week of losing my husband of 29 years. I’ve only listened to a few episodes but they truly resonate with me. Thank you for helping me navigate this new chapter in my life

I feel very fortunate that I found Krista and her coaching . The podcast has helped me connect to the experience of losing my partner without becoming lost in the experience. I am seeing it’s very possible to grieve and move forward in my life without guilt or shame . Thank you Krista.

I am only a few weeks in my grief journey and boy has this podcast helped me see things differently and more clearly! I listen to it multiple times a day and it’s helping me understand how I’m feeling and figuring out how to move forward in my life. I am so grateful that I came across Krista, and don’t think I’ll ever stop listening to her! ❤️

I just listened to Krista‘s podcast on widow fog. Boy is that me! I love her practical suggestions. I love to know that I’m not losing my mind. It’s so helpful. My husband passed away April 4 this year while we were on vacation in Florida he had some back pain and ended up having, acute myeloid leukemia and tumors in his spine. One week after diagnosis he was gone. He was a previously healthy 65 yo. All of the things that she has down as symptoms I feel like I’ve done most of them. Main thing is not returning calls, writing text messages and forgetting to send them and I really have a tough time in conversations, this was a great podcast. I can’t wait to listen to more!!

Thank you, Widowed Mom Podcast/Coaching. I found Krista/Widowed Mom via Facebook or online shortly after my husband (together for 36 years) died in September 2022. I absolutely love the podcasts, Krista, the staff, and mission to help others "like us." Who knew and understood the pain and heartache before? I didn't. Krista gets it and is so knowledgable and smart in a Wise Counselor Coach way. I lean(ed) on my faith (Christian) and Griefshare . org for spiritual sustenance and support; Krista, et al, offers the real life experience and practical down-to-earth tools, support, and encouragement. I have not signed on to a coaching program, yet I am so very grateful to listen to the abundant podcasts and wide array of topics. I love the way each episode ends with "I love you, you got this, take care!"

This podcast has been life changing for me. I speak only from my experience, but after I lost my husband, I felt so lost and like my best days were gone. And yes the plans I had with him, those were gone. But she has taught me that my life with our children has some of the best days ahead of us. She answers questions and confronts thoughts you’ve likely had.

Krista is a wise and compassionate coach and she also interviews excellent guests. An extremely helpful lifeline for widowed women.

In my early days of being a widow I searching for answers on how I was feeling in this roller coaster ride. My husband had been ill for 10 years but the worst was last month of his life. We were able to enjoy trips early in his cancer but each day was a struggle to function so he slept a lot. I never had a widow I could talk to because ones I knew just didn’t talk about loved ones death. You are my rock even after14 months and I wish I would have found you in my early grief time. I have read each of your pod casts and learn something each time listening to your calming voice. I will always be grateful for you coming into my life a little later but that’s okay. I found our church started Grief Share last year and I joined this group. I met 4 beautiful ladies who are now my sisters in this journey and we share your pod casts as a group to help guide us in areas we need to hear. I have grown so much and feel confident plus looking at this journey as an adventure to a new me. Thanks again for helping all of us and especially the recent widows. God Bless

Love the straightforward thoughtful way Krista is able to communicate. I am twice widowed 2004 and 2024. Have facilitated griefshare groups and have a lot of grief wisdom in my head. Still I find Krista very refreshing and helpful.

I am so grateful to have found Krista’s podcast. She’s very insightful and I find her podcasts helpful and relevant. I have shared it with all of my “wisters” in my support group. Thank you so much, Krista.

After swimming and drowning in my sea of grief from the loss of my husband, Krista and this podcast have been a life preserver. I started listening to this podcast about year ago, however, my mindset and my grief were not in a place where I was able to absorb and hear what she was saying. I continued to listen off and on while in the depths of my grief and finally while listening to the episode about how my pain is not my connection something clicked in my head and things began to change. I am so thankful to have found a podcast with such amazing nonjudgmental insight, information, and understanding from someone who personally understands the struggles and challenges of being a young widow. Krista offers hope when you need it during the hardest days and with her calm and caring voice/nature she somehow makes it easier to allow yourself grace and self care/love when you need it most. I am so grateful to have her at my side with her podcast for so long (without her knowing it) to gently push me forward (in my own time) in my grief while providing encouragement and validation that all of my feelings are valid, my timeframe is my own, and that I’m not doing anything wrong in my grief. Sometimes just having someone tell you that “you got this” and that your are loved can make all the difference on difficult days. I can’t recommend this amazing woman and podcast enough!

I loved your podcast with Stephanie Hester-Rodriguez today. You shared you wanted a review for your birthday, so Happy Birthday!

I have been listening to krista now for a year and hope to be able to coach with her Her message is amazing

My husband just passed away on Feb 9, 2023. Grieving of this magnitude is devastating. The episodes so far are easy to listen to and encourages me to not to deny the feelings and to let the feelings out. Don’t have to “be strong”. Just feel.

Thank you, Krista for sharing your experiences and expertise. While I am not a widow, I feel like one. My husband and I divorced in September after 24 years of marriage and 36 years together. I feel like a widow as I lost my life partner and father of my children. We have no communication due to substance use and abuse. Everything you share resonates with me and is keeping me going, especially on those days when the grief bursts appear. You are a very special person and are helping so many women that are in a club we did not want to be a part of.

I would have followed but, after this, I will never. What an incredibly selfish mindset to promote. A world filled with selfishly minded people leads to destruction. This is an opinion and while an individual is entitled to an opinion, clouting it as if it has credibility is no better than citing a Wikipedia source has 100% valid.

My husband is actually on hospice right now, so I am anticipating being a widow within the next few weeks. Krista popped up in my Facebook feed, and I followed the link to her podcast. I already feel better prepared for my impending future. Thank you so much for what you do.

Hello. I have been a widow for 8.5 years and have been listening to Krista since my 3rd year of being a widow. (I went back to the beginning and binged all the ones I had missed.) I am not sure how I found her, but I am so glad I did. There have been a few times when I think I know what I am doing and I don’t need to listen anymore. I am always so wrong! Her podcasts always have something valuable. Always. I can’t wait for next week to see what the 7 mistakes that are made when starting “Game 2”. Krista’s podcast changed my outlook on this new life completely! Thank you!

I’m newly widowed for four months. My husband died on August 1, 2023, during a cardiac procedure and was not able to be revived. I’m a Mom of two grown children so my responsibilities did not include day-to-day child care. This podcast has given me so much validation that what I’m feeling and experiencing is normal and I’m not alone. Thank you for the encouragement and validation. I’m currently binge listening from the beginning.

Grieving for the loss of my husband has been a painful journey, every woman in my position understands this. This community has helped me to not feel so alone and isolated but also to hear and adapt valuable wisdom, tools, approaches to help sort out some of my mixed up emotions. It’s very hard to even articulate but I do know that once I somehow luckily latched on to Krista and her podcast I felt like it was a real step in the right direction. I have other ways to help grieve, I read, write a little , make some art, I talk to a therapist, I cry but I also just know that life is a beautiful journey filled with good as well as hard times. It doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t strive to get back to living a good happy life, but to the contrary, I feel we must. It’s so important for our lives and also critical to model this skill for our children. From us they will learn what it is like to love and to loose and heal as best as possible. To feel they’re never completely disconnected from their loved one. That person will always be in their hearts and part of their lives. Blessings to all you ladies. I believe we are all connected through this golden thread of shared experience. Thank you Krista for all that you do for this community. With love and widow power. Kathy Simos

Amen and THANK YOU for speaking truths. Sometimes you have to make big, hard decisions in the first year, and it’s alright to do that. Sometimes you want to throat punch someone (one of my husband’s favorite sayings!). Sometimes you need to be skeptical of your own brain. But always, I have to remember that life does not quit living just because my husband died. Grief is hard, but I am harder.

Hearing Krista say “Please don’t settle for a life that is less than you deserve.” was like having a lifebouy thrown while I was sinking in the rough sea. After my husband died by suicide in April, Fathers Day was crushing me and left me feeling hopeless. I came upon the podcast while desperately searching for others who would understand. After binge listening to hours of episodes, I signed up for coaching that next day. 2 months in and I’m starting to see a path back. PS Relationship with your Husband took a weight off my heart 💕

This podcast has been my lifeline. This episode? Wow thank you this was so needed

At 42 years old I never could have imagined…me..a..widow. My husband passed away 7 weeks ago, and to say life has been hard these last 7 weeks would be a complete understatement, because there are no words that could ever fully describe what early grief looks or feels like. Maybe agony comes the closest. One day while scrolling through social media a sponsored ad for Kristas podcast appeared on my wall, and boy am I glad it did. I’ve been listening to episodes recommended for me during this time of early grief. Todays episode #74 Everything’s okay & everything’s not ok really spoke to my heart and soul. I’m learning to live in the “&”, and this episode was a great reminder that as humans we get the blessing of the “&”. While I’m not ok…I’m also ok. Krista thank you for this beautiful reminder, and thank you for your podcast. I look forward to listening and gaining comfort and wisdom from someone who has also walked the path of a widow. It makes me feel just a little less alone.

I found this podcast from the Lo life podcast. My dad passed four months ago and these episodes are reliable. Can’t wait to listen to them all.

I found this podcast only a month or two after losing my husband of 32 years to cancer. I also became an empty nester a month after he died. I was lost and felt so alone even though family and friends were around and helpful. I listened to Krista every morning for hours. I started at the beginning and just soaked it all in. This podcast was a lifesaver. I felt understood and encouraged. I felt like I could continue on and that it was possible to rediscover myself without my person and create a life I loved. I’m 18 months out from his death now. I’m better but still struggling, especially in my new romantic relationship. I still listen weekly and get so much out of it. Thank you, Krista.

Week one into my sudden/tragic widowhood as a mama of four, I found the Widowed Mom’s Podcast and Christa. This space/place is my rock and comfort. I yearn for even more episodes/insights for new widow moms. I am in awe of Christa and the hope she presents/represents that is possible while being in this unimaginable grief and broken heartedness.

I suddenly became a widow at 42 years old, with two teenagers at home. I was lost and confused and letting my thoughts take over. I am so thankful to have found Krista’s podcast. Her calm and gentle voice was a breath of fresh air when I needed it the most. More importantly, the podcast led me to the Mom Goes On program, which has been life changing. I am forever grateful.

After losing my husband at 51, I found much of the information out there didn’t work for me. Unclear, and mostly self care, and the five stages of grief…not particularly helpful. After finding this podcast, I finally had direction from someone kind, with first hand accurate knowledge, that makes me feel that my life didn’t end with my husband’s.

The idea of loving life again after a monumental loss may feel out of reach, but Krista’s teachings are powerful and break through the fog of widowhood. Hearing her encouragement has helped me so much on my healing journey.

I just started listening to this podcast and I am thoroughly enjoying it. December will be year 10 for me. The challenges it seems keep coming. My kids were 19 and 17 when their dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor. From diagnosis to death it was nine weeks. He died 7 days before Christmas. I was a stay at home mom for over 20 years and was terrified at what my future looked like. Single at 56 is harder than I thought. Dating is even harder. But I’ve learned I’m very strong as are all of us widows and we are very resilient. Thank you for this podcast. Can’t wait to listen to more. Xanthepee

I just started listening to this podcast and am really enjoying it! Although my children are grown and out of the house, I am still experiencing many of the things she discusses and appreciate the variety of topics she covers. I have been a widow for 7 months and I look forward to listening each week.

I’m not a mom or widowed but I still like this

I was never married to my daughters dad. She is 16 but we were very good friends and I made sure my daughter was in his life and that we had family time together. So I am not a widow but my daughters Dad did pass away May 18th . It is such a loss and I was trying to find some tools for my toolbox. I came across your your podcast and it was such a gift! I loved it was always you episode. The Father’s Day one was a well. They are all so helpful! Thank you

As a new mom widow I’ve been searching for hope. I’ve done a lot of reading in the past few weeks and appreciate all the materials that Krista’s programs have offered freely. A common theme in my self help travels has been that the grief will not go away and it could take years for the waves to lessen. While this has taken the pressure off to set a timeline for when I will start to feel “better” in some ways it has been daunting leaving me a little sadder. This podcast interview with Cindy was the first that validated my feelings of wanting to hear about hope and a future that can be happy as a widowed mom. Cindy talked about her tradition of family dinners carried on and the difficulties in the beginning but hope for laughter and fun while carrying on this legacy that her and her husband have given to their family and friends. Thank you.

I lost my husband 9 years ago, and wish I had this content then! I have started listening from the beginning and it is like relearning all of the insights and tools in a more productive and healthier way. I have been a huge avoider over these years, and feel ready to learn with a new perspective.