Brave Widow Show

Brave Widow Show

Hosted by: Emily Tanner

Inspiration for young widows to help heal their heart, find hope, and dream again for the future.

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Episodes

BW 039: How to Make it Through the Financial Forest after Losing a Spouse - with Nicole Roberts

On today's episode of The Brave Widow Show podcast I get to introduce you to Nicole. Nicole Roberts, CFP® hosts the podcast, He's Gone But the Money's Not, where she and co-host, Summer Parry, interview widows about...
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BW 038: Expectations Widows Experience During the Grieving Process

In episode 38 of the Brave Widow Show we are talking about freedom from expectations that people have of us during the grieving process and some things that you can do to lighten the burden of those expectations and...
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BW 037: Finding Rest when You're Overwhelmed - with Alexandra Tanon Olsson

Today on the Brave Widow Show I am so excited to host a personal friend and someone who served as my life coach. She is just a genuinely amazing human being. She's worked with me a lot to understand as best she can,...
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BW 036: Married for 29 Years with a Condition that Most Children Don't Survive - with Dave Every

In today's episode, I get to speak with Dave Every. Dave was married to his wife for 29 years before she passed just over a month ago, and they were partnered together for 32 years. Dave's story is unique in that when...
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BW 035: Ideas for Celebrating Father's Day as a Widow + Mother

Being a widow makes celebrating Mother's Day and Father's Day a little tricky and a little tough at times, and one of the of the questions that I've been hearing most recently is, What can I do with my kids to honor...
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BW 034: Sue Peters Love, Gratitude, and Service

In episode 34 of the Brave Widow show we have a really amazing person. Her name is Sue Peters. She is a fellow widow and she's going to share some parts of her story and some insights of what she's learned through her...
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BW 033: We Get to Choose How Long We Stay Buried in Grief - with Yolanda Mitchum

I have a special guest on the show today. Yolanda (@h3haven) and I met through a mutual life coaching certification program that we're a part of. We connected on a topic of grief. And while Yolanda isn't a widow, she...
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BW 032: Juggling Motherhood, Widowhood, and Going back to school with Donna Kendrick

In episode 32 of the Brave Widow Show, I get to talk with Donna Kendrick (@widowandwisdom). Donna is someone who lost her husband nearly 10 years ago, and she's done a lot of work to give back to the widow and the...
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BW 031: A Letter to my Friends: What Widows Want you to Know but Don’t Want to Tell You

Oftentimes in grief, Widows feel very misunderstood. That's pretty common. And in all of the widow communities that I'm involved in, I hear a lot of times people say, "oh, I just wish that people understood this, or I...
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BW 030: Five Mindset Changes that Happen when Your Spouse Dies

Losing a spouse sends you to the edge of the earth.  You may often feel like you’re living in a different reality from everyone else.  Things that used to be important to you may no longer matter as new priorities and...
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BW 029: Social Circle Changes Post Loss and What to Do

Commonly widows report having a completely new social circle once their spouse dies.  They may feel abandoned, misunderstood, judged, rejected, forgotten, and lost. You will be disappointed by people who don’t show up...
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BW 028: Grief Community: Why it’s important and what to look for

Being a widow is lonely.  Isolating.  Brutal. Today in episode 28 of the Brave Widow show, I’m going to share five reasons why having a community during grief is important and five things to look for to find the...
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