Welcome to the Young Widow Podcast for Episode 21: Finding Your Voice. I'm Britany, your host and I'm happy that you could join today.

I want to dive into a big challenge that many of us face in grief and is really important with the holidays coming. It's important that we talk about it now and we get it out there and it's finding our voice and advocating for ourselves.

When we lose someone it's easy to get lost in making sure everyone else feels comfortable around us, that everyone else has having their grief managed. And then also we get lost in worrying about what others think about our choices and how they feel about it. But here's the thing, prioritizing yourself and setting boundaries isn't selfish, it's necessary in grief.

So today we're going to talk about:

Why prioritizing your needs isn't selfish and why you're the only one who really knows what you can handle.

We're also going to cover how to handle triggering questions, using an approach. I call acknowledge advocate and redirect. Steps to start finding and using your voice.

And then why being selfish is critical in the art of healing while going through deep grief.

So Let's Dive In!

Hi, Welcome to the young widow podcast and thank you for joining me today for Episode 20: Holiday Anxiety in Grief.

I am Britany your host and happy you could join today. Today I want to talk through Holiday anxiety – and why it is only October? It is so very normal in grief to experience anxiety – especially the first and second year WEEKS ahead of the actual holidays itself. So today we are going to talk about

• Why does this happen so early
• What kinds of things can be triggering
• What kinds of things can I do to plan for it
• What expectations should I have for myself and others

If you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or like you’re stuck in this,, you’re not alone. I want this episode to be a real, raw conversation between us. No fluff, no platitudes—just some honest talk and actionable things that helped me and might help you too.

I know there’s a lot of pressure out there to feel a certain way or act a certain way around the holidays but we are going to break it all down

Hi, Welcome to the young widow podcast and thank you for joining me today for Episode 19: Working Through Regrets.

I am Britany, your host and I am happy you could join me today. Second podcast rolling out this week, finally getting back into my groove and lets not jinx it!

So today, I want to talk about Working Through Regrets.

What regrets do we have?

Why do we have them?

How do they affect our healing and growing in grief?

And then, I am going to leave you with a small exercise that I use in my coaching that I would like you to try if you have regrets.

So with that, lets jump right in.