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28 February, 2020 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] ~Maggie Moore, The Widow Coach™ www.thewidowcoach.com One of the challenges we face in our modern, segmented world is coordinating care in a crisis. Our modern mobility often means that extended family may not be close or may be challenged...

28 February, 2020 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] ~Maggie Moore, The Widow Coach™ www.thewidowcoach.com “When we are in crisis, the last thing we want to do is communicate. But it is the first thing that brings help into our world.” -Maggie Moore, the Widow Coach™ When my husband was...

19 February, 2020 /

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27 January, 2020 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is the blog post I hate to write. I hate it because it means that there are still criminals out there targeting widowed people, men and women, when we are dealing with our own losses. But these crooks...

24 April, 2019 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] 20 Things Happy People Do Differently (with a widowhood perspective): The reality of grief is that at times, you think you will never be happy again-that this will stay with you forever. But there are things that you can do...

20 April, 2019 /

What follows is a series of consolidated posts to Facebook that attempt to explain to the non-widowed what is going on when someone is widowed. For those of you who are attempting to help the surviving spouse (and that includes fiancé, boyfriend/girlfriend or other long-term...

17 March, 2019 /

This is an area where I, as The Widow Coach, “break” with some of the conventional “wisdom” out there. If you have been widowed any length of time, you will have encountered the “let’s compare our pain” conversation in which a well-meaning friend, acquaintance or family...

17 March, 2019 /

Coping With The Holidays…Practical Tips for the Widow and Widower Handling the holidays can prove to be a real challenge for widowed.  We are confronted by images of happy, intact couples and families and also dealing with the fact that our traditions are forever changed by...

17 March, 2019 /

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17 March, 2019 /