Reality is really settling in. Not only did we have to celebrate his birthday son after his death now we have to figure out how to get through Christmas & New Years without him --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

You have had to deal with so much! Funeral arrangements, possibly selling the house, the kids. closing accounts etc etc. That you have not had anytime for yourself! You know what....NOW is YOUR time! Now is the time to reinvest in YOU! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

This new life is not easy! Everyday presents some type of challenge, however; I had to learn to extend myself grace because I am not going to get it right every time and that's okay! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

OMG! The thought of dating again scares the hell out of me! Do I really want to do this? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

You experience so many different emotions while on your grief journey.  There are moments when everything is great and then there are those moments where  you are either mad or sad or both! This rollercoaster of emotions can be so exhausting but I have learned that I had to face them and work through them in order for me to get off the ride.   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

You are going to experience different situations along your grief journey that will trigger your grief! Listen let me tell you.....I struggled for so long with so many different things triggering my grief. I finally got to a point on my grief journey where instead of me looking at the triggers as a way of reliving my grief to a way of finding the joy in remembering my husband.   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

I am not the same woman I was 4 years ago at the beginning of my grief journey; I am not even the same woman I was when my husband was alive. Grief has completely and totally transformed me! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

Starting over after my husband passed away was difficult! I really didn't want to face the reality that my life was now totally and completely different! However this journey that I am on is scary but so rewarding! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

I had a reach a point where I didn't want to do anything anymore! I was over all of it and I just wanted it to end......however my sister and my son had other plans! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support

There is so many things to consider now that I am a widow but the thing that is the most important is my kids! How the hell am I suppose to not only navigate my feelings but also help them to understand that our life will never be the same! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kristin-bethune/support