Four Lessons Learned in Four Years of Widowhood
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
In this episode, Mari shares four significant lessons she has learned throughout her four years of widowhood. For the first time ever, Mari also shares the name of her new upcoming bilingual children's book. Mari is an author, widow, podcaster, and the founder of embracingwidowhood.com & The Embracing Widowhood Podcast. In this episode, you will hear: - Lessons learned from a young widow in her four years of widowhood - Research-based information on the brain while in grief - Information on Grief Spurts - & Boundaries
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Grief, Widowhood & Surviving Cancer
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
In this episode, Mari interviews Janice from @anotherstrongwidow, a former geologist and mother of three young children who had to face her own cancer diagnosis shortly after burying her husband, who also died from another form of cancer. In this episode, you will hear: * A young women's early journey in widowhood * Having to face a scary health diagnosis as a mom * Talking to young children about death * Resources for the Holidays & * Research on Grief and Love. Resources Include: https://grief.com/ https://modernwidowsclub.org/ https://nacg.org/ https://www.dougy.org/...
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Research On Widowhood, Solo-Parenting & Helping Ourselves After Loss
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
Mari Marquez, a Ph.D. Student and children's book author shares research on how widowhood can impact our children. Mari shares points from various studies as to why navigating solo-parenting, widowhood, and rebuilding our identity is challenging. In this episode, you will learn: Research on young widows with dependent-age children. How widowhood can impact our children. Ways to help ourselves after a loss. Embracingwidowhood.com Get a free week of therapy on betterhelp.com; use code: https://www.betterhelp.com/rpc/d0d6ffb931e4e167-1-01
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Interview With Fellow Widow Kay Moodley
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
Kay Moodley is the mother of two young children whose husband died from stage 4 terminal gastric cancer in 2018. In this episode, Mari Marquez interviews Kay Moodley as she shares her story of loss and needing to grieve through a pandemic. Kay shares some of the resources that were helpful to her as a widow. And she also talks about helping her children as a mom cope with their own grief. Kay also shares some exciting news about a project she and her son have developed to help other grieving children.
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Interview with Carolyn Moor, Founder of Modern Widows Club
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
Carolyn Moor is one of the most influential widow advocates leading the healthy widow revolutionary concept for modern women worldwide. In this episode, Mari Marquez interviews Carolyn Moor, the Founder and President of Modern Widows Club. Carolyn shares her personal story of losing her husband on Valentine's Day, 22 years ago. She discusses raising two young daughters as an only parent and shares a wealth of knowledge from starting MWC and mentoring a plethora of widowed women. Resource:
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Loving Ourselves Before Loving Again
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
Do all young widows automatically date right away after losing their spouse?
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Let's Talk Widowish with Melissa Gould
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
In this episode, Mari Marquez interviews Award-Winning Screenwriter and the Author of the Memoir Widowish- Melissa Gould, on her best-selling book, parenting as an only parent, finding love again after losing her beloved husband to Multiple Sclerosis & West Nile Virus, and processing grief as a widow.
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Grieving During The Holidays
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
Are you grieving during the holidays?
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Reimagining Grief with Lisa Keefauver
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
In this episode, Mari Marquez interviews Lisa Keefauver, the founder and CEO of Reimagining Grief and the Creator and Host of the podcast "Grief is a Sneaky Bitch" (with over 100k downloads worldwide!), about using her personal and professional experience of more than twenty years as a clinical social worker and narrative therapist, to make a global impact in changing the narratives of grief.
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The Three Year Mark
The Embracing Widowhood Podcast
The three-year mark.
info_outlineIn this episode, Mari Marquez shares what inspired her to write The Magical Soul, an inspirational book for children after loss. The book will be available on Father's Day, June 20, 2021, in memory of her father and husband.
For more information on the The Magical Soul Book visit: https://embracingwidowhood.com/author
Organizations mentioned in this podcast episode include: The National Alliance for Grieving Children, Judi's House, Billy's Place and The Dougy Center.