Today is International Widows’ Day, and in this deeply personal episode of The Grief Lounge, I am sharing the real truth about widowhood, grief and life after losing your husband.

What is it really like to become a widow?

What does grief feel like after losing your life partner?

How do you keep going when your whole world has changed?

In this episode I share my lived experience of losing my husband, from holding his hand as he took his final breath, telling our children their dad had died, planning a funeral in shock, navigating relentless death admin, solo parenting grieving children, financial pressure, loneliness, and the reality of carrying grief every single day.

I also speak openly about friendship loss, how people disappear after bereavement, why people stop saying their name, and what widows need most from the people around them.

This episode is for widows, widowers, grieving partners and anyone supporting somebody through the loss of a spouse.

Inside this episode we explore:

• widowhood and grief
• losing your husband
• life after losing a partner
• how to support a widow
• parenting grieving children
• death admin after loss
• loneliness after bereavement
• friendship loss in grief
• financial struggles after losing a spouse
• keeping memories alive after death
• how grief changes you forever

Widowhood is not just losing your person. It is losing your future, your witness, your safety and the life you thought you would live.

If you are grieving the loss of your husband, wife or partner, or supporting somebody who is, this conversation will help you feel less alone and better understood.

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