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Maintaining a Relationship with Your Loved One After Loss

Now What?

Maintaining a Relationship with Your Loved One After Loss

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Curious how your relationship with your loved one will continue after loss? It obviously looks much different, but it most certainly hasn’t ended. Creating meaningful connections between you and your person will help cushion this transition of your relationship with them. How do you stay connected? In today’s episode, guest host, Korinn S Hawkins, shares …

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Now What?

Let's Get Started!

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Welcome to this very special kick off episode of the Now What? Podcast. A podcast for women Navigating life After Loss. After experiencing the unexpected, you may find yourself feeling lost or overwhelmed, which oftentimes can leave you feeling stuck and unsure what to do next. If that sounds like you or someone you know …

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New Traditions

December 23, 2020 Erin Hente 2 Comments

“…the reality is that the traditions as we’ve known them have ‘Forever Changed’.”

I’m Fine. Everything is (Not) Fine.

December 9, 2020 Erin Hente Leave a Comment

How to communicate with others what you need while grieving? I was approached in the hallway by a work colleague one day a few months after Andy died. I could see her walking towards me down the hallway looking at me those sympathetic eyes. I quickly glanced around to see if I could run away, …

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This. Is. Grief.

November 29, 2020 Erin Hente Leave a Comment

Crying in the Shower Journal entry by Erin dated 10.20.20 I stepped into the shower… this morning, after 3 days of lounging around in my yoga pants, to finally give myself the much needed care that I so desperately deserved. I opened up my music app and selected the song “See you Again” by Wiz …

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An Outfit of Hope: A Day in the Life of a Widow

November 23, 2020 Erin Hente Leave a Comment

By: Amanda Hedin, Widowed Mom If you’re a mom and anything like me, you likely don’t get enough time to yourself. My husband died in January and I’ve struggled with finding time for myself. My girls, ages 10 and 2 ½ are all consuming and definitely my priority. Just this week I was praying to …

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Some Days are Just Hard

November 16, 2020 Erin Hente Leave a Comment

I just ran away from my kids (time stamp – week 3 distance learning)… Well, let’s get real, I ran into my bedroom and locked the door. Now, I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes praying for God to take my anxiety away. Raising kids isn’t easy, and layer distance learning and grief on …

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Finding Your Tribe: The Inner Circle of Widowhood

November 10, 2020 Erin Hente Leave a Comment

The mind is a powerful thing. Periodically, I wonder if I’ve completely lost mine. Seriously, I feel like no one warned me that my brain, in the early days of widowhood, would be scrambled, and my ability to make logical decisions would be thrown out the window. I quickly realized that I wasn’t alone, because …

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Permission to Dream: 5 Steps to Making Your Dreams Become Reality

November 2, 2020 Erin Hente Leave a Comment

Toward the end of last year, just as the winter season was quickly approaching here in Minnesota, a dream sparked within me. As you may or may not know, Minnesota winters tend to last a bit longer than any human should have to endure, and I always admire the snowbirds, who now retired, get to …

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The Why Behind Forever Changed Widow

October 26, 2020 Erin Hente Leave a Comment

Forever Changed Widow came to life after Erin’s life was changed forever in July of 2015. This blog shares the journey of a widow whose husband, Andy, died suddenly in a work accident. This articles are designed to help others, who find themselves on a similar journey, navigate life after loss.

ERIN HENTE

Maintaining a Relationship with Your Loved One After Loss

Let’s Get Started!

New Traditions

I’m Fine. Everything is (Not) Fine.

This. Is. Grief.

An Outfit of Hope: A Day in the Life of a Widow

Some Days are Just Hard

Finding Your Tribe: The Inner Circle of Widowhood

Permission to Dream: 5 Steps to Making Your Dreams Become Reality

The Why Behind Forever Changed Widow

Overwhelming emotions can often times leave you feeling stuck. Take this quiz to assess key areas of your life and identify the next steps on your journey, so you can start loving the life you are living after loss…

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