How to Survive Your Wedding Anniversary as a Widow

Описание: Dreading your wedding anniversary as a widow? You're not alone. This episode offers compassionate guidance for navigating one of the hardest days in widowhood—without rules, without pressure, and without judgment.

In this episode, you'll discover:
• Why your wedding anniversary can feel harder than the death anniversary (and why that makes complete sense)
• The truth about dread: why anticipation is often worse than the actual day
• How to let go of "rules" about how you're supposed to grieve on this day
• Why you don't need a perfect plan—you just need to allow yourself to feel
• Practical options for how to spend the day based on your capacity, not others' expectations
• How to stop making this day mean something about your future or your grief progress

Key reminders:
➜There's no wrong way to feel about your anniversary
➜You don't owe anyone tears, rituals, or strength
➜The goal isn't to manage emotions—it's to allow them
➜This day says nothing about whether you'll love again or feel joy again
➜You cannot do this day wrong

Whether your anniversary is coming up soon or you're already feeling the dread, this episode will help you approach it with more self-compassion, less suffering, and the confidence that you can handle whatever feelings arise.

You're not broken. You're rebuilding. And you don't have to do it alone.

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⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction: Why wedding anniversaries can be the hardest day
3:00 Why your anniversary might feel harder than the death anniversary
5:24 Throw out all the rules: You don't owe anyone anything
7:41 Why dread is often worse than the actual day
9:10 Practical options for how to spend your anniversary
12:42 How to allow emotions without making them mean anything

About The Widowed Mom Podcast: Master Certified Life Coach Krista St-Germain helps widowed moms navigate grief in a way that's healthy, human, and empowering. New episodes every week with practical tools, nervous system support, and mindset shifts to help you move from surviving to thriving.

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