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Regrouping After Trauma

December 28, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Step By Step Professionals who write about trauma these days say that when a person experiences a trauma (small or large) it is important to allow the trauma to “keep moving through” our psyche. Last week I experienced a trauma that bumped into a bigger trauma that looms in my life—Death. Death was present in […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: milestones, healing for widowed, anxiety, hope for widowed, widowed grief triggers

The Longest Night

December 14, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

At the winter solstice the Sun travels the shortest path through the sky, and that day therefore has the least daylight and the longest night.  [Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica] Last night I participated in a meet-up titled Still Point, a reference to that longest night on its way to us. Sixty minutes of spontaneous art shared […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: hope for widowed, widowed grief triggers, milestones, memories

Finding My Way in Year Two

October 18, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Which Direction? Which Decision? Being lost is not new to me. My inner navigation plan is usually this: If you think you should turn right, it is highly likely you should turn left. Truth. I admire those who have a born sense of direction—like my husband. The kids often tell tales of being on a […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed grief triggers, memories, newly widowed, widowed sadness, widowed holidays

Mostly Sweet

September 13, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

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Bittersweet Memories Camp Widow’s Pop-Up in Denver was a great success. SO MANY of the yellow name tags which indicate first time campers. Some drove from Mississippi, Texas, and even New York, for this “taste” of what Camp Widow offers. It was a privilege to welcome those waiting in line at the registration table–unsure of […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: #DelayedTriggers, widowed grief triggers, anxiety, memories, widowed sadness, triggers, #CampCrash

90 Days

July 14, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

It’s been ninety days without you. When this post publishes it will be exactly 90 days since I walked you to the white van parked in our driveway to see you off. The night was cool, being after midnight, and the kind ushers walked in slow motion as they made their way step by careful […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: #permanence, widowed grief triggers, widowed emotions, newly widwoed

Both / And

June 30, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Both / And

Both/And thinking [the opposite of either/or thinking] recognizes the folly of assuming that the new will totally supplant the old. Seeing with Both/And eyes recognizes that two opposite realities can be integrated. Adapted from Daniel Burrus at Burrus Research Today marks two months and two weeks since my beloved, Daniel Paul Neff, took his last […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: hope for widowed, widowed grief triggers, biglove, decades together, grieving process, widowed emotions, widows moving forward

Someone else’s memories *sigh*

February 6, 2020 by Bryan Martin 1 Comment

Just an ordinary widowed day. Get up, brush my teeth, look at the dishes and laundry I didn’t have time to do, *sigh*, take the dog out – Pretty standard these days. Roan and I start our walk grabbing a bag because we pick up after ourselves. Well actually I clean up after us. Just me. No one to help. *sigh*.  We walk the same way every morning…

Filed Under: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: widowed depression, unmarried widow, widowed grief triggers, widower, young widow, widowed signs from our loved ones, sadness, memories

Skeletons in the Closet

February 1, 2020 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

  Well it’s almost 2 years now and I finally gave in. I haven’t really gone through our closet since Tin passed away.  Each time I’d go in the closet I would feel like there were skeletons about to grab me. I’d choke up seeing a jacket he wore, a scarf he wrapped, a shirt that was there for a special event we had together. Sometimes I…

Filed Under: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: anxiety, sadness, widowed fears, LGBTQ Widowed, hope for widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed depression, widowhood and moving forward, unmarried widow, memories, widowed grief triggers, widowed guilt, widower, young widow, milestones, healing for widowed

Social Media Inspiration

January 24, 2020 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

After awhile, our friends and family don’t get the daily loss reminders we do. I get these strong urges to post on social media and remind them but those posts have evolved into a way to try and help anyone who needs it. This week, as I sit in my car, I just started writting….. It’s been almost 2 years since Clayton passed away. Sometimes it…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: widowed fears, widowhood and moving forward, hope for widowed, memories, widowed depression, family, widowed grief triggers, friends, widower, widowed community, young widow, milestones, healing for widowed, sadness, LGBTQ Widowed, Widowed Lonliness

So Far Away

January 20, 2020 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Lately, Mike feels so far away.  It is very hard to properly describe, but I will give it a try.  He has taken on the feel of a memory.  Now, Mike feels like more of a memory than my person.  I feel lousy admitting this.  It sort of feels like he is dying all over again. In my head, Mike feels like someone who lived once upon a time – in…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: hope for widowed, widowed grief triggers, young widow, healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed suddenly

Knowing Ahead

January 5, 2020 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The holiday season is over.  Starting in early November, every year, I begin pondering Megan’s death at an elevated rate, leading up to the anniversary of it.  With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day all occurring in the weeks just after, it’s two months of absolute stress, that nobody seems to understand, including myself.  My…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed new love, widowed death anniversary, widowhood and traditions, widowed depression, widowed anger, widowed grief triggers, widowed holidays, widower, remarried widow, milestones, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward, widowed parenting, widowed dad

Already A New Year without You

December 28, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

I’m halfway through this winter warfare others call “the most wonderful time of the year”. The annual arrival of the four holiday horsemen. Just as one battle ends another commences giving us barely enough time to heal the wounds and gather back the troops. Thanksgiving with grief in the gravy. Christmas’ hallmark heartaches. Now the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: young widow, milestones, anxiety, sadness, memories, widowed holidays, widowed depression, unmarried widow, widowed grief triggers, widower

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