WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR GRIEF? YOU Are Your Best Grief Resource // One Happy Widow

What are you doing for your grief? Did you know that you are the best grief resource for yourself? This video will explain how to use the tools you are given to help yourself on this grief journey.
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[@sueprice4082]

I lost my husband of 47 years only four weeks ago. You have given me hope and strength Sue UK xxxx

[@OneHappyWidow]

I’m so sorry for your fresh loss. Thanks for watching #widfam

[@barbgeorge8927]

So proud of you for seeking. Hugs to you.

[@barbgeorge8927]

Hey Leo Thank you for this... and the resources. I am 9 mos into this journey... but of course it began when my husbands decline began. Vascular Dementia is rough, and I'm just so thankful that he is at peace. I so agree with you that each jouney is individual. Ive had judgments tossed my way and that is just so painful. I really appreciate your honesty and clarity. Thank you.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback #widfam

[@kriskriskris32]

Thank you so much for making these videos and talking real. I was sitting on back porch for YEARS waiting to "get better". Now I'm re-engaging in the life going on around me. I'm attending grief share meetings. At the end of my first one I said, "THESE are my people"!!!! I understand where they're at, and they get me. I thought it was gonna be like the third circle of hell, and it is, make no mistake, BUT I'm not alone in the third circle anymore, and listening to and talking to these people has sparked thoughts of hope that we can all help each other out of this black hole. Not to forget our devastating losses, but to incorporate them more fully in heathier ways and start living in hope again. I could never forget, and I don't want to, but I'm still here and there are still things I want to do.

[@truelily7]

So right Leo! I am better and have passed the two year mark and this group and your videos ,plus my spiritual path ,have all helped me. I also have Inattentive ADHD and an issue for me is A.D.D. Paralysis, or being stuck and not knowing where to start and what to do first. In some ways, I am great at responsibilities but in others I get low energy and get stuck. KZbin has some great videos on this in case anyone is interested. I am almost 71 and never took meds. Maybe good and bad. But I just work with it. Thank you so much for all your help. I have an estranged child so, yes that is hard but I have learned to accept it. I believe all things get straigtened out in heaven and love never ends..

[@OneHappyWidow]

Wonderful to hear, thanks for your feedback!

[@sherrylewis6402]

Hello im at 3 months without Mark now and we were married 14 years. Im going on 70 so it hit me how fast those years went and whats left for me. Just daunting thanks though.

[@OneHappyWidow]

I understand. The whole meaning of the rest of your life is now shifted and we have to create a new path for ourselves. It’s not an easy task for sure!

[@linrienterprises-wx2vv]

I'm sitting at the 4 month stage. I started grieving when Rita first became ill about 18 months ago. Due to strokes she was paralysed and had lost the ability to speak which, for her, was the worst, she.loved talking .. she was very gregarious. For her it was best to die as in heaven she could move, and speak. But I feel very alone as though I've lost part of my body. A week can pass by without speaking to another soul. Linda from South Africa. We were together for 50 years.

[@OneHappyWidow]

I’m so sorry for your journey. You may need to make a specific effort to get out and get involved with others just to keep from becoming too reclusive.

[@amylloyd3579]

I needed this today! I'm coming up on a year without my husband and I was telling myself this weekend that I'm so tired of being so sad and crying all the time. He wouldn't want me to be this way. Time to pull up those big girl panties!

[@OneHappyWidow]

There you go! One foot in front of the other…sometimes even grief can become a habit!

[@yewyoshodi]

Thank you Leo..its 3 years this coming teusday since my husband went home to the Lord. You have been one of the great resourced i have used on this journey. I think I am getting into the 3rd phase but with occasional triggers and unpredictable teary moments. It's really a marathon and not a sprint but Gods been my strength .....God bless you for all your effort.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback!

[@nikkismith501]

Happy 50th birthday 🎉🎉 Leo. Thank you for your videos. I lost my Angel Gerald a year ago in November. Myy whole world collapsed and I thought I was never going to survive losing him to cancer. I thankfully came across your KZbin channel and it has helped me make it thus far. Thank you for your help and inspiration. ❤❤

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your support #widfam

[@vietvetwife1]

Leo, I have finally got my self in a better place. Tho I do still stay in bed & read. I'm working on the bed/sleeping thing. I listen to your videos since I found you ! It was March 2021 I can't thank you enough 😊❤️

[@GmaTeri]

My husband passed 3/30/23. We'd been together 57 years. I'm still in the laying in bed all day - watching TV, snoozing, reading or playing games on phone or kindle. I just can't seem to make myself get up unless I have a scheduled appointment.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching, and sharing your feedback #widfam

[@OneHappyWidow]

Schedule an appointment with yourself- once a day! Make a new daily routine to get up and get dressed and move your body. Once you do that, you will be less likely to get back in bed.

[@pigletsbank437]

🙌 Watch these videos, write daily about your thoughts or what you do or want to do, try to connect with some body every day ( a fiend a neighbor in person, on the phone or via fb etc) maybe a friend can come over or invite you for a meal make scheduled appointments, Find out if there is a bookclub in your neighbourhood or even online, walk ones a week on a fixed day and see it as an appointment with nature. I started reading in a chair by the living room window, had dinner at the table like always . It was not easy at first but now iam glad I did. Take care. I started therapy a week ago so I can't say much about that. But there you can talk freely about what happened and they are able to listen and be of help

[@jeannebuckarma1512]

I just lost my husband September 15 2023. I'm struggling and your videos are a great help for me. I still have more bad days than good. But now I realize "I " have to be the one to make me feel better. Thank you

[@pigletsbank437]

🙌

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback #widfam

[@terrifiorelli9819]

I am sorry.

[@louellaleblanc9104]

Definitely where I am. Been struggling for a bit. Going on 2 1/2 years.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Grief is certainly not a linear journey…sometimes it feels like 2 steps forward and 3 steps back. Thanks for sharing #widfam

[@lindapatterson9616]

HappyBirthday! Thank you for helping us endure this journey.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching #widfam

[@vedrakuca]

This is for me your best video about grief

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback

[@dorislacaze8475]

Thank you for your help in putting things in to prospective

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching #widfam

[@shazgannie9982]

Happy 50th🎉 Thank you for all you do!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and supporting the channel #widfam!

[@AndrielleHillis]

Hello! Just found your channel while looking up young widowhood. Your channel looks amazing! My husband's been gone for about five years now, and our kids are currently 15, 14 and 11.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback #widfam

[@sandrasstitches6108]

I’m 4 1/2 years along on the journey since losing my beautiful husband. I had no idea that there were videos like yours to listen and learn from. I had a couple of well meaning people suggest counselling, however I couldn’t accept that I needed it as I thought that it couldn’t bring Steven back…Bringing him back was the only thing that could “fix” my heart and situation. I was blessed with one friend who had gone through the grief of her boyfriend leaving her - I saw her experience grief as I was…she was the only one who really understood what I was going through.

[@sandrasstitches6108]

That’s right, there’s no “normal” way to deal with grief and there’s no timeline.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback. There’s no pain like the loss of a spouse, and I know it is a hard journey to travel #widfam

[@user-yo3mf1gp9w]

You’re AWESOME! A much needed little ass kickin here. Thank you!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and for your support #widfam

[@djenkins853]

Thank you! Happy 50th!!🎉

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks #widfam

[@Jendromeda]

i like what you said "grief to growth".

[@OneHappyWidow]

Yes! Check out the course about it: www.griefpivotcourse.com

[@cupcakesgallores6956]

Thanks ❤

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching #widfam

[@lizzymurray6590]

Oh and happy birthday beautiful lady❤❤❤

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thank you #widfam!

[@mikesmalley8854]

First thing. After looking for answers in a lot of places. I find that men do not have many options for help. Theres so much focus on widows and i understand this. Secondly it seems that the focus seems to be on long term grief. As with any problem, the longer it goes on usually the harder it is to fix. I feel that sometimes people like to hear themselves talk, because its up to the individual to help themselves. We are all different. When you've lost your life, its hard to take advice from someone who doesnt even know.

[@OneHappyWidow]

You are right in so many ways! We do have some men in our group, even though it is mostly women. But we do offer resources to anyone who is in need of them from the loss of a life partner in any situation. Thanks for shedding light on this!

[@nancys.100]

Good video ty Leo! 🎉happy birthday! Thanks for the mojo I mowed.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for your feedback #widfam

[@ladonnawilson2145]

This birthday this year I'm older than my LH was it was sad yet I'm happy to get to be this old

[@OneHappyWidow]

Same here, thanks for watching #widfam!

[@paulohlsson27]

Very sorry to hear that Donna. God will give you the fortitude to overcome it. How are you doing?

[@evelynkaiser8175]

Thanks!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks #widfam

[@Vonnies1234]

Thank you

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching #widfam

[@dorislacaze8475]

Happy birthday🎉

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks #widfam

[@loriramminger222]

I loss my husband 4 years ago........ I volunteer three days a week at a daycare. Thank you very much for your videos!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching #widfam

[@michelleguerra7030]

I feel so numb right now Idk what I’m doing. I guess it’s my widows fog brain.

[@OneHappyWidow]

You might benefit from my Grief Pivot Course: www.griefpivotcourse.com

[@akrossmann1631]

Actually I feel like my husband is always with me in the spirit of love. We may no longer be together in the flesh but our love remains eternal. This may be too romantic a notion for some to consider an option. I learned after he died that it is nearly impossible to ever know the depth that love encompasses while we are alive. Instead we get a glimpse of what the eternity of love is once we are parted and then somehow must go on living without the other.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback

[@tinajackson5450]

Leo, I’m in the Valley of. Grief moving to the third stage. I’m trying to get on with my life but it’s so hard . My husband was my best friend. We did a lot of things together. November is coming up it’s are birthday, and anniversary so it’s always on my mind.

[@OneHappyWidow]

You might benefit from my course: www.griefpivotcourse.com

[@terrifiorelli9819]

I lost my husband 15 yrs. ago.. I have made it, but still miss our life. He died from injuries in an accident, not cancer. However, I have dealt with cancer deaths of both parents. All death is a sad journey. It is never easy, but you can learn to move forward. Being a widow or widower means you will still miss your old life even if you start a new one. However, you may be able to love again. Not my journey, but happy for those that can.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching, and sharing your feedback.

[@paulohlsson27]

Very sorry about your late hubby, God will give you the fortitude to overcome it. How are you spending your spare time?

[@clairecooke6268]

Another great video, thanks so much Leo 🙏🙏 I understand where you’re coming from about your 50th birthday. My wonderful hubby died 3 months after his 48th birthday last year. Our birthdays are the same month but I’m one year younger, so this year I caught up to him… I have a feeling next year it will be even harder to turn 49, and I don’t want to think about 50!!! But one step at a time, right? 💜 I have found having a morning routine super helpful, mine includes yoga and meditation. I feel like I’m nearing the end of that Valley of Grief stage. I do feel that I am becoming more capable in this solo life, even though I hate living without him.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Your experiences and thoughts are very common, it’s so weird how our minds rationalize meaningless things like numbers. Thanks for watching and sharing your story with us #widfam

[@paulohlsson27]

Very sorry to hear that, Claire. Hope you're trying to stay strong, hiow are you doing?

[@Lady_Susan_Wright]

Can you give us a link to the video that you discuss journaling? I can't find it.

[@OneHappyWidow]

I talk about it in various videos. I have a whole lesson about it in my grief pivot course www.griefpivotcourse.com and I have free printable journal pages at www.onehappywidow.com/journal

[@Lady_Susan_Wright]

Thank you so much. I plan to watch all of your videos and I'll check out your course, too. I am so grateful for your FB group. I don't feel quite so alone. @@OneHappyWidow

[@DonHeber-eq8sb]

Lady you need to get to the point, this is so long and dragged out, who has the time.

[@truelily7]

Not very nice! She is so great.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Good thing you have control over the play button! Thanks for the feedback.

[@janethendrickson6705]

LOVE this video - one of your best. Widow - 3yr.7mo. out. Journaling. IF I write things down, then what do I do with it? I don't want others to read my "stuff" if I would like - become disabled physically or mentally - I don't want my adult kids reading what's in my head. So what do I do with this physical paper?

[@alisonanthony1228]

For me, it's been 6 years this month. I started "journaling" a couple of years ago and it's helped me a lot. Every evening, I sit down with some nice writing paper, choose a nice fountain pen from my little collection and some pretty, sparkly ink, and I write a long letter to Clive. I tell him all about my day, how I'm feeling and what my plans are. When I've finished, I put the letter in an envelope, write his name on the front and set it on fire. It helps to get my feelings down on paper and out of my head and, by burning the letter, it's almost like I'm sending it to him. That's my little daily ritual and it really helps me.

[@janethendrickson6705]

@@alisonanthony1228 Very good idea to write a daily letter like that! I think I, too, would find sharing the daily joys, sorrows and the many household questions with my husband (45 yrs of marriage.) Thanks for that idea.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching. I’m sure you could find a private place to stash your secret journal, or even buy one with a lock on it! And take it back out and read the entries every once in a while to check your progress.

[@janethendrickson6705]

But what about when I due or become disabled? I don't want them going through my stuff - thinking "she was coo-koo"

[@janethendrickson6705]

Grr...what about when I die or become disabled.....