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Widowed: Moving Through the Pain of Widowhood to Find Meaning and Purpose in Your Life Again Kindle Edition

by Joann Filomena (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 239 ratings
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From a certified life coach and a widow herself, a guide to processing grief and finding meaning and purpose after the death of a spouse.
 
A warm hug for every widow navigating her grief, pain, and loss, and thinking she will never love her life again.
 
Joann Filomena’s Widowed is not only a shared journey through loss, but also a roadmap for rebuilding a future that makes room for hope and happiness alongside pure and beautiful grief. Widows will discover exactly what it is they need in order to move forward, and even how to dream again.
 
Not since Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking has there been a book of such honesty and passion about the unique experience that is widowhood—a time when most women feel acutely alone and wonder how to get through the pain and confusion of their great loss.
 
A professionally certified life coach and weight loss coach, as well as producer and host of the Widow Cast and Weight Coach podcasts, Joann Filomena speaks widow to widow, having walked this path herself after the sudden loss of her husband.
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Professionally Certified Life Coach and Weight Loss Coach, Joann Filomena speaks widow to widow, having walked this path herself after the sudden loss of her husband. A California girl turned New Yorker, now living in the heart of the beautiful Hudson Valley; she is the producer and host of the Widow Cast and Weight Coach podcasts, with listeners spanning the globe. Joann uses her life experience and coaching skills to help her clients through widowhood, weight loss, and many other life issues that arise in those sessions with incredible authenticity and compassion.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071JQR38D
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Morgan James Publishing (June 9, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 9, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2146 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 151 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 239 ratings

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Professionally Certified Life Coach and Weight Loss Coach, Joann Filomena speaks widow to widow having walked this path herself after the sudden loss of her husband. A California girl turned New Yorker, now living in the heart of the beautiful Hudson Valley; she is the producer and host of “Widow Cast” podcast with listeners spanning the globe. Joann uses her life experience and coaching skills to help numerous clients through the life journey of reinventing your life and even yourself after becoming widowed with incredible authenticity and compassion.

As a Life Coach, she has seen profound, seemingly impossible transformations in clients: The new widow who felt all her life plans pulled out from under her on the death of her husband, now moving ahead in her life with direction and purpose. Widows who feared they could not live alone finding how much they can savor and thrive in their very own space. The widow who could not even get out of bed most mornings now looks forward to each new day. Joann constantly reminds us all that we can move forward after loss into tremendous personal growth, even as we carry those we’ve lost in our hearts.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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239 global ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful reading!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2017
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I ordered this book after the sudden death of my husband of 30 years- I was finding the support of kind and well-meaning friends wearing. This book helped put it in perspective for me, and Ihave retruned to it many times in the past few weeks, as it helps normalize what I'm experiencing and gives me hope for a future that looks and feels pretty bleak at times. I would recommend this to anyone-
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Jeannie
5.0 out of 5 stars I could hear her voice in this book.
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2016
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Having watched Joann's podcasts and worked with her as my life coach, I was looking forward to this book. I could hear her voice in this book. Honesty, empathy, clarity and humor are infused with a strong message. I have not lost my husband, yet, but his stroke has stollen the life we had planned. In reading this book, there are tools I can use to live my best year while my husband is here and prepare for his likely passing before me.
Thank you for this "page turner" book and the message of hope for the future. I'll be buying extra copies of this book to give to friends and family who are widowed. Thank you.
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Veronica Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars No Rock Unturned
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2021
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Bullseye! The sudden loss of my beloved, during the pandemic changed my life forever! JoAnn was one of the God sent Angels to help me through it. At first I had hesitation to read Widowed, but each chapter was so profound, I could not deny the emotions that surfaced. Sometimes I had to re-read a chapter, due to the fog (tears), triggers. This is not a book, you read and never refer to again. You need to refer to it often!
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Loves to Bake
4.0 out of 5 stars Good advice
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2017
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Gives solid advice on surviving widowhood along with an acronym to help remember. Short and easy to understand, even in a Widow's fog.
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Juanita
5.0 out of 5 stars Widows you are not alone.
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2020
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I purchased this book in hopes that it would help me get through the grieving over the loss of my husband. Ladies if you have lost your husband a long time ago or just recently this book is a must read. It puts so many things into perspective. We all go through a fog when our loved one is gone. This book has some great information that will help you through your process of moving forward. I highly recommend this book, please buy it you are not alone and I promise you that you will not be sorry. Be blessed.
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Karen C.L. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a widow, let Joann show you the way!
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2016
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Although I am not a widow, I have experienced profound loss and Joann's words are a balm. It's like sitting down with a dear girlfriend over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. Her discussion of grief, from her own personal experience, is priceless advice ("Your grief is separate from guilt, and is beautiful." and "...a widow experiencing grief is not a pathology."). This book not only help widows process their grief and other emotions, it provides a hopeful path forward that honors the whole of who we are as human beings, messy emotions and all. If you are a widow, let Joann show you the way!
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Redbabyblue70
5.0 out of 5 stars Could not put it down
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2023
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I am a widow as well and wish I had read this book sooner. I highly recommend it for all new widows
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kimberly Benjamin
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for widows
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2016
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I am not a widow, so I almost made the mistake of passing over this book. It truly would have been a mistake. This book is beautiful for anyone who has lost someone so dear and so much a part of their lives that they became temporarily immobilized after their loss. I have lived through the death of both of my parents as one of the caregivers in the last few months of both of their lives. I didn't have this in 09 when my mom died, but finding it now after the death of my father a few months ago has made all the difference in the grieving process. I am buying a copy for my step mother and highly recommend it for anyone wondering what they will do without that person.
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Blondie
5.0 out of 5 stars widowed
Reviewed in Canada on November 2, 2021
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This book helped me a lot since my Husband died very suddenly and hard to come to grips with it . It was just what I needed to help me with some of my emotions . Would highly recommend .
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2016
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A very helpful book, shame I did not read it when I was first widowed.
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Amber McLean
5.0 out of 5 stars A Deeply Hidden But Profound Gift
Reviewed in Australia on October 15, 2016
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What a beautiful gift this book is. The voice with which Joann has given this painful human experience, will echo through the souls of many many women and men...whom without this masterpiece...may have never discovered the deeply hidden but profound gift of being a widower. Thank you for your compassion, support and courage Joann. Xx
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful Book
Reviewed in Canada on June 4, 2021
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I was stuck in my grief, paralyzed by it. And this book helped me get moving forward emotionally. I am grateful for it. Truly.
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p greig
4.0 out of 5 stars Widowed an unexpected arrival
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2017
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How true a comforting read at a time you most need a supporting guide
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