About A Widow and A Wife-Where 'for better or worse' Gets Real
A podcast where we pull back the curtain on the things that connect us all: love, loss and the laughter that gets us through it all.
No matter what you're navigating, there's a seat at our table for you. No topic is off limits, and no emotion is too much.
Feeling it All: How Loss Redefines Our Emotional Capacity Part 1
When the bottom falls out, the ceiling rises too. ✨
In Episode 19 Part 1 of A Widow and A Wife, we're talking about a truth that almost anyone who has walked through profound loss discovers: grief doesn't just make you sad—it stretches your heart wide open on every side.
When you experience devastating pain or loss, your entire emotional baseline shifts. But here's the unexpected part: when the dial turns down into deep sorrow, it turns up equally on the other end.
Because you've known deep grief, you recognize pure joy when it arrives. Because you've felt total absence, love hits different.
In this conversation, we talk about: ▪️ How loss expands your capacity for both joy and heartbreak ▪️ Moving past the "numbness" and learning to feel it all again ▪️ Why high-contrast living makes everyday moments feel richer
🎧 Listen to Episode 19 Part 1: "Feeling It All: How Loss Redefines Our Emotional Capacity" out now, click the link in our bio to listen now!
23 Oct 2026
Reading Between the Lines; Finding Yourself in Sacred Shadows
Sometimes the women we connect with the most in the Bible aren't the ones with the heroic, neat, or edge of your seat stories.
On Episode #18 of A Widow and A Wife, "Reading Between the Lines; Finding Yourself in Sacred Shadows," we're taking a step outside the box. We look past the obvious and dig into the complex, often overlooked women of scripture.
Their trials, choices, and humanity prove that history echoes. We walk in the very same shoes as these sacred women - and their stories have so much to teach us today.
16 Oct 2026
Redefining the Dash
Most people think of the dash on a tombstone as a single line-one neat little mark summarizing an entire life from start to finish.
But what happens when a life splits wide open? When trauma, deep grief, or massive life shifts force you to begin again?
In Episode #17 of A Widow and A Wife, we are talking about the power of the dash-and why you aren't limited to just one. Starting over isn't failure; it's an act of profound bravery! Whether you are reinventing yourself after addiciton, rebuilding after heartbreak, or simply starting fresh for the fifth time, you have permission to start a new chapter. You can have as many dashes as you need. And you should be DAMN proud of every single one!
Episode #17 "Redefining the Dash" is out now! Link in bio!
9 Oct 2026
Holding the 'And': When Two Opposite Things Are True
You can be deeply grateful for your life and completely overwhelmed by it.
You can be growing in confidence and still feel insecure.
You can get better at asking for help and still feel guilty for needing it.
In episode #16 of A Widow and A Wife, "Holding the 'And': When Two Opposite Things Are True," we're sitting down to talk about emotional duality - the quiet, messy reality of holding two contradictory feelings in one heart. Healing isn't about picking one side; it's about making room for the "and".
Episode #16 is out now! Tap the link in our bio to listen today!
2 Oct 2026
Finding Micro Joys for Macro Emotions
Big emotions can take up a lot of space - whether it's grief, anxiety, depression or loneliness. But what if the way forward isn't making massive shifts, but finding those small things, these tiny moments of light instead?
In Episode #15 of A Widow and A Wife, "Finding Micro Joys for Macro Emotions," we're expanding the conversation around micro joys. While they can be a lifeline for big grief, they can also be very powerful helping deal with many of life's heaviest feelings.
Tune is as we talk about spotting these small glimmers when everything else seems overwhelming.
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25 Sept 2026
The Empty Chair: Pain and Purpose
An empty chair tells two very different stories.
It represents the quiet, heavy space left behind by that loss that changed everything. But it's also an invitation-the seat we intentionally pull up for someone who feels lost, unseen, or searching for their space.
In Episode #14 of A Widow and A Wife "The Empty Chair: Pain and Purpose", we talk about the grief of what's missing, while be brave to create space for new space, connection, and purpose.
Tune in now and join us! Links in bio!
18 Sept 2026
Outgrowing the Role
Before you ever knew who you were, someone else said something that made you feel like who you should be-the "good child," the "fixer," the "strong one," or "the pleaser".
In Episode 13 of A Widow and A Wife, titled, "Outgrowing the Role," we are digging into a deeply personal difficult truth: how the labels placed on us in childhood become the exact identities we use to earn love and acceptance as adults.
Carrying these roles into adulthood oftem means putting everone else's comfort ahead of our own truth. And while stepping out of those molds is necessary for genuine healing, the process of unlearning them is uncomfortable, scary, and hard work. In this conversation, we explore how to recognize the scripts given, navigating the friction of breaking them, and finally step into who you actually are-or figuring out who you are.
If you've spent your life holding up a role just to stay safe or accepted, this episode is your space to put that heavy armor down.
11 Sept 2026
The Fog, The Flashes & Friendship
From sudden memory lapses, to heat waves (that have nothing to do with the weather) and random chin hair...the strange beauty of midlife-we are talking about it!
Episode #12 of A Widow and A Wife, "The Fog, The Flashes & Friendship", has officially dropped!
We are "warming" up to the realities of menopause and womanhood, reflecting on how we change, our perspectives shift and having friends through it all is the best medicine out there.
Whether you're in the thick of it or trying to prepare for what's next, here's a reminder that community turns chaotic moments into shared laughter.
4 Sept 2026
How the Heart Holds It All
In Episode #11 of A Widow and A Wife, "How the Heart Holds It All", we are opening up about the sheer resilience of the heart...from surviving devestating heartbreak, making space for joy without letting go of what you lost, and the incredible biological wonder of a heart that keeps beating after being shattered. The heart is elastic enough to hold both the ache of what was and the beauty of what's next-simultaneously.
No matter where you're sitting now, in the middle of deep heartbreak or learning to love life again, this is a reminder that our hearts are far stronger and more capable than we know.
28 Aug 2026
The Weight We Carry: Unpacking Regret
We've all played the "what if" game-replaying conversations at 2 AM, wishing we had said something differently or made a different choice...carrying guilt.
In Episode #10 of A Widow and A Wife, "The Weight We Carry: Unpacking Regret," we are taking on one of the heaviest emotions both in grief and everyday life. Regret.
Regret after loss is uniquely heavy, but it doesn't stop there. It shows up in so many areas of our lives, words said or not said, time wasted, chances we didn't take and decisions we wish we could undo. This conversation is your invitation to trade self-blame for self-grace, as difficult as that is.
21 Aug 2026
Big Losses Need Big Time: Your Healing, Your Hurt
You don't heal a deep cut with a quick bandage-and you don't recover from a massive loss on someone else's timeline.
In Epidose #9 of A Widow and A Wife, "Big Losses Take BIg Time: Your Healing, Your Hurt", we are talking about the truth so many people overlook: the depth of your healing is relative to the size of your wound and loss.
Navigating these unchartered waters is something that unfortunately belongs to you. Your healing is ultimately your responsibility, and its damn hard work!
14 Aug 2026
Back to School: Soft Hearts, Big Laughs and Open Seats
Episode #8 is here and so is a new school year! The best back-to-school supply isn't on the list-it's entering the room as the soft spot.
In our newest episode, "Back to School: Soft Hearts, Big Laughs, and Open Seats,"...we are reminding ourselves that not everyone steps into this season from the same starting line-some have excitement, others carrying grief or nervous butterflies. So how do we handle it? With big hearts, open arms and a heavy dose of humor...
Please join us today by clicking the link in the bio and follow us on our social media platforms on Instagram and Facebook.
7 Aug 2026
The Language of Love: from "Pucker Up" to "Unload the Dishwasher".
This week on Episode #7 of A Widow and A Wife, we are heading into "The Languages of Love: from "Pucker Up" to "Unload the Dishwasher".
We are talking about how we give love, how we receive it, how we learn this about ourselves and how it can be completely rewritten depending on your age AND your gender. Sometimes it may be flowers or late-night texts, but more often possibly it's doing something without a reminder or just being heard.
Grief and life transitions can completely restructure what you need to feel safe and cared for. So the question stands, what does the connection look like when put into practice?
31 Jul 2026
Shoulder Pads and Second Hand Embarrassment
Shoulder Pads and Second Hand Embarrassment...we are owning all of it. Episode #6 has dropped! We're taking a mental health break from grief talk this week to focus on a different kind of trauma...High School. Some of the best music and worst fashion!
This week on A Widow and A Wife, we're putting down the heavy stuff and picking up our teenage cringe and asking ourselves...did I really do that? If your soul needs a breather and a reminder that you too survived blue eyeshadow and questionable choices, this one is for you!
Hit the link in our bio and sit back for something lighthearted...also follow us on our socials, duh!
24 Jul 2026
Get Your Ducks in a Row (or Your Crap in Gear)
As "A Widow and A Wife", we've seen both sides...Episode 5 is here and we are talking about the peace of having a plan vs. the nightmare of scrambling in the darkest hours.
Do your future self and loved ones a fabor-love isn't always feeling sometimes it's a binder and not a scavenger hunt. "Get Your Ducks in a Row (or Your Crap in Gear)-we're giving you the kick in the butt to get your stuff together.
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17 Jul 2026
Meeting Grief Where It Finds You
Grief doesn't care about our busy schedules or our coping mechanisms. It finds us anyway, no timeline, no silver lining and no trying to "fix" it. Just meeting grief where it finds you...breathing through the heavy moments whenever and wherever they find you. If you are running on less than fumes, let this be your invitation to slow down and just be where you are.
#AWidowandAWife
#cryitout
#breath
10 Jul 2026
Not Your Daughters Hot Girl Summer
Episode #3 is here...
"Not Your Daughters Hot Girl Summer"
While the young ones are chugging iced matcha, wearing crop tops and checking when the UV is the highest. The 50 somethin' version looks a little or a lot different. Hopefully not a questionable haircut, but most likely an estrogen patch, some supplements and a very necessary shift in how we mother ourselves during stress and grief. We are talking orthopedic shoes and fiber. It all counts, trust us! Grab your bifocals and join us!
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#AWidowandAWife #grieflovelaughter
3 Jul 2026
Pit People: In the Dark (Mind if I Sit?)
When you are at the bottom and you can't see the light, company is usually nonexistent...every now and then someone doesn't just stand at the top and offer well meaning advise and throw you a rope...they climb down in, sit with you, help you stand and eventually maybe see some light, show you the way up. These are your pit people!
26 Jun 2026
Two Girls Doing...Yet Again, Hard Things!
Just 2 girls figuring it out one episode at a time, for real. From fighting with cords, to recording and "crap, I talked too fast"...we are doing it all. Bringing the raw truth about loss, the messy reality of love and the essential laughter for survivial. It may get heavy, sometimes hilarious and we might be a tad uncesored. Join us weekly for the journey of "when for better or worse doesn't always follow the script".
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