This international podcast examines the challenges of grief and loss, while also exploring ways to move forward and even thrive. Each episode spotlights different voices of Spouse and Partner Loss with your host, Teresa Taylor-Williams. She is a widow, journalist, Diversity professional and mental health advocate. She is the founder of 2 Become 1 Grief Support, which includes a virtual support group and this podcast. Welcome to this space.
Author & Speaker Carmen Greenard Varnum of Atlanta, leans on her faith, finds her purpose in grief.
Since losing her husband to COVID in 2021, Carmen Greenard Varnum is working through her pain by inspiring others. Listen as this author, speaker, and businesswoman speaks of clinging to her faith during this grief journey. "To this day, it's a struggle to get up, to smile, to say I'm going to keep going. Everybody has a storm and this was my storm I had to go through. God will bring you to it but He will also bring you through it. I found my purpose in grief." You can find her books "By His Grace, Here I Am" and "My New Normal: There's Life After Death" on Amazon.
12 Jan 2023
In this episode, we chat with Madeline H. of GA about losing her husband, Keith, to COVID.
In this episode, Madeline H. of Georgia shares about losing her husband, Keith, to COVID-19. She attributes her strength to her faith. "It's been a hard transition. What helps me is knowing God for myself," she said. "I asked God to keep my mind and my faith."
23 Dec 2022
Eclectic author, producer, gamer and veteran Steve Wollett of PA shares about his wife, Leslie.
Listen as eclectic author, producer, gamer and veteran Steve Wollett of PA shares about his wife, Leslie. She died of COVID in early 2020.
2 Dec 2022
Remarried widow Jeanette Koncikowski of NY: "The other side of the grief coin is joy, and we deserve to have it."
Re-married widow Jeanette Koncikowski of Buffalo, New York is currently authoring a grief handbook that she wishes she had when her husband, Dr. Mark Koncikowski, died in 2014. "You've got to be able to own your story and get OK with who you are, what's happened and what you lost."
18 Nov 2022
James DeWald Sr. of MI: My wife Mary Lou's one-word legacy is "others."
Widower James DeWald Sr. of Fruitport, MI., lost his wife, Mary Lou, to cancer in 2020. He shares his grief journey and how support groups have become "an outlet of ministry for others, and that's what my wife was about."
6 Oct 2022
Grief Dreams featuring Dr. Joshua Black
Psychologist Dr. Joshua Black of British Columbia shares about his 10 years of research with grief dreams, his Grief Dreams podcast, and his own personal reflections. "Our minds are trying to help us (process the loss)," he said. "We can think of dreams as a best friend because they tell you things that you may not want to talk about, but a best friend can show us a mirror to ourselves when we're off track."
5 Aug 2022
Lana of MI speaks about her husband, Bob: "Support groups give me a safe space to talk about him."
In this episode, Lana, who resides in both Michigan and Illinois, speaks about her husband, Bob. His wit, sense of humor and zest for life fueled their relationship; she also speaks in favor of grief support groups. "Sometimes I feel like I'm helping new people because I know how broken I was."
26 May 2022
Meet Taryn of South Dakota: "My strength comes from what Rachel taught me when she was alive."
Taryn, a single mother from South Dakota, lost her fiancee, Rachel, only a couple months after their engagement. She talks candidly of alcoholism and drug addiction, but also of the beauty in their relationship. "I know what the price of love is. The ultimate price is loss."
13 May 2022
Phyllicia Bishop of PA: "It's within our power to keep their memory alive."
Phyllicia Bishop of PA talks about life without her husband, Joshua. He was an Army veteran who was working road construction in PA when he was struck and killed. The single mother of 3 young children now wants harsher punishment meted to those who fall asleep at the wheel.
15 Apr 2022
Jayme Bradford-Kinard of SC: "I attribute my grief journey to my relationship with God, He has sustained me."
Professor, journalist, and widow Jayme Bradford-Kinard of South Carolina lost her husband, Roland, unexpectedly in December 2020. She says, "The influence he had over my life is unforgettable. He will always be part of me. I want to continue to make him proud."
8 Apr 2022
Remarried widow Alison Nissen of Fla.: "Being a widow is part of me but not all of me."
In this episode, we chat with remarried widow, mother, blogger and professor Alison Nissen of Florida who says, "I can't erase their father's memory just because I have someone new in my life...I think our creator (and spouses) would be so sad for us if we weren't trying to get the most out of life."
Alison was married for 14 years before ALS took her first husband from their young family. Revel Coach co-founder, professor, and storyteller, Alison Nissen is the executive director of Branded Interviews, a platform that creates video business cards, webinars, and courses for authors, coaches, and entrepreneurs. She is also the co-founder and president of Revel Coach, a career growth platform and award-winning author. Follow her Tales from the Laundry Room @ alisonnissen.com.
27 Mar 2022
Introducing Just a Widow Talk! The MHNRN Interview.
Join Kristin Sunanta-Walker, host of the Mental Health News Radio Network, as she interviews Teresa Taylor-Williams, host of Just a Widow Talk. They discuss grief and its many forms.
Teresa is a widow, an award-winning newspaper journalist, and self-proclaimed grief arse-kicker. First losing her job to downsizing and then her husband, Ricky, in 2014, she has found the true meaning of resilience. After her home was foreclosed, she lived in subsidized housing while raising her two teenage sons; worked various jobs to make ends meet; and engaged in self-sabotaging behaviors in her attempts to cope with life without Ricky. Her grief journey has been a rocky one and Teresa deems herself an expert in how not to grieve. She found comfort in grief groups and therapy. In 2021, she founded 2 Become 1 Grief Support LLC, where she hosts a weekly virtual grief support group, as well as the podcast “Just a Widow Talk: Voices of Spouse & Partner Loss.” She is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is currently a Diversity director in higher education. She resides in the Kansas heartland.
27 Feb 2022
Widow & Author Sylvia Walters Drake of NC: "Grief and Joy Can Co-Exist"
Sylvia Walters Drake of North Carolina, a widow of 5 years, talks about the devastation of her husband's fatal heart attack, and how to honor your spouse by living with joy.
21 Feb 2022
Grief Therapist Lola Brognano, LCSW: "Society is not comfortable dealing with grief"
Join us as we chat about navigating loss and processing grief with Grief Therapist Lola Brognano, LCSW, a social worker in private practice in Tallahassee, Fla.
28 Jan 2022
Psychologist Dr. Jan Canty on her husband's murder: "I didn't speak of it for 30 years."
Dr. Jan Canty is author of "A Life Divided: A psychologist's memoir about the double life and murder of her husband--and her road to recovery." Jan is a renowned speaker, world traveler, former triathlete and cancer survivor. She hosts the podcast, "The Domino Effect of Murder," which may be heard on the Mental Health News Radio Network.
21 Jan 2022
Meet Delores of MI: "My faith in God was my foundation that got me through."
Join us as we listen to the 22-year grief journey of Delores of Michigan. She has found fulfillment in advising other new widows. "What got me through was my faith in God," she said.
16 Jan 2022
Richie from the UK: "Grief is Like an Abyss"
Richie, a single Dad in Great Britain, shares of his experience when he unexpectedly lost his partner and the mother of his children six years ago.
7 Jan 2022
Widower Mike H: "I don't want the pain to go away...it means I love her."
Mike H. of Michigan talks with us about faith and his grief journey; the beauty of his wife, Penny; and the challenges of life without her.
31 Dec 2021
Widower David A: "There's No Timeclock for This."
David from Illinois shares about his 26 year marriage, his wife's battle with cancer, and living as a widower the past 16 years. Faith, dating challenges, and moving forward.
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