Widowhood Made Me Happier

About Widowhood Made Me Happier

Join coaching psychologist, author, speaker and widow Tabby Kerwin on the podcast dedicated to growing with grief, protecting mental health and PERFORMing at your best.

Publisher

Tabby Kerwin

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Nov 2025

Latest episode

27 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Feb 2026

   Ep 9 - Broken & Brilliant

   In this episode, your host, award-winning coaching psychologist, TEDx speaker and best-selling author Tabby Kerwin, talks about the importance of the duality of emotions and how you can feel both broken and brilliant at the same time, but adds a reminder that you’re not actually broken… you’re grieving… and the key to growing with grief is self-kindness. For more support and FREE resources, to grow with your grief, protect your mental health and PERFORM at your best, visit www.theperformexperience.com (Www.theperformexperience.com) Thanks for listening! Tabby is on a mission to help 7 million people protect their mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at their best in the next 7 years and by listening to this podcast and sharing it, you are a huge contribution to that mission, so thank you!

2. 

   20 Feb 2026

   Ep 8 - Growing a Community to Protect Mental Health & Grow with Grief

   In this episode, your host, award-winning coaching psychologist, TEDx speaker and best-selling author Tabby Kerwin building a community of people that allow you and others to protect mental health and grow with your grief. Because it’s important we have the right people around us and who that is can change. For more support and FREE resources, to grow with your grief, protect your mental health and PERFORM at your best, visit www.theperformexperience.com Thanks for listening! Tabby is on a mission to help 7 million people protect their mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at their best in the next 7 years and by listening to this podcast and sharing it, you are a huge contribution to that mission, so thank you!

3. 

   13 Feb 2026

   Ep 7 - Growing a Business with Grief

   In this episode, your host, award-winning coaching psychologist, TEDx speaker and best-selling author Tabby Kerwin discusses how you navigate growing a business whilst growing with your grief and how grief, purpose and alignment can become the beating heart of your business without it being sad and unappealing. For more support and FREE resources, to grow with your grief, protect your mental health and PERFORM at your best, visit www.theperformexperience.com Thanks for listening! Tabby is on a mission to help 7 million people protect their mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at their best in the next 7 years and by listening to this podcast and sharing it, you are a huge contribution to that mission, so thank you!

4. 

   6 Feb 2026

   Ep 6 - Grief, Guilt & Growth

   In this episode, your host, award-winning coaching psychologist, TEDx speaker and best-selling author Tabby Kerwin discusses the guilt that comes with grief and how we can and must extend the self-kindness and permission to ourself to release the burden of that guilt because you can be sad and choose happiness at the same time. For more support and free resources, to grow with your grief, protect your mental health and PERFORM at your best, visit www.theperformexperience.com Thanks for listening! Tabby is on a mission to help 7 million people protect their mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at their best in the next 7 years and by listening to this podcast and sharing it, you are a huge contribution to that mission, so thank you!

5. 

   30 Jan 2026

   Ep 5 - Spoiler Alert…Grief WILL Happen!

   In this episode, your host, award-winning coaching psychologist, TEDx speaker and best-selling author Tabby Kerwin drops a spoiler alert… Grief WILL happen… But the good news is we can increase our capacity in order to protect our mental health, grow with our grief and PERFORM at our best. Tabby talks capacity, stress buckets and getting ready for the hard life events BEFORE they happen so we can shift the mental health conversation from reaction to protection and help more people live happily in the process. For more support and free resources, to grow with your grief, protect your mental health and PERFORM at your best, visit www.theperformexperience.com Thanks for listening! Tabby is on a mission to help 7 million people protect their mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at their best in the next 7 years and by listening to this podcast and sharing it, you are a huge contribution to that mission, so thank you!

6. 

   23 Jan 2026

   Ep 4 - Permission to Feel it All

   In this episode, your host, award-winning coaching psychologist, TEDx speaker and best-selling author Tabby Kerwin chats about the duality of emotions and how can and must allow emotions to co-exist in order to protect our mental health, grow with our grief and PERFORM at our best. For more support and free resources, to grow with your grief, protect your mental health and PERFORM at your best, visit www.theperformexperience.com Thanks for listening! Tabby is on a mission to help 7 million people protect their mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at their best in the next 7 years and by listening to this podcast and sharing it, you are a huge contribution to that mission, so thank you!

7. 

   17 Jan 2026

   Ep 3 - Removing the Veil

   In this episode, your host, award-winning coaching psychologist, TEDx speaker and best-selling author Tabby Kerwin removes the veil of grief, fear, perfection and “I’m fine” to help you protect your mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at your best… plus a side tangent to the current ‘2016 trend!’ For more support and free resources, to grow with your grief, protect your mental health and PERFORM at your best, visit www.theperformexperience.com Thanks for listening! Tabby is on a mission to help 7 million people protect their mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at their best in the next 7 years and by listening to this podcast and sharing it, you are a huge contribution to that mission, so thank you!

8. 

   9 Jan 2026

   Ep 2 - Debunking the Myth of the Grief Timeline

   In this episode, your host Tabby Kerwin debunks the myth of a grief timeline, discussing the permission you can give yourself to grieve in the way you need, the potential mental health issues from trying to confrom to other people beliefs and discomfort around grief and she gives you a little ‘takeaway’ to help move from what you think you ‘should’ do to what you ‘could’ do. For more support, to grow with your grief, protect your mental health and PERFOrm at your best, visit www.theperformexperience.com Thanks for listening! Tabby is on a mission to help 7 million people protect their mental health, grow with grief and PERFORM at their best in the next 7 years and by listening to this podcast and sharing it, you are a huge contribution to that mission, so thank you!

9. 

   1 Dec 2025

   Ep1…The Grief That Got Us Here…

   This episode is all about… Getting to know each other… How we find ourselves here… My amazing husband Simon… My hope that we can all grow with grief, change the conversation of mental health and choose happiness. (BTW the spooky door opening was one of my cats!) 💚💚💚 Thank you for tuning into ‘Widowhood Made Me Happier.’ Whatever brought you here, you are very welcome and please never lose sight of the fact we can grow with our grief, protect mental health and PERFORM at our best and sharing our stories is an important part of this. For lots of FREE (and paid!) resources for grief, mental health protection and peak PERFORMance, head over to my learning platform at www.theperformexperience.com Once you’re there, we can help you to #getyourducksinarow Much love Tabby xx Follow me on socials: Insta: @tabbykerwin / @widowhoodmademehappier / @theperformexperience Check out my websites at: Resources and training: www.theperformexperience.com About me: www.tabbykerwin.co.uk My business portfolio: www.modefor.co.uk For brass bands: www.brassonthemind.co.uk For more grief and mental health support, you can find help at: Cruse Bereavement Care: www.cruse.org.uk Child Bereavement UK: www.childbereavementuk.org Winston’s Wish: www.winstonswish.org Samaritans: call 116123 Shout Textline: text SHOUT to 85258 A little about me… I was widowed in 2018, aged 41, when my amazing husband Simon died after a short illness, leaving me to navigate solo parenting, our joint business portfolio and working out how to function. I was no stranger to grief having lost my Dad to cancer when I was 16 in 1994 and my brother in 2014… but this round of grief I was determined to choose happiness; to allow my emotions to co-exist and lean into my values of kindness, growth and freedom to help other people to grow with their grief, protect their mental health and PERFORM at their best. Being vulnerable and brave enough to share my experiences, combined with my knowledge as a coaching positive psychologist, is a huge part of this… and that’s where you find me now… sharing, speaking, writing and coaching others. Please never hesitate to drop me a message to share or ask for help and resources. I’ll help you as best I can ❤️

10. 

    22 Nov 2025

    Welcome to the Podcast!

    hello and welcome to the podcast! You’re very welcome here as we grow with grief, protect mental health and PERFORM at our best. 💚💚💚 Thank you for tuning into ‘Widowhood Made Me Happier.’ Whatever brought you here, you are very welcome and please never lose sight of the fact we can grow with our grief, protect mental health and PERFORM at our best and sharing our stories is an important part of this. For lots of FREE (and paid!) resources for grief, mental health protection and peak PERFORMance, head over to my learning platform at www.theperformexperience.com Once you’re there, we can help you to #getyourducksinarow Much love Tabby xx Follow me on socials: Insta: @tabbykerwin / @widowhoodmademehappier / @theperformexperience Check out my websites at: Resources and training: www.theperformexperience.com About me: www.tabbykerwin.co.uk My business portfolio: www.modefor.co.uk For brass bands: www.brassonthemind.co.uk For more grief and mental health support, you can find help at: Cruse Bereavement Care: www.cruse.org.uk Child Bereavement UK: www.childbereavementuk.org Winston’s Wish: www.winstonswish.org Samaritans: call 116123 Shout Textline: text SHOUT to 85258 A little about me… I was widowed in 2018, aged 41, when my amazing husband Simon died after a short illness, leaving me to navigate solo parenting, our joint business portfolio and working out how to function. I was no stranger to grief having lost my Dad to cancer when I was 16 in 1994 and my brother in 2014… but this round of grief I was determined to choose happiness; to allow my emotions to co-exist and lean into my values of kindness, growth and freedom to help other people to grow with their grief, protect their mental health and PERFORM at their best. Being vulnerable and brave enough to share my experiences, combined with my knowledge as a coaching positive psychologist, is a huge part of this… and that’s where you find me now… sharing, speaking, writing and coaching others. Please never hesitate to drop me a message to share or ask for help and resources. I’ll help you as best I can ❤️

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