About this course

In this program we have an interactive and educational course that leads you towards a feeling of expansive growth in your widowed journey. 


The Pillars of Healthy Widowhood

Throughout this course we will talk about the following in more depth than in the HOPE and HEAL e-courses:

  • Emotional and Mental Health
  • Physical Health
  • Relational Health
  • Spiritual Health
  • Financial Health
  • Fun and Creative Health
  • Purpose and Meaning Health

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to your GROW e-course!

    2. GROW Pre-Course Survey

    3. Quick Review of Holistic Widowhood

    1. Growing in Widowhood: What Does that Look Like?

    2. Where Joy Hides and How to Find It

    3. Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges

    4. Self Reflection/Self Care

    5. Resource List

    1. Somatic Experiencing and the Power of Movement

    2. Foods that Heal in Grief and Growth by Tara Gidus Collingwood

    3. Feminine and Sexual Health in Widowhood by Dr. Marissa Magsino

    4. Self Reflection/Self Care

    5. Resource List

    1. Getting Organized Financially: Retirement and Beyond by Megan Kopka

    2. Estate Planning For Widows: Where to Begin, What to Get Done?

    3. Finding YOUR Financial Advisor For Who You are Now

    4. Widows’ Voices: The Value of Financial Planning Research

    5. Alternative Ways to Give to Charity

    6. Self Reflection/Self Care

    7. GROW Resource List

    1. Building New Relationships, Re-Partnering, Dating and Love Again in Your Widowhood Journey by Jen Johnson and Jenn Fortune

    2. Blending Families and Healing Families

    3. Self Reflection/Self Care

    4. Resource List

    1. Building Your Spiritual or Religious Life in Widowhood: Determining What Works

    2. The Taboo Topics in the Areas of Spirituality

    3. Self Reflection/Self Care

    4. Resource List

About this course

  • 12 payments of $23.25
  • 43 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

"Am I Ready" Checklist

Small steps forward as I navigate widowhood.

  • Life healing is a focus in my life, and you are hoping to discover more personal growth than ever before.

  • You've been on this journey for years now and feel knowledgable about many resources, but looking for more advanced widowhood topics.

  • I'm ready to broaden my full understanding of this journey and integrate all I've learned into this new identiy built in widowhood. I'm moving forward and reaching back purposefully to others.

GROW e-course

Instructor(s)

Carolyn Moor is the Founder and President of Modern Widows Club® | The Movement for Widow Care (MWC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and public health charity dedicated to empowering widows and their families to thrive through resilience, leadership, and renewed purpose.
With over 14 years of experience mentoring and supporting widows, Carolyn has transformed personal tragedy into a global movement of empowerment, advocacy, and awareness.
As a TEDx speaker featured on TED.com, author, and podcast host, Carolyn shares insights on grief, widowhood, and leadership, inspiring individuals worldwide. Her books, *Inspire, Connect, Lead: Empowering Your Widow Mentoring & Leadership Gifts* and *Legendary Widows: Stories of Legacy,* and *Daily Wisdom & Empowerment for Widows: 365-Day Devotional* highlight widows' transformative power as trailblazers, leaders, change makers and philanthropists.
Modern Widows Club® is at the forefront of advancing widows’ holistic well-being through innovative programs, community support, and pioneering research. Carolyn’s work has been featured in Psychology Today, NPR, CBS Sunday Morning, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Wall Street Journal, Orlando Sentinel, Mt. Sinai Road to Resilience Podcast and a contributor to AARP’s The Ethel.
Join Carolyn in reshaping widowhood’s narrative and fostering a brighter future. Learn more at modernwidowsclub.org and at WIDOW LIFE on Substack https://modernwidowsclub.substack.com

Carolyn Moor

Modern Widows Club Founder and Development Director

Instructor(s)

Instructor(s)

Megan is passionate about helping caregivers & widows find financial security and freedom to live fulfilling lives supported through planning and investing. Her experience as a former math teacher, wife, mom, widow, solo parent, caregiver, medical advocate, business owner, and feminist gives her unique perspectives on integrating money with life values. Megan is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Registered Life Planner; her personal, professional, and altruistic mission combine into her service of widows. She has two grown children whom she cherishes. Spending time with her children, Bruce, a second mate in the maritime industry, and Jaden, who is currently studying to become a commercial pilot, brings Megan joy. Megan co-founded the Cape Fear Community of the Modern Widows Club (MWC) in May 2020 and served as their community advocate until December 2023. She also served on the Golden Committee for the National Modern Widows Club. Today, Megan serves as the Board Chair for MWC. Megan enjoys Salsa and Bachata, reading, being outdoors, and traveling.

Megan Kopka

Financial Advisor

Instructor(s)

Lyn Kienholz found Modern Widows Club in 2011 after the loss of her husband Mike. She launched the Minneapolis West Community in 2013 and served widows in her home until 2019 when she transitioned to the Modern Widows Club HQ Team as the Program Director. Lyn believes that meeting widows where they are at either in-person or on-line can dramatically change the trajectory of a widows journey. As the Program Director for Modern Widows Clubs partners with our Communities and Clubs along with creating content for all of our programs. She is the Meeting & Event Planner for Modern Widows Club Widow Empowerment Event. Lyn lives with her second husband Jeff and their blended family of 6 kids near Minneapolis, MN. She owns Red Thread Consulting Group and her interests outside include boating, hiking, beach vacations along with curling up with a cup of tea and a good book during long Minnesota winters.

Lyn Kienholz

Program Director

Instructor(s)

Dr. Marissa Magsino who knows the effects of grief and loss both as a widowed woman and as a professional physician. Understanding what is physiologically happening in our bodies is important and Dr. Magsino brings a practical guide regarding health issues of Widowhood aim towards disease prevention. From our research data, the physical impact widowhood has on the body in the areas of stress, anxiety, brain fog, PTSD and adrenal fatigue can cause serious illnesses. Come learn the warning signs, and how to address them. Your health in this stage of life requires real advocacy and learning from someone who knows. Dr. Magsino is both an internist and functional doctor who gets to the root of the issues. She’s brilliant and wants to share how to journey through this and create a holistic pathway.

Dr. Marissa Magsino

Instructor(s)

Tara Gidus Collingwood, MS, RDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Personal Trainer, and fellow Wister. You can find her at dietdiva.net.

Tara Gidus Collingwood

Instructor(s)

Honolulu native Jenn Fortune married her first love Stephen. He passed away at the young age of 30, while serving in the US Air Force. In the following years, Jenn started a life for herself in Southern Illinois. She built a successful photography business that took her to several countries and throughout the United States. Her passion is empowering women to feel and know their value and the beauty they possess from the inside out. She has worked with thousands of women through the years through her photography business and ministry, inspiring and cultivating growth from the inside out. You can see this in her work and in the lives of those she has mentored and touched. Jenn serves as co-leader for the MWC Dating Club.

Jenn Fortune

Instructor(s)

Jen Johnson was widowed on December 26, 2012 when her husband, Todd suffered a sudden heart attack at the age of 40. After a successful 20-year career in leadership roles within the tourism industry, her focus shifted to being a full-time mom to her two young boys. What has emerged from her journey is a passion for writing as well as her life’s purpose in serving and advocating for her widow sisters around the world. Her mission is to align those walking this widow journey with a holistic approach to both healing and achieving a whole life filled with joy and purpose. Jen serves as co-leader for the MWC Dating Club.

Jen Johnson

Instructor(s)

Linda Shanti McCabe is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified grief counselor, and author of “After Your Person Dies: Affirmations for traveling with grief, making meaning, and going on.” Follow her on Instagram at @griefandart.

Dr. Linda Shanti McCabe

Instructor(s)

Carrying a drum, walking with Spirit, she helps you clear your path of the soul loss you've endured so you can access new levels of creativity and joy. Rev. Michele Grace Lessirard, C.Ht. is an artist, interior designer, shamanic teacher and healer who combines the visible elements with the invisible or spiritual aspects of the home and self. She teaches women how to use the shamanic path of direct experience to affect positive changes in their lives. She is a full-time shamanic practitioner and teacher, SoulCollage® facilitator, a graduate from the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and member of Sandra Ingerman’s Shamanic Teachers Alliance. . You can find her online at www.MicheleGrace.com

Rev. Michele Grace Lessirard, C.Ht