About this course

In this HEAL e-course, you will experience many interactive and empowering lessons meant to lead you towards acquiring healing knowledge and resources relevant in your widowed journey. Multiple instructors share videos, links, and resources focused on holistic health in widowhood. 

Your HEAL e-course will enable you to lean into more active participation. Your eyes and heart will be opened to a future you may not have known was possible. 

The instructors are women who also know widowhood in their own respective fields of expertise. 

The purpose of our HEAL e-course is to move towards rebuilding your life in a healthy way. You will discover areas of life where you are managing your loss well, and where you may decide to focus on going forward.

Your journey is as unique as you. ZOOM through the lessons or take your sweet time. All lessons are self-paced to accommodate your busy life. We understand. 


The Pillars of Healthy Widowhood

Throughout this course we will talk about the following:

  • 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 HEAL Course

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. HEAL Survey Pre-Course

    3. Review of Holistic Widowhood

    4. Join us 2026 Widows' Health & Wellbeing Event Weekend June 19-20 in Orlando, FL

    1. Emotional and Mental Health 101

    2. Emotional and Mental Health Common Issues

    3. Coping Skills: How to Practice Radical Self-Care in Widowhood

    4. Self Reflection/Self Work

    5. Resource List

    1. When Life Throws You Curveballs....

    2. Eating for YOUR Healing and Health

    3. Self Reflection/Self Work

    4. Resource List

    1. Financial Health 101: Building Your Trifecta Team

    2. Compiling Your Necessary Financial Information

    3. Using Your Financial Notebook Resource

    4. Cashflow is Crucial $$

    5. Self Reflection/Self Care

    6. Resource List

    1. Explaining Post Traumatic Growth

    2. Eco-Map: Find Where You Can Receive the Support You Need

    3. Self Reflection/Self Care

    4. Resource List

    1. Spiritual Health 101

    2. When Good Intentions Go Bad...

    3. Self Connection: Navigating The Journey

    4. Self Reflection/Self Care

    5. Resource List

About this course

  • 12 payments of $10
  • 38 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

"Am I Ready" Checklist

Small steps forward as I navigate widowhood.

  • Life feels uncertain without my spouse or partner

  • Hope is sustaining me, and yet, hard to grasp at times

  • I'm ready to honor this journey and learn a healthy path forward

Heal e-course

Instructor(s)

Carolyn Moor is the Founder and President of Modern Widows Club® | The Movement for Widow Care, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and public health charity empowering widows and their families to thrive through resilience, leadership, and renewed purpose. A TEDx speaker, author of four books — including 31 Heartfelt Prayers for Widows and Legendary Widows: Stories of Legacy — and podcast host, Carolyn has spent over 15 years transforming personal tragedy into a global movement featured on NPR, CBS Sunday Morning, AARP The Ethel, The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Wall Street Journal, and Psychology Today. In 2025, she was appointed to the national Bereavement Support Advisory Council at New York Life Foundation. Learn more at modernwidowsclub.org.

Carolyn Moor

Modern Widows Club Founder

Instructor(s)

Instructor(s)

Megan combines her background as a math teacher, widow, solo parent, and caregiver to guide widows and caregivers toward financial security and freedom. As co-founder of the Cape Fear Community of the Modern Widows Club and current Board Chair, Megan brings passion and insight to her work, helping widows align their money with their life values. She cherishes time with her two grown children, enjoys Salsa and Bachata dancing, reading, and traveling. Megan’s holistic approach integrates personal experience with professional expertise to support widows in living fulfilling, empowered lives.

Megan Kopka

CFP, RLP

Instructor(s)

Instructor(s)

Surapsari Megumi Fujimaru is a Board Certified Coach and mindfulness teacher. She helps widows overcome the most challenging phase of their widowhood and create a new life they love using mindfulness practices, a holistic health approach, and deep inquiry. She works with her clients via Zoom and at her private retreat facility in the Texas Hill Country. Visit her websites, lifetransitionguidance.com and surapsari.com, to learn more about her services.

Surapsari Megumi Fjuimaru

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)

Vickie Griffith is internationally respected as the Break Through Catalyst having helped thousands of individuals tap into their unique brilliance and highest potential in business and life. Buy Vickie's Latest Book "You Can Be Right About Everything and Still Have Nothing". Vickie is known for her infectious enthusiasm and deceptively low-key, casual approach. She travels throughout the country offering keynotes, coaching, and workshops.

Vickie Griffith

Instructor(s)

Laura Amendola

Instructor(s)

Dr. Mari Marquez is a personal growth educator who specializes in personal development and post-traumatic growth following the loss of loved ones. She is an international selling children's book author and holds a Ph.D. in psychology. Through her work, Dr. Mari offers research-backed tools for adaptation and personal growth in both English and Spanish through her workshops, resources, and her "Growth After Loss" podcast. She is a member of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, and serves as a facilitator for the Resilient Parenting Program through Arizona State University. Additionally, she co-leads a Spanish-speaking support group with the Modern Widows Club. Dr. Mari has received specialized training in post-traumatic growth, grief support, and prolonged grief disorder. She has had the honor of supporting many affected by traumatic losses in navigating their grief. Learn more about me at my website. Instagram/Facebook & Youtube @drmarimarquez

Dr. Mari Marquez

Personal Growth Educator After Loss- PHD., MBA

Instructor(s)

Vashon Sarkisian

Instructor(s)

Misty is a Spiritual Mentor who works with others open to learning how to more freely navigate a healthy, happy, and wealthy life by learning how to process energetic blocks caused by every-day life experiences. As a Compassion Mentor, Misty helps you identify these blocks and provides you with resources to independently navigate your journey, or collaborate with others on a similar path to help you work out the occasional kinks you may encounter.

Misty Pennington