About this course

Transform Your Survival Into Hope: The Interactive Course That Changes Everything

This isn't just another program—it's your personalized roadmap from barely surviving to genuinely believing in your future again.

Where You Are Now: The "hope stage" can feel like hopeless when you're in survival mode. Every day feels like an endurance test, and the word "hope" seems foreign to your reality.

Where This Course Takes You: Through our interactive, step-by-step program, you'll experience the profound shift from survival → bereavement → believement—that breakthrough moment when hope stops being something other people talk about and becomes something you actually feel again.

The Transformation: Believement isn't about having all the answers or a perfect plan. It's about reaching that sacred turning point where you accept that hope is real, it's yours, and you're ready to move forward—even without knowing exactly where you're headed.

Why This Works: Unlike generic grief resources, this course meets you exactly where you are in your widow journey and guides you through the specific, proven pathway thousands of wisters® have walked before you. It's the first step of the healthy widowhood pathway - hope, heal, grow and lead. 

Your Future Self Is Waiting: The woman who completes this program won't just survive her widowhood—she'll discover that hope isn't just possible, it's inevitable.

Ready to stop surviving and start believing? Your transformation begins now.

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

HOPE curriculum

    1. Welcome to our HOPE E-Course Curriculum

    2. Hope Survey Pre-Course

    3. A Widow's Song - Inspirational Poem

    4. Holistic Widowhood Pathway

    1. Hope, Healing and Growth Go Together

    2. Brain Fog and Widowhood

    3. MWC Community Connections

    4. Emotional and Mental Health Blog Posts

    1. Anatomy of Grief: Sudden Changes and Life Transitions by Dr. Marissa Magsino

    2. Move To Heal Your Body, Mind and Spirit by Tara Gidus Collingwood

    3. MWC Health & Wellness Club

    4. Physical Health Blog Posts

    1. Loss, Finances and Widowhood Decisions

    2. Knowledge is Power Over Grief: Conquering Financial Fear by Laura Amendola

    3. Financial Health Blog Posts

    4. MWC Widow Empowerment Club Resource

    1. Introverted vs. Extroverted Loss

    2. MWC Parenting Support Club

    3. MWC Relationship Building Club

    4. Relational Health Blog Posts

    1. How to Grieve Spiritually

    2. "The Wounded Warrior in You" Quote

    3. Spiritual Health Blog Posts

About this course

  • Free
  • 34 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

FAQ

  • Is this course for new widows?

    This course is for all widows looking for hope, healing, growth and to lead their new life in in widowhood with a healthy mindset as she moves forward.

  • Does it matter what age I am?

    No. We welcome widows of all ages and that is part of the beauty of this course. It was created by widows from many ages, backgrounds and life experiences.

  • How long will this course take me?

    Because we know widows are busy women, we created this to be self paced for your convenience. Take your time or speed through each level. Your choice.

  • What will I learn in at WESOT?

    You will learn that self care and a healthy pathway forward focused on our 7 pillars of healthy widowhood matters. We believe when widows are supported, nurtured, respected and loved, they naturally are empowered to thrive. From our years of surveying thousands of widows, we saw that they were seeking hope, healing, growth and to lead their life with more confidence. This gives them the resilient opportunity to make solid and knowledgable decisions going forward which encourages them to find both purpose and meaning after loss.

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