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What happens when you bring widows together with inspiring expert speakers for 7 powerful webinars?

She feels SEEN, HEARD, RESPECTED and LOVED for the formidable, courageous woman she is in the world. She finds a way to move forward, reach back to help others and honor her love legacy.

Topics included in videos:

1. What is Good Grief Support? with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

2. Joy and Laughter Ever After with Jen Mathews

3. Unlock Your Widow Potential with Petra Gordon

4. Eat Well & Move to Thrive with Tara Gidus Collingwood

5. Get It All Together 101 with Suzanna Kaye/ Home Organizer

6. Resilience and Reinvention with 9/11 Widow and Author Juliette Brisman

7. Turning Grief into Growth with Cyndi Williams

8. Additional Resources

Presenters

Petra Gordon

Unlock Your Widow Potential

After the loss of a spouse, the initial feeling is one of feeling lost. Who am I now? The world seems so unfamiliar and different without your spouse. The dreams and plans you had together have been altered. Our lives have been so intertwined with our spouses that we have forgotten about the time and season in our life before we were a spouse and a parent. We are left with trying to not only navigate the journey of grief, and widowhood, but also trying to decide how we want the rest of our story to be. What is still possible for you in your life? You can still experience a meaningful and fulfilling life. Not in the absence of grief and loss. You learn to navigate both at the same time. We learn how to carry grief while at the same time healing, unlocking our full potential and discovering the best version of ourselves.

Juliette Brisman

Resilience and Reinvention

Juliette Brisman was living her best life in the New York City suburbs as a wife and mother of two small children when tragedy struck. Her 34 year old husband Mark was killed on September 11th when the World Trade Center was attacked in 2001. In the 20 plus years since the tragedy, Juliette has re-invented herself as a grief professional, helping countless others on their personal journeys toward healing, hope and meaning after loss. Juliette will share her story as well as introduce attendees to her incredibly moving and true story detailed in her 2022 Memoir , A Heart Returned, which is currently being developed for the small screen.

Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

Professor, Arizona State University

Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is a Professor at Arizona State University, a Senior Sustainability Scholar, and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Trauma and Bereavement Program. She is in the top 2% of scholars in her field around the world, and has devoted her life to research, practice, and community based care of those suffering traumatic grief. She served on Oprah and Prince Harry’s Mental Health Committee for the Apple TV Series, The Me You Can’t See, which also featured her work at the Selah Carefarm, a therapeutic ecocommunity that combines rescued animals with humans who are grieving the tragic death of a child, parent, partner, or other primary family member. Her research has been published in the Lancet, and other medical journals, and she just released one the Great Courses called Understanding and Coping with Grief with Audible in 2022. Her best selling book, Bearing the Unbearable, has been published in seven languages and is a seminal text in grief courses all over the world.

Jen Mathews

Joy & Laughter Even After

In this experiential presentation, Jen will offer transformative tools to access your playfulness and inner joy even in challenging times. You will learn creative visualizations and gentle laughter exercises to heal heartache after loss and rediscover your connection to life, moment by moment.

Tara Gidus Collingwood

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Personal Trainer and Wister

Tara Collingwood is a nationally recognized expert and spokesperson on nutrition, fitness, and health promotion and is quoted in a variety of media including television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and websites. She is a past National Media Spokesperson for the professional organization of 80,000 Registered Dietitians, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). Tara is the author of Pregnancy Cooking & Nutrition for Dummies (2012) and co-author of Flat Belly Cookbook for Dummies (2014) and All In One Pregnancy (2016). She is also the nutrition consultant to the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Tara was the team dietitian for the Orlando Magic NBA team and nutrition consultant to University of Central Florida (UCF) Athletic Department for 12 years. Tara is a performance coach at the prestigious Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute where she teaches senior executives how to manage their energy. She also has a private practice in Orlando, FL. Tara lost her husband Stephen Gidus to cancer in 2012. She married John Collingwood in 2015 and is busy raising her two sons, Basil, Levi, and two stepsons Maxim, and Samuel.

Suzanna Kaye

Get It All Together 101

Are you lost in a jungle of papers & information? Trying to figure out what goes where and how to keep track of the new papers and to do items that come in? You're not alone! Join Professional Organizer & Paper Specialist Suzanna Kaye to discuss how to take the paralysis & overwhelm out of dealing with info & papers (& get a BONUS - How to Build a Simple Action File Guide) so you can breathe again.

Are you ready for WEE 2023 Virtual?

These are real quotes from women just like you who wondered if this event was right for them!

  • Where do people like me go?

  • My grief group isn't working for my anymore. Now what?

  • I'm curious about what's possible for my future, even if I don't know what that is.

  • I'm called to uplift and mentor other widows now.

  • Looking for healing, hope and purpose in life.

  • I want to learn from other widows further along than me.

  • Widow School? Sign me up!

Testimonials

“I want to learn from widow speakers who have their own widowhood story of grief to growth who have now become mentors, leaders and advocates for widows' causes. ”

Laura

“I'm a completely different person after losing my partner. I'm bummed I have to rebuild my life, but I want to do it well! One that is focused on finding purpose and meaning.”

Jan

“Becoming a young widow felt very out of order and isolating. I want to find my tribe of strong, wise and empowered women to guide me towards what the future holds.”

Becky

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