Episodes

This week, Alexandra has her first guest on The Widows Club Podcast, Alena Gourley! Alena is a LSW is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, psychic, medium and spiritual guide specializing in hypnotic healing and past life regression. She customized all her sessions to her client's beliefs and needs. Alena works together with her clients to heal current or past relationship issues, physical, mental or emotional traumas or pain, such as phobias, anxieties, addictions, depression and anxiety, improving sport...

Throughout the grief process, there are many opportunities to grow and heal, which also means we have to let go of some things. Not necessarily our person, but things that hold us back from growing. Forgiveness is crucial and this week, Alexandra dives into what forgiveness means to her and how to take the first steps to do so. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com, or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com. Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please s...

This week, Alexandra gets even more personal in sharing about an altercation where two close people decided to say unkind and disrespectful things to her, about her and Buddy. She shares her Pimple Principle, the importance of understanding how others and ourselves communicate and 3 ways to know that when someone is yelling/venting or “going off” it is not about you but about them. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com, or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com. Port...

This week Alexandra discusses the ideas around safety and security during the grief process. So much of losing a loved one can trigger a feeling of a lack of security and safety. There is physical safety and also there is mental and emotional safety. Often, when we feel triggered emotionally, we try to feel better with external strategies, such as shopping, binge watching shows, tackling house projects. The emotional need won’t go away until we are able to truly face it intrinsically. Tapping in...

This week, Alexandra discusses the idea of finding balance during the grief process. Fifty-fifty balance doesn’t really exist because here are so many moving parts and that is okay. It is also okay to take one thing at a time, having grace for ourselves and not getting caught up in all the things we are not getting done. We cannot do it all and it is important to ask for help from our village.

This week, Alexandra discusses the importance of setting boundaries when beginning the grief process. She talks about being a People Pleaser and having to work through and heal childhood experiences in order to embrace the grief journey in front of her. There are different types of boundaries, including physical, emotional, mental, temporal, energetic. Alexandra provides examples of each type of boundary that she had to set in her process.Links: Nedra Tawwab's book :Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A...

Sensitivity Alert! The topic of suicide is discussed throughout this podcast. Please access what resources you need and take breaks as needed. This week, Alexandra shares more about her story after her husband's death, including the additional trauma and drama that occurred. She discusses how she initially was handling, or not handling, the loss and starting to work through the grief process. Please note that the focus is on Alexandra's personal experience and any tips or suggestions made are b...

Sensitivity Alert! The topic of suicide is discussed throughout this podcast. Please access what resources you need and take breaks as needed. No one wants to be part of the Widow's Club and yet we could all use more resources for how to navigate not only being part of this club but also the grief process and journey. In this initial episode, Alexandra shares her story on becoming a widow and losing her husband to suicide. She shares details of events leading up to his death and the day of. Ple...