Welcome back to The Widow’s Collective.

After taking a few months away from the podcast, I’m back - and Season 2 is going somewhere a little different.

Season 1 lived in the acute season of grief: the fog, the shock, the survival, and the overwhelming newness of losing your person.

But what happens after that?

What happens when the waves of grief begin to come farther apart...but the space between them isn't necessarily peaceful?

That’s where we’re going this season.

The murky middle.

The space between survival and whatever comes next.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The difference between acute grief and the murky middle
• The metaphor of grief as waves - and what happens when there is more space between them
• The strange experience of noticing more as the shock and numbness begin to shift
• The duality of grief and life existing at the same time
• Wanting things again - and questioning whether you're allowed to want them
• Changing relationships and the loneliness that can come with being further out from the loss
• Anxiety, nervous system disruption, and the loss of safety
• Why the years following survival can feel hard in an entirely different way
• What I mean by re-emergence
• Why this season will explore the messy, complicated space where grief and life coexist

A question to take with you:

What are you noticing right now?

Not what you should be doing.

Not where you think you should be by now.

Just...

What are you noticing?

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Website: laurenlentz.com

You can find information about my grief coaching, Re-Imagine group program, retreats, self-guided resources, and other ways to work with me on my website.

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About Lauren

Lauren Lentz is a Certified Grief Coach, widow, former educator, and host of The Widow’s Collective. After losing her husband, Kevin, in 2019, Lauren found herself navigating not only the devastation of grief, but the complicated process of becoming a different version of herself.

Today, she works with women navigating life after loss, helping them make space for grief while also exploring identity, desire, purpose, relationships, and the life that is still unfolding.

Because grief and life can coexist.