In this episode, Mari shares four significant lessons she has learned throughout her four years of widowhood. For the first time ever, Mari also shares the name of her new upcoming bilingual children's book.&nbsp; Mari is an author, widow, podcaster, and the founder of embracingwidowhood.com &amp; The Embracing Widowhood Podcast.&nbsp; In this episode, you will hear: - Lessons learned from a young widow in her four years of widowhood - Research-based information on the brain while in grief - Information on Grief Spurts - &amp; Boundaries

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 &lt;p&gt;In this episode, Mari shares four significant lessons she has learned throughout her four years of widowhood. For the first time ever, Mari also shares the name of her new upcoming bilingual children's book.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mari is an author, widow, podcaster, and the founder of embracingwidowhood.com &amp;amp; The Embracing Widowhood Podcast.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In this episode, you will hear:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;- Lessons learned from a young widow in her four years of widowhood&lt;br&gt; - Research-based information on the brain while in grief&lt;br&gt; - Information on Grief Spurts&lt;br&gt; - &amp;amp; Boundaries&lt;/p&gt;
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Four Lessons Learned in Four Years of Widowhood

In this episode, Mari interviews Janice from @anotherstrongwidow, a former geologist and mother of three young children who had to face her own cancer diagnosis shortly after burying her husband, who also died from another form of cancer. In this episode, you will hear: * A young women's early journey in widowhood * Having to face a scary health diagnosis as a mom * Talking to young children about death * Resources for the Holidays &amp; * Research on Grief and Love. Resources Include: https://grief.com/ https://modernwidowsclub.org/ https://nacg.org/ https://www.dougy.org/ https://www.ericshouse.org/events/

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 &lt;p&gt;In this episode, Mari interviews Janice from @anotherstrongwidow, a former geologist and mother of three young children who had to face her own cancer diagnosis shortly after burying her husband, who also died from another form of cancer.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this episode, you will hear:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;* A young women's early journey in widowhood&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;* Having to face a scary health diagnosis as a mom&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;* Talking to young children about death&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;* Resources for the Holidays &amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;* Research on Grief and Love.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resources Include:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://grief.com/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://modernwidowsclub.org/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://nacg.org/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://www.dougy.org/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://www.ericshouse.org/events/&lt;/p&gt;
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Grief, Widowhood & Surviving Cancer

Mari Marquez, a Ph.D. Student and children's book author shares research on how widowhood can impact our children. Mari shares points from various studies as to why navigating solo-parenting, widowhood, and rebuilding our identity is challenging.&nbsp; In this episode, you will learn: <ul> <li>Research on young widows with dependent-age children.&nbsp;</li> <li>How widowhood can impact our children.</li> <li>Ways to help ourselves after a loss.&nbsp;</li> </ul> Embracingwidowhood.com Get a free week of therapy on betterhelp.com; use code: https://www.betterhelp.com/rpc/d0d6ffb931e4e167-1-01

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 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Mari Marquez, a Ph.D. Student and children's book author shares research on how widowhood can impact our children. Mari shares points from various studies as to why navigating solo-parenting, widowhood, and rebuilding our identity is challenging.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In this episode, you will learn:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Research on young widows with dependent-age children.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;How widowhood can impact our children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ways to help ourselves after a loss.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Embracingwidowhood.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Get a free week of therapy on betterhelp.com; use code: https://www.betterhelp.com/rpc/d0d6ffb931e4e167-1-01&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Research On Widowhood, Solo-Parenting & Helping Ourselves After Loss

Kay Moodley is the mother of two young children whose husband died from stage 4 terminal gastric cancer in 2018.&nbsp; In this episode, Mari Marquez interviews Kay Moodley as she shares her story of loss and needing to grieve through a pandemic. Kay shares some of the resources that were helpful to her as a widow. And she also talks about helping her children as a mom cope with their own grief. Kay also shares some exciting news about a project she and her son have developed to help other grieving children.&nbsp;

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 Kay Moodley is the mother of two young children whose husband died from stage 4 terminal gastric cancer in 2018.&amp;nbsp; &lt;p&gt;In this episode, Mari Marquez interviews Kay Moodley as she shares her story of loss and needing to grieve through a pandemic. Kay shares some of the resources that were helpful to her as a widow. And she also talks about helping her children as a mom cope with their own grief.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Kay also shares some exciting news about a project she and her son have developed to help other grieving children.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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Interview With Fellow Widow Kay Moodley

Carolyn Moor is one of the most influential widow advocates leading the healthy widow revolutionary concept for modern women worldwide.&nbsp; In this episode, Mari Marquez interviews Carolyn Moor, the Founder and President of Modern Widows Club. Carolyn shares her personal story of losing her husband on Valentine's Day, 22 years ago. She discusses raising two young daughters as an only parent and shares a wealth of knowledge from starting MWC and mentoring a plethora of widowed women.&nbsp; Resource: <a href="https://modernwidowsclub.org/">https://modernwidowsclub.org/</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.carolynmoor.com/">https://www.carolynmoor.com/</a> &nbsp;

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 Carolyn Moor is one of the most influential widow advocates leading the healthy widow revolutionary concept for modern women worldwide.&amp;nbsp; &lt;p&gt;In this episode, Mari Marquez interviews Carolyn Moor, the Founder and President of Modern Widows Club. Carolyn shares her personal story of losing her husband on Valentine's Day, 22 years ago. She discusses raising two young daughters as an only parent and shares a wealth of knowledge from starting MWC and mentoring a plethora of widowed women.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Resource: &lt;a href="https://modernwidowsclub.org/"&gt;https://modernwidowsclub.org/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.carolynmoor.com/"&gt;https://www.carolynmoor.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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Interview with Carolyn Moor, Founder of Modern Widows Club


      The Embracing Widowhood Podcast was a bi-monthly series dedicated to supporting the widowed community through research-grounded conversations. Over 30 episodes, Dr. Mari Marquez and guest specialists explored the foundations of adaptation, meaning-making, and post-traumatic growth. This show served as a compassionate resource for those navigating the early chapters of loss and remains available here as a permanent educational archive.
    

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