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A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
The year I turned eight, my maternal grandmother fell off her roof cleaning her gutters and moved in to live with us in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She was a hard, sturdy Welsh-woman who highly valued quiet, well-mannered, and productive offspring. (Being a bride turned mother during the Great Depression was apparently quite the experience.) Her favorite expression was, “What are you just standing around for?” Grandmother came from the “Idle Hands are the Devil’s Workshop” parenting era. An era that might need to return again, if what I see at the mall is any indication. Our offspri ..read more
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Last Chance to Register for Our Retreat!
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
Our fabulous retreat is August 24-26 at the beautiful Blue Ridge Assembly Conference Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This wonderful 3-day, all-inclusive retreat will provide rest, relaxation, and great companionship with other widowed women. We’ll have time to sit around the fire pit and stargaze, each wonderful food, learn about grief and building a new life, learn how nutrition can help rebuild and protect your immune system, and share stories and laughter. Plus, we’ll be designing our own individual Ayurvedic aromatherapy vials to take home, and painting a silk scarf. We’ll also be foll ..read more
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Aromatherapy Custom Made for YOU!
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
REGISTER NOW! Registration Closes on Monday, August 9 at midnight. The post Aromatherapy Custom Made for YOU! appeared first on A Widow's Tale ..read more
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Honor Your Love Story
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
In a divorce, a couple chooses not to be together. But widowhood isn’t a choice. Widowhood happens TO you. That’s why how you honor the story of your love with your spouse is really important to your healing. In our society, we are given 3 days to heal. That’s just incredibly stupid. And hurtful. And not real, at all. When you’ve been married to someone for a long time, they’re almost part of your DNA. They are in your cellular memory and letting go takes a long time. And you can’t get face-to-face with them or yell at them on the phone to sort things out. You’re left to bang around in the at ..read more
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Time Is Running Out to Register!
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
It’s going to be so awesome! All we need now is YOU! Registration Closes on Monday, August 9th at midnight! You deserve this retreat. Come join us. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. The post Time Is Running Out to Register! appeared first on A Widow's Tale ..read more
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Meet Our 3-Day Retreat Leaders: Danielle Sangita Rottenberg, M.Ed., LMBT
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
Danielle Sangita Rottenberg, M.Ed., LMBT, is a Certified Yoga Teacher, Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, Reiki Healer, retreat leader, and author. She has been certified as a yoga teacher since 2004 receiving both her 200-hour and 500-hour training. Over the years she has continued her passion in holistic health through studies in Ayurveda, Reiki, and Massage with some of the most influential teachers in the world.  She has also written in 2 Amazon bestseller books called Activate Your Life Volume 1 & 2 and Re-Activate Your Life Ebook! Danielle works i ..read more
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Meet Our Nutrition Coach for the 3-Day Retreat: Cynthia Moore. You will not meet a more knowledgeable, experienced, and gentle nutritional coach than Cynthia Moore, MS, RDN, CDE, NBC-HWC.
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
Cynthia Moore is one fabulous woman. I first met Cynthia at a retreat and was immediately impressed by the gentleness of her spirit and the breadth of her knowledge. But it was when she started sharing information about how I could heal a digestive problem I was having that I really got a glimpse of who Cynthia is professionally. And simply put, Cynthia is one of the most knowledgeable people I have EVER met when it comes to nutrition and wellness. My bowels were upside down from the stress of widowhood. I was anxious and not sleeping well. Plus, I was newly menopausal, and I needed the kind o ..read more
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For Years, You Put Everyone Else First. Let’s Change That.
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
Put Yourself First at This 3-Day, All-Inclusive Retreat just for Widows! August 24, 25, and 26. You deserve to get away. You deserve a time to rest and play. You deserve to learn new ways of facing the challenges of your new solo life. You deserve this 3-Day retreat in August. You can see who I put first in the picture above. i know you put your people first, too, because it’s just what women do. But now YOU are the one who needs help. YOU are the one who needs some new tools for survival. YOU are the one who needs to go have fun. YOU. You get to be first this time. Do you have some hesitati ..read more
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Refusing to be a Victim
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
The single most important choice a widow has to make is this: Do you want to be a victor or the 2nd victim of your spouse’s death? It sounds like an easy question, but it’s not. Because there is tremendous societal support for the victim mentality. AND, unlike a divorce, which is something you do, widowhood is something that happens to you and that can leave you feeling helpless. Survival isn’t really about how strong you are (although you better be!). It is about how kind you will be to yourself. It’s about how actively you will seek and claim your healing from the SINGLE most devastating lo ..read more
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Thirsty for Understanding
A Widow's Tale – Recover and Rebuild
by Donna Marie Todd
3y ago
There’s nothing like sharing stories over a cup of coffee. It’s done all over the world. In cafes, coffee houses, homes, and most especially, in retreat centers. The simplest things are often the best. Sitting with someone who understands your point of view, who cares about how life impacted you, and wants you to succeed and be happy. When a cup of coffee is shared in this way, it is life-giving. When I was widowed one of the daily things I missed the most was that shared time with our morning coffee. We’d review our plans for the day, figure out when we were going to catch back up for dinner ..read more
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