Christine Baumgartner, a widow and professional dating and relationship coach provides an ongoing blog addressing the needs of widowers and their families as they try to adjust to the challenges of entering new relationships. Visit her blog at ThePerfectCatch.com and and read her bio here.
March 31, 2020
How can you date if you can’t go meet anybody? Christine Baumgartner and Tina Hull discuss the topic of dating online. They really want people to know they can still date. In fact, some very positive things might come out of dating like this! Dating is supposed to be fun!
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March 17, 2020
Just about every day, I’m in communication with widowers. Not only is it what I do as a dating and relationship coach, it also comes from being involved in several widow Facebook groups. I’m so grateful for all these connections, for it has helped my own
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February 25, 2020
Several years after my husband Tony’s death – as the fog of widowhood started lifting – I found myself wondering “what’s next”. I wanted to be open to inspiration and possibilities. I knew they were out there somewhere, if I could just learn how to recognize them.
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November 18, 2019
How to navigate the holidays With the holidays just around the corner, I’m starting to hear stories and questions on surviving the holidays from the people in my widowhood community. For instance, last week a widower told me he was finding it painful to make his own Thanksgiving
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October 7, 2019
Are you getting ready to think about dating? Or maybe you’ve already put your toe in the water? Many widowers feel quite divided at this point – between the life they had with their late spouse and the new life they’re moving toward now.
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July 9, 2019
Among the many devastating changes that come with widowhood, one that often catches people completely by surprise is when one or more close friends leave. Most married couples have a few (or many) friends who are also couples. The relationship between couples may involve:
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June 18, 2019
Sometimes widowers feel rather tentative about getting back out into the community after the death of their spouse. Just the thought of trying seems overwhelming. I had a client last week who was in this category. He definitely did not know how to begin. We got
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May 21, 2019
When widows and widowers try moving forward with life, a multitude of feelings can suddenly make themselves known. These feelings vary a lot, depending on personality and situation. Here are some examples. See if any of these apply to you. Completely stuck You have the best
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May 1, 2019
How to get through those hard anniversaries… that horrible first year I called them the “fierce-some firsts”: First Valentine’s Day. First Thanksgiving. First Christmas. First birthday (his). My birthday First birthday (the children’s).
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April 16, 2019
It’s important to have a ‘lifeboat’ prepared for those hard times In a recent post, I talked about how I like to visualize my mood as a buoy in the sea. There have been hard times in my life when ocean waves would wash over my buoy, but
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