Ep. 279 | Widows, Witches, and Wellness with Jennifer Newberg

About this episode

Jennifer Newberg discusses her journey of rebuilding life after loss, focusing on widow wellness and community support.

When you're a sober alcoholic, a divorcee, and a widow, you might know a thing or two about rebuilding your life. Jennifer Newberg joins Anita and Mel to chat about what all this looks like with honesty, humor, and zero interest in pretending healing is linear. After the death of her husband, Jennifer eventually created widow wellness retreats through building spaces where widows can reconnect with themselves outside of survival mode. She talks about grief, recovery, community, and what happe...

People in this episode

Hosts: Anita, Mel

Guest: Jennifer Newberg

Topics covered

• grief
• recovery
• wellness
• community
• healing
• divorce
• alcoholism

Keywords

• widow
• wellness retreats
• grief
• recovery
• community
• healing
• sober alcoholic
• divorce

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