Episode Details

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Carole Brody Fleet, award-winning author, speaker, and recognized grief and life-adversity recovery expert, for an intimate and compassionate conversation about surviving one of life's most devastating experiences—the death of a spouse. Carole is the author of Happily Even After: A Guide to Getting Through (and Beyond) the Grief of Widowhood, winner of the 2013 Books for a Better Life Award, as well as the acclaimed Widows Wear Stilettos. Carole's understanding of widowhood comes from deeply personal experience. After losing her husband to ALS, she found herself facing the enormous challenge of grief while rebuilding her life and caring for her family. Discovering how few practical resources existed for widowed people helped inspire her advocacy and the creation of Widows Wear Stilettos, an organization established to provide support, education, information, and community to people coping with the loss of a spouse. In Happily Even After, Carole addresses the questions that can arise immediately following a spouse's death—and those that may emerge months or even years later. Drawing upon thousands of letters received from widowed people, she tackles subjects including grief, raising children after the death of a parent, returning to work, financial and legal adjustments, loneliness, relationships, dating, intimacy, remarriage, and rediscovering one's own identity. Her central message is not that grief should be rushed or forgotten, but that it is possible to carry love and memories forward while gradually rebuilding a meaningful life. Join Rob McConnell and Carole Brody Fleet on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a heartfelt discussion about love, death, grief, courage, resilience, and what happens when the life you expected suddenly disappears. For anyone who has lost a spouse or partner—or who loves someone struggling with bereavement—this conversation offers understanding and the reassuring possibility that although life will never again be exactly the same, there can still be a “happily even after.”

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