Episode 2 | Steering the ship with author, Audra O'Neil
Filled With Gold Widow Podcast
English - July 23, 2021 00:11 - 51 minutes - 119 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Education Self-Improvement widow grief loss young widow widowed widows grieving death lonely Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I had a great discussion with Audra O’Neil, Author of At The Helm - The Young Widow’s Journey from Struggle to Strength. Audra is a widow, author and mother of twin twelve-year-old boys. Her husband Chad died in November of 2015, 5 months after being diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma.
Audra created the guidebook every widow should read. She includes easy-to-follow practical tips, widow stories, song lists, and resources to support grieving widows in moving forward in life.
We covered lots of topics during our time together:
- How Audra & Chad met and his diagnosis
- “At The Helm” and Veuve Clicquot (the champagne widow)
- Dating and the importance of knowing what you want in a partnership
- Camp Widow cocktail chatter
- Are Audra and her kids forming a band a la The Partridge Family?
- Who knew there’s a YouTube channel where a man steps into the dad role to teach kids how to do stereotypically male activities (tying a tie, shaving, telling a dad joke, etc.)
“I’m running the ship…the bad, the good - it all comes down to me. It’s how I steer the ship that determines how our lives go.”
- Audra O’Neil
Links
At The Helm - The Young Widow’s Journey From Struggle to Strength by Audra O’Neil
https://www.amazon.com/At-Helm-Journey-Struggle-Strength/dp/1636767281
Camp Widow https://campwidow.org/
Dad, how do I? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNepEAWZH0TBu7dkxIbluDw
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