Soaring Spirits Canada

Middle Widowed: Hope and Healing for those Widowed 3-5 years

Creating a Career You Love After Loss

For people who want help envisioning a new future, re-establishing their personal and professional identity and discovering career possibilities that integrate what is most meaningful to them.

After losing a spouse you may have to go back to work or decide you want to change careers. However, the idea of relaunching your career after loss can be overwhelming. You may be struggling to figure out what to do next. You didn’t plan to be in this situation, and you don’t know how to start or what to do. At times you may be feeling overwhelmed. Confusion, doubt and fear have crept in, and you’re stuck. The good news is you can learn how to figure it out and take action. In this session, based on my experiences as a career counselor and widow, I will guide you through steps you can take to move from surviving to thriving in a career that is personally satisfying and meaningful.

Middle Widowed: Hope and Healing for Those Widowed Three to Five Years

This track is designed to meet the needs of people widowed between three and five years. These middle widowhood years are a time of searching, rebuilding, getting to know this new self within the widowed experience. The content for this introduction to the Middle Widowed track is based on research done through the Soaring Spirits Resilience Center and will provide resources and tools that address the concepts of developing a sense of self, creating and managing healthy boundaries and crafting a different life than the one we planned with our loved one.

Camp Widow® Opening Address

Join Jodi Skeates, the founding Director of Soaring Spirits Canada and the Chair of its Board of Directors for opening remarks.