Listen to part one
Jill Johnson-Young guest co-hosts. Jill is an internationally known grief therapist, Mom, author, entrepreneur, and LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker).
While in her 40’s, Jill lost her first wife Linda. Then, Jill lost her second wife Casper. Casper was first wife Linda’s hospice nurse. And now, Jill is married to her third wife Stacie. Stacie is the mortician who cared for both Linda and Casper. Reread and wrap your mind around that!
But that’s not all…
Jill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In her own trial by fire, what surprised Jill is how popular conventional grief therapy training didn’t fit her own experience!
What was offered as the “right way” to do grief left Jill feeling ashamed and a failure at grief. How do you fail at grief?
And that’s why in her book, The Rebellious Widow, Jill rewrites the expectations of dying, death, and grief. And like a boss, Jill takes the unwritten shame-filled rules of widowhood—and shreds them.
If you’re a male, don’t let the title fool you. I read Jill’s book twice. I finally found answers to my own questions along with a practical way to forge a fulfilled future.
Jill, The Rebellious Widow, gives you strategy, tools, and actionable tactics so you can face death, grief, and if you choose, recreate a beautiful life.
The Bullets
- Once Upon a Time
- Not Just for Widows!
- Let Yourself Grow from the Grief
- Permission to Do It Your Way
- JillandLinda–NOT a Typo
- Same-Sex Challenge
- Our Kids
- How 55 MPH Triggers Death
- Disturbed Sense of Humor
- Pushing Up Daisies Soon
- Momma’s Gonna Die
- The Mission Inn Riverside, California
- She Wanted to Die Her Way
- Casper the Friendly Ghost
- She Was So Butch
- In-N-Out Burger
- I Turned Her Oxygen Off
- Unforgettable Silence
- I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
- The “Arranged” Marriage
- Stacie the Mortician
Listen to part 2
Part 2 of The Rebellious Widow with guest co-host, twice-widowed author, therapist, Mom, and entrepreneur Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW.
Taste Part 2:
How Casper comes back into the scene and what she asked Jill’s Mom.
How to break the widow rules so you can live life on your terms without guilt and shame. The three-page bucket List.
Introducing your dead spouse. Finishing relationships—how a therapist helps you.
People uncomfortable with death: which friends or family suddenly disappeared? The Snow Goose Dress—the things you’ll wear for a dying loved one. Anticipatory Grief—when your grief starts before death. Why Jill Avoids the Frozen Pea Aisle.
The awesome rebirth Jill never imagined. To avoid unnecessary cruelty: use a Fiblet. What’s a fiblet?
The secret romance alias: changing names to protect the innocent.
The real reason Robin Williams took his own life.
How to get 300 gay men to sing Happy Birthday To You, and so much more.
Lots ‘O Bullets
- The Widow Rules–How to Break Them
- She Left Me a Three Page Bucket List
- She Died a Good Death
- After The Funeral Everyone’s Gone
- Introducing Your Dead Spouse
- Finishing Relationships–Therapy Challenge
- Discomfort With Death? Who Suddenly Disappeared?
- Secret Romance Alias To Protect The Innocent
- I’m Smiling Again–It’s What Momma Wanted
- JillandLinda (not a typo)
- What’s a Fiblet?
- Casper Asked My Mom for This
- Lewy Body Dementia–Holy Shyt!
- Robin Williams R.I.P.
- Like Sandra Day O’Connor
- The Starbucks Kiss
- Two Before Fifty (Dead Wives)
- Why Jill Avoids The Frozen Pea Aisle
- The Snow Goose Dress
- 300 Gay Men Sing Happy Birthday
Listen to part 3
The Rebellious Widow Jill Johnson-Young packs this final episode with personal experience and generous professional advice.
What you’ll discover…
Stacie the Mortician—Jill’s new (and current) love connection.
The reticent minister who refused to officiate Jill’s next wedding, and the baseless reasons why.
Jill has a stroke on tax day—A real one.
Will you grieve forever? What I was wrong about (it has to do with grieving forever).
How to be like ninety-nine-year-old actress Betty White (she was widowed 40 years ago and hasn’t remarried)—or how to be like Jill with the courage, after being widowed, to marry again and again.
Trust your gut—but make sure you have this one thing in place so you don’t ruin your life.
Getting naked again—with another person. Jill recommends the book Getting Naked Again by Judith Sills, Ph.D. I ordered the book from Amazon. Link here.
How to handle criticism using the Charlie Brown Criticism Defense Tactic.
Why you need a good wing person.
Is this your chance to recreate yourself?
The grief paradigm change. The five tenets of rebellious widowhood.
Boundary setting. Use this powerful skill so others don’t sabotage you.
Feeling more alive when there’s intimacy in your life. I talk about me asking someone out on a date, and how it made me feel just to ask.
Why you should avoid a clone of your dead spouse.
And so much more.
Thanks for listening to the final episode of The Rebellious Widow with Jill Johnson-Young. If you haven’t listened to parts 1 and 2, here are the links: Part 1, Part 2.
Buy The Rebellious Widow book almost everywhere you buy books.
A great place to start is The Rebellious Widow book website: https://www.therebelliouswidow.com
