Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows

Gladys Jean Ullstam
Ember Holder | Widowhood Coach | Bloom Nurturer
For widows carrying love and grief at the same time.
Widow. Coach. Gary's wife always.

[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

Grief and peace can exist at the same time. You can feel the ache and still notice a moment of quiet. You can miss him deeply and still let something good land. Both can be true. Both have always been allowed. Hugs 💜💚
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

You may cry today. But know... you are allowed to feel joy today. Real, honest joy. A laugh that surprises you. A moment that feels good. Joy is not betrayal. It never was. Hugs 💜💚
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

One moment at a time is enough. One day at a time is enough. You don't have to carry tomorrow today. You only have to be here, now. That is all that is being asked of you. Hugs 💜💚
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

Some days I feel both broken and breathing at the same time. Some days I feel made of glass. Some days I move like the world is thick around me. All of those are grief. All of those make sense. You are not alone in any of it.
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

Your thoughts and your body are connected. Your body remembers what your mind is still processing. Be gentle with both. There is no rush. Your system is doing the best it can with something it was never meant to hold alone.
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

You can go slowly with your body. You don't have to force yourself to feel better. Small moments of calm matter — even when the grief is still loud underneath them. Steady is enough. Just this breath. Hugs 💜💚
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

Your nervous system is still on alert. Still listening for footsteps that won't come. Still waiting for the sound of his keys. This is not a malfunction. This is love still looking for somewhere to land. Hugs 💜💚
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#grief #widow #widower #hope

[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

Your nervous system is still on alert. Still listening for footsteps that won't come. Still waiting for the sound of his keys. This is not a malfunction. This is love still looking for somewhere to land. Hugs 💜💚
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#grief #widow #widower #hope

[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

Grief can feel like exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. Like tightness in your chest for no reason. Like your body is heavy with no explanation. Your body is reacting to something real. Something enormous happened. Of course it knows.
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

Getting through today is enough. It really is. Some days the bravest thing is simply staying. You are doing that. That counts. Hugs 💜💚
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#grief #widow #widower #hope

[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

You don't have to explain your grief to anyone. You don't have to justify the way you carry it. You don't have to perform okay when you are not okay. Your grief belongs to you. No one gets to tell you how to hold it. Hugs 💜💚
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

It makes sense that nothing feels clear right now. It makes sense that this feels so hard. It makes sense that you feel like a different person. You are not broken. You are grieving. Those are not the same thing. Hugs 💜💚
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#grief #widow #widower #hope

[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

It makes sense that nothing feels clear right now. It makes sense that this feels so hard. It makes sense that you feel like a different person. You are not broken. You are grieving. Those are not the same thing. Hugs 💜💚
https://t.co/ZZC09ZnbL0
#grief #widow #widower #hope

[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

It makes sense that nothing feels clear right now. It makes sense that this feels so hard. It makes sense that you feel like a different person. You are not broken. You are grieving. Those are not the same thing. Hugs 💜💚
https://t.co/ZZC09ZnbL0
#grief #widow #widower #hope

[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

There is nothing wrong with the way you are grieving. Not the crying in the parking lot. Not the reaching for your phone to text him. Not the days when getting out of bed is everything you have. All of it makes sense and it is allowed.
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

You are not behind. There is no finish line for grief. No gold star for getting through it faster. No award for being okay before you're ready. You are exactly where you are and that is not wrong. Hugs 💜💚
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

You are shaped by love that is still here. It lives in the way you move through the world. In the things you notice. In the person you are still becoming. The love is doing that. It never stopped. Hugs 💜💚
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

You don't have to let go of love to keep going. Moving forward doesn't mean leaving them behind. Carrying love forward is not the same as leaving them there. Hugs 💜💚
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[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

The quiet after loss is louder than anything I have ever known.
And still — I am here. Still learning to live inside this quiet. Still finding, in that silence, the sound of love that doesn't leave. Hugs 💜💚
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#grief #widow #widower #hope

[Ember & Bloom Coaching for Widows @EmberandBloom]

I miss you and I am still here. Both are true. Both have always been true. And somehow, that is enough to keep going. Hugs 💜💚
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#grief #widow #widower #hope