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Keep Calm and Chillax!

It’s pretty hard to keep chill and relax in the face of the news in the past few weeks, but if you are feeling stressed, we

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Lessons From A Plane Crash

Here’s a short video from Ric Elias, a survivor of the plane that crash landed on the Hudson River a few years ago.  The experience brought

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3 Tactics to Enhance Resilience

In this video, resilience expert Lucy Hone shares 3 suggestions for improving and building resilience to help manage our lives when bad things happen. Speaking from

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February Sunday Social

Every month, in addition to Widowed Friends weekly events, a “meet and greet” get together is held one Sunday a month. These are special occasions for

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Coping Ugly on Valentine’s Day

We all have “trigger” days that remind us of our loss, especially around anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas and of course the dreaded day of hearts and flowers…

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Eva Chats With Cogeco TV

Here is part 2 of the Cogeco My TV/Halton News interview with Widowed Friends.  Many thanks to Jessica Kaitting for the great interviews and especially to

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January Sunday Social

Many thanks to Liesel and Barb for sharing their lovely condo clubhouse with the group on Sunday. It was a chilly, rainy day but a big

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Finding Gratitude

If the rain, cold and dark days have you down, here’s a video and a little inspiration to take your mind off the weather and the

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Goodbye to 2019…..

Many thanks to Donna for hosting another great event at her house – a combination appetizer potluck and New Year’s party! This has been an annual event

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