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  • Clarity change and pragmatism - Claire Scoles

    Clarity change and pragmatism - Claire Scoles
    Jun 28 2025
    What if you could laugh and cry in the same breath while talking about death, grief, and finding love again?

    That’s exactly what happens in this heartwarming and honest episode with Claire Scoles – a nurse, mum, and self-proclaimed “collector of husbands” who shares her journey through loss, blended family life, and remarriage after the death of her husband, Chris.

    With warmth, wit and insight, Claire reflects on what it means to support a partner through terminal illness, the lessons of palliative care, and the messy, beautiful act of carrying grief and joy together.

    This is an episode about finding yourself again after loss, being pragmatic where it counts, and learning how to meld the before and after into the now.

    Together, Caroline and Claire chat about:
    • Life, love and blended families
    • Dealing with diagnosis and what comes next
    • Reflections on palliative care and death literacy
    • Parenting through grief and staying connected with stepchildren
    • Finding yourself again and letting someone new in
    Quote that resonates with Claire “You don’t get over it, you grow with it”

    About The Widow Diaries
    A podcast that holds space for the often-unspoken stories of grief, love, and life after loss - especially for those widowed young. Hosted by journalist and widow Caroline Winter and brought to you by First Light Widowed Support. This is The Widow Diaries: Where no story is the same – and every story matters.

    Links
    • Learn more about First Light Widowed Support
    • Follow First Light on Instagram
    • Like First Light on Facebook
    • Connect with First Light on LinkedIn
    • Connect with Caroline Winter on LinkedIn
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    54 Min.
  • Turning pain into purpose - Rebecca Adams

    Turning pain into purpose - Rebecca Adams
    Jun 21 2025
    What happens when your whole world is turned upside down just six weeks after saying “I do”?

    In this powerful and deeply moving episode, Rebecca Adams shares her story of losing her husband unexpectedly, just days into their marriage and how that profound grief planted the seed for something bigger.

    From navigating the weight of widowhood to co-founding First Light Widowed Support, Rebecca talks openly about the healing power of connection, the importance of community, and how she’s helping other young Australian widows feel seen and supported.

    This is an episode about transformation, leadership through loss, and how showing up for others can also be a path to healing and hope.

    Together, Caroline and Rebecca discuss:
    • Navigating early widowhood and the silence around young grief
    • Finding Camp Widow in the US, and how it changed everything
    • Building First Light: turning grief into action
    • Supporting others while still healing yourself
    • What young, widowed people need that the system often misses
    • Advice to those early in grief and what gives her hope now

    About The Widow Diaries
    A podcast that holds space for the often-unspoken stories of grief, love, and life after loss - especially for those widowed young. Hosted by journalist and widow Caroline Winter and brought to you by First Light Widowed Support. This is The Widow Diaries: Where no story is the same – and every story matters.

    Links
    • Learn more about First Light Widowed Support
    • Follow First Light on Instagram
    • Like First Light on Facebook
    • Connect with First Light on LinkedIn
    • Connect with Caroline Winter on LinkedIn
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    48 Min.
  • Introducing The Widow Diaries

    Introducing The Widow Diaries
    Jun 16 2025
    The Widow Diaries is a podcast that holds space for the often-unspoken stories of grief, love, and life after loss, as a young widow.

    Join journalist and widow Caroline Winter each episode and hear from others who’ve walked the winding path of widowhood in their own way.

    The Widow Diaries for First Light Widowed Support is there to support you or someone you know and provides information, resources and connection for young, widowed people throughout Australia.

    The Widow Diaries: Where no story is the same – and every story matters.

    Follow or subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

    Links
    • Learn more about First Light Widowed Support
    • Follow First Light on Instagram
    • Like First Light on Facebook
    • Connect with First Light on LinkedIn
    • Connect with Caroline Winter on LinkedIn
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    2 Min.