Healing and Dealing—with expert advice

Good Grief August 2012 Quickly becoming the "national face of widowhood," Carole Brody Fleet, founder and CEO of Widows Wear Stilettos, has become to the go-to person for comfort, wisdom, and support both for widows and those who help them. In a recent Huffington Post article, she gave some useful advice to friends of those in mourning with 15 Things You Should Never Say to the Bereaved. This was one of the most commented and highly ranked articles on HuffPo. She also did a video with State Farm to spread the word about being financially prepared for whatever may come. This video has come out to thousands of agents all over North America to help families during the most difficult time. You can hear Carole speak her message of hope and healing at these events: 8/31: Awakenings, Laguna Hills, CA - 7pm 9/18: West Hollywood Library, West Hollywood, CA - 7pm 9/30: West Hollywood Book Fair, West Hollywood, CA - 10am 10/4: Special Ops Survivors Conference, San Diego, CA More · Buy Happily Even After A Guide to Getting Through (and Beyond) the Grief of Widowhood By Carole Fleet Happily Even After includes answers to thousands of actual letters to the Widows Wear Stilettos website, and is written in Q&A form for easy reference. From child rearing and finances to issues of intimacy, it also addresses some of the most difficult and heartbreaking issues that many widows face; such as receiving a call or personal visit breaking the news about a husband's death from his mistress; or how to deal with widowhood and grief when a marriage is deteriorating or in the midst of divorce; and the technically unmarried widow, or “widow of the heart”—anyone who has lost the person with whom they expected to spend the rest of their lives. When Carole lost her husband at age forty, there were no resources that spoke directly to her needs as a young widow. The books she turned to spoke only about grief, but Carole knew that focusing on grief was going to keep her in a place of sorrow. Twelve years later, she is the Founder and CEO of Widows Wear Stilettos, Inc., a non-profit organization and website founded in 2006 and devoted to service.  Live the Life You Want

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