Ghosted by Friends and Family? We widowers often hear that soon after the death of our wives, many friends and even family members may ghost us. This frequently occurs despite our best efforts to maintain these previously reliable and important relat continue Reading...

Recently, in one of our NWO Peer-to-Peer Men’s Discussion Groups something amazing happened. The meeting centered on a most meaningful theme we explore together: Sharing who each widower's spouses were and what made them extraordinary. The seven part continue Reading...

FOR ALL WIDOWERS STRUGGLING WITH ISOLATION AND LONELINESS! As widowers we often are advised to avoid self-isolation. It can be harmful to our physical and mental health. Fear, anger, doubt, and depression can run rampant. Destructive behaviors such a continue Reading...

Widowers, you can’t think your way out of this one! Usually our analytical brains put our IQ (abstract reasoning, memory, and problem-solving) to work to solve whatever new challenge we are facing. But when we lose our wives, these old standbys fail continue Reading...

When you are in a long dark tunnel, and trying to find your way out... do you continue down deeper into the darkness or do you go towards that pinpoint of light in the other direction? Often when we are buried in grief we have trouble figuring out wh continue Reading...

Introduction AI can amaze you and it can scare you. A recent film, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, created by Daniel Roher, is an amazing and deep look at both how AI is transforming the world at a record pace, AND at how it could cont continue Reading...

It is a well-documented phenomenon: a person loses a limb, yet they can still feel it. The brain continues to fire signals to a hand or a leg that is no longer there. They reach for objects with fingers that do not exist or try to stand on a foot tha continue Reading...

Many, if not all of us, will experience what is commonly known as Widower’s Fog. Everything seems mushy and unclear, or you might feel unable to make decisions. You may be unable to concentrate on anything technical or challenging, like paying your b continue Reading...

Why is this important? Well, do you ever wonder whether you are going crazy? Or wonder what your state of mind is and whether you can “fix” it so you can live a normal life again? As men we often just charge ahead and apply whatever solution we think continue Reading...

If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. Lao Tzu (6th-century BC Chinese philosopher) When we first enter deep grieving after losing our wi continue Reading...

When things are going badly, and certainly the death of your wife qualifies, it is easy to fall into a spiral of negativity. Whether you were inclined towards a negativity bias before or not, it is easy to think that: • everyone and everything is wor continue Reading...

Whether you believe in God, Allah, Yahweh, or a spiritual universe, you probably have heard the phrase, “Don’t bow down to false gods.” When we are grieving, many false gods may tempt us and drag us into a pit of despair which can be hard to climb ou continue Reading...