From Loss to Love Again

Life is both rocky and beautiful

I am grateful for the interest I have received from widows and widowers who would like to contribute their thoughts and ideas here! I want this to be a safe place for you to share what is on your mind and give and receive support from others who are also experiencing their own grief journey.

Here is the link to register to be an author: Register. It is very simple to register and once you are on board, you can fill in your bio, your web site, and other information to link yourself to this site. Cool!

Don’t worry if you don’t consider yourself an “author.” And if you are an author, wonderful! This is about sharing whatever is on your mind about widowhood, grief, loss, reinventing yourself, struggles and successes, pain and joy, and a host of other topics I am sure you will think of.

Thank you for your interest and welcome aboard! I appreciate you, Michelle

I help people improve their relationships, whether they are single, married, divorced, or widowed. I specialize in helping widows and widowers learn to love themselves and love their lives again after experiencing the profound life-changes that losing their spouse brings to them. Read the rest of this entry »

Ask me that burning relationship question!

Ask Michelle Anything is a free webinar that repeats every week. During these webinars, you can write or call in to ask me anything about relationships.

• Wondering how to find the lost passion in your marriage?
• Thinking you are too ________ (fill in the Read the rest of this entry »

Hi!

I hope you’ve had a pleasant week. Here’s to an exciting or relaxing weekend, whatever works best for you! Do you know someone who could benefit from relationship coaching? If so, please forward this message to them and let them know about the free Get Acquainted session they are welcome to sign up for. Thanks!  

What I’m excited about this week!

Over the years my clients have told me repeatedly that I should write a book. My late husband, Al, said I had to write a book. My friends have encouraged me to write a book. So, I’ve begun my writing process with an audio book about marriage. It’s not a big book, but it is a book. An e-book, to be specific, along with an audio.   I’ve been working on this audio book all week so I could tell you about it today! It’s called

Making a Happier Marriage Today:
Ten Secrets for Creating the Marriage of Your Dreams.

I’m offering it, along with the e-book, at an incredibly affordable price. Click here to learn more.

What’s New?

I’ve been working on my audio project, getting my late husband’s Toastmaster speeches together so that I can record them. I don’t want his words of wisdom, hope, and inspiration to remain sitting in my computer. I believe the world needs Al Vásquez’s message and I intend to bring it out, dust it off, and offer that message to you very soon. I wrote about it recently and asked for your comments. I did get some wonderful feedback, which I really appreciate. That post is here.

Last Friday I celebrated Al’s memory and life with my new husband, Javier and you an read the blog post here.

Upcoming events:

Free webinars are always recorded, so if you’re signed up and cannot attend you can listen at your leisure as I will send you the replay, but only if you sign up!

Weekly webinar where you can pick my brains about any relationship question you can think of.

Ask Michelle Anything…about dating while shy. Saturday, August 28 9:00am pacific/noon eastern If you are not signed up already for this free weekly webinar about all things relationships, sign up here.  

Monthly webinar with Rev. Elaine Torrance-Gingrich
This month’s topic:
Life after Loss…to date or not to date. Tuesday, August 31 5:00pm pacific/8:00pm eastern
If you’re not yet signed up for this fun and informative monthly webinar, Sign up here.

On Tuesday, September 7 I have a special guest, Kristine Castro. She will be giving us a Conversational Tour of her Everlasting Honeymoon Program. If you are signed up to receive notices about the Ask Michelle Anything webinars, you don’t need to do a thing; I’ll remind you. If not, sign up here.

I appreciate you, Michelle

Feeling happier now, like my sweet, late cat basking in the sun, though I still love and miss Al.

For the newly widowed, I do remember your pain. You will not believe me when I say it gets easier. I didn’t believe people when they said it to me.

After Al died I continued to go to the church services in the little church we joined before he died. I would sit in the back row, as far as I could be from others, and let the tears fall for the entirety of the service. It was awful. Read the rest of this entry »

Al and I at Disneyworld around 2001

Today marks the third anniversary of the day my late husband, Al Vásquez, died after losing the battle to metastatic renal carcinoma (kidney cancer). I am so blessed that my new husband, Javier, is willing to spend the day honoring Al’s memory.

Who could ask for more than a compassionate husband who says, “I wish I could have met Al. I think I would have liked him.” We are spending the early part of the day at Disneyland, my personal happy place. Neither Al nor Javier really understand how much of a Read the rest of this entry »

I had the privilege of being interviewed by Catherine Behan this morning on her Blog Talk Radio show, Attract Your Soul Mate Now. You can listen to this 30 minute interview, in which we discuss finding love again after loss, here. Read the rest of this entry »

On the subject of marriage:

You and I are like two little kids walking down the same road. We choose to keep the same pace so that we remain side by side. We like each other’s company and, besides, walking side-by-side has the added benefit that when either one of us trips, the other is there to help. Isn’t that the whole point?

Adalberto Vásquez, 1945-2007

Today Iuliana Lixandru interviewed me on Voice America. Here is a link to the interview. She asked me questions about relationships, singles, widows finding love after loss, limiting beliefs that keep people single.

We talked about Choice Theory, which is something Read the rest of this entry »

I want to create some audio downloads of Al’s Toastmaster speeches. He had a very powerful writing style and his speeces were memorable and inspirational. I have had them sitting in the computer for 3 years and they need to be retold.

His stories come from everyday personal experiences, some of which we have all had. One, called “The Panhandler,” takes a familiar site and turns it into a lesson about gratitude and how what he witnessed touched his Read the rest of this entry »

Camp Widow made the USA today news! Check out the article here. Great connections with others who have lost loved ones. Ages ranged from 20′s to 60′s.