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Zestful Aging with Debbie Weiss: Surviving and Thriving After he Loss of a. Love
Loss of a loved one can turn our world upside down. How can we recover and how can we recreate ourselves without them in our lives? Debbie Weiss turned to writing in 2013, when she lost her partner and high school sweetheart of 32 years and she found herself living

Next Avenue: To Create a New Life, I Had to Evict My Late Husband
As a widow, I had to take steps away from our past to find my own happiness By Debbie Weiss | June 1, 2023 | Living I was talking to the contractor about remodeling my bathroom, emphasizing that the project needed to be reasonably priced, with an eye towards resale,

Bonds of Love and Loss: Sharing Widowhood with Dad. Debbie Weiss – Podcast on Better Call Daddy
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Last First Date Radio: A Midlife Widow’s Search for Love
A Midlife Widow’s Search for Love Posted by Sandy Weiner in dating in midlife | 0 comments Listen to this episode of Last First Date Radio with Debbie Weiss, as she reveals a midlife widow’s search for love Debbie Weiss is the author of Available As Is: A Midlife Widow’s

Huff Post Personal: When My Partner of 32 Years Died, I Thought my Life was Over. Here’s How I Overcame My Grief.
“For 32 years, George and I had woken up together each morning, talked about our days over dinner, and curled up closely at night. Now there was only silence.” Huff Post – Debbie Weiss Apr 8, 2023, 08:30 AM EDT The author and George at her college formal in 1984.


Bookaholic-Deirdre Pippins: Finding Love at Midlife
Debbie Weiss is a writer, yogi, gardener, and former attorney. After her husband died of cancer in April 2013, she turned to writing when she found herself single and living alone for the first time at age 50. You can find her on her blog, thehungoverwidow.com, which offers empathy and

Let’s Talk Memoir with Ronit Plank: Finding the Themes in Your Story
Debbie Weiss joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about widowhood and capturing grief and loneliness in ways that keep readers invested, starting scenes in the middle, finding themes in your story, how her blog was a stepping stone to watching her writing take off, and her new memoir Available

Do People Over 50 Fall in Love?
There was no talk of love, only of control. It all seemed to come down to a power struggle: how much were midlife women willing to put up with to have male companionship? How little effort could midlife men get away with while still remaining sexually active?

New York Times’ “Modern Love:” Try the Pastrami, Stay for the Polyamory
New York Times’ “Modern Love:” Try the Pastrami, Stay for the Polyamory

Dating Lessons from a Midlife Widow
Article on nextavenue.org Once she discovered who she really was, and stayed firm in those convictions, it was easier to find love By Debbie Weiss January 20, 2023 Personal Perspectives In June of 2014 at 3:30 a.m., I decided to join J-Date, the self-proclaimed largest Jewish dating community worldwide, but

Grief Diaries Stories: Running Away to Home
Story by Debbie Weiss Running Away to Home – Part 1 The preceding is an excerpt from Available As Is: A Midlife Widow’s Search for Love published by She Writes Press. Copyright 2022. Used with permission. In the summer of 1973, I was nine. My world was suffused with color, the sunlight
National Association of Memoir Writers Virtual Book Club: Reinvention After Loss
February Virtual Book Club Virtual Book Club | 4 comments Deborah Weiss Available As Is: Reinvention After Loss February 9, 2023 4 PM PST | 5 PM MST | 6 PM CST | 7 PM EST In April of 2013, I lost my husband of 32 years. Soon after my

Widow We Do Now?
What do you do when you become a young widow? Join Anita and Mel, as they tackle heavy grief topics with authenticity and humor.
As I Live and Grieve
As I Live and Grieve Widow’s Search for Love, with Debbie Weiss November 29, 2022 Share



Nineteen Stories from Fear to Hope
Episode 53: Debbie Weiss Nov 4, 2022

Authors Over Fifty with Host Julia Brewer Dailey
. Authors Over Fifty with Host Julia Brewer Dailey

Jenny Lisk: The Widowed Parent Podcast
Debbie Weiss on Adventures in Mid-Life Widowed Dating [WPP125]

Widow 180: The Podcast with Jen Zwink
From Isolation To Inspiring Author! – Interview With Debbie Weiss Widow 180 The Podcast with Jen Zwinck Debbie lost her husband George after a 4 year battle with cancer. Debbie found herself isolated and lonely and trying to create a new life that made her feel confident and proud of

Bookish Road Trip: Launch Pad
This episode will have you deeply engaged in women’s fiction, family drama, strong and determined characters, criminal activity and so much more. We explore history, family dynamics, mothers, and we get to the core of what makes a great story. When we mix these authors and their new releases, we

The Second Chapter
From Hungover Widow to Available As Is, Debbie Weiss

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Abandoning Dating at Middle Age in Favor of Friendship: Time for going Lysistrata on this
With dating off auto-erotically asphyxiating itself, let’s turn to friendship. Instead of settling for less when we’re dating at middle age, let’s demand more, just on the inside instead of the exterior.

The Intersection of Guilt and Abuse: When we fail to believe we deserve better
Like so many who have fallen into abuse, I rationalized that I could help him to change. He needed me. Having failed to save my husband, I wanted to save someone, even someone who wasn’t very nice to me.

This Is How We Can Overcome the Bitterness Of Middle-Aged Dating
If I could describe middle-aged daters in one word, it would be bitter. And that bitterness is destroying our chances at finding love. Let’s overcome that bitterness with a beginner’s mind.