309. Bonds of Love and Loss: Sharing Widowhood with Dad. Debbie Weiss

How could widowhood happen to both Debbie Weiss and her dad?  What are tips for dating midlife?  Better Call Daddy: The Safe Space For Controversy.

Debbie got a masters degree in fine arts at 56!  She’s is a lawyer turned writer, and has a special bond with her dad too! 

Her essays have been published in The New York Times, Huffington Post, Woman’s Day, Elle Decor, Good Housekeeping, and Reader’s Digest.

Her blog The Hungover Widow offers empathy to those who find themselves alone middle age.

Debbie Weiss is a former attorney who earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2020. A native of the Bay Area, she turned to writing after George, her husband and partner of more than three decades, died of cancer in April 2013, and she found herself single and living alone for the first time in her life. Weiss’s essays have been published in The New York Times's “Modern Love” column, HuffPost, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Elle Décor, and Reader’s Digest, among other publications. She lives in Benicia, CA with her second life partner, Randal.

Connect with Debbie:

Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/debbieweissauthor/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debbie_weiss_author/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DWeissWriter

Website: https://thehungoverwidow.com/

Purchase “Available As Is”:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1324017.Debbie_Weiss

Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Available-As-Midlife-Widows-Search/dp/164742237X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JLADG9KGH13C&keywords=available+as+is+debbie+weiss&qid=1665773224&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjkxIiwicXNhIjoiMC4zNiIsInFzcCI6IjAuNTEifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=available+as+is%2Caps%2C255&sr=8-1

 

Ronit Plank episode mentioned

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-the-themes-in-your-story-featuring-debbie-weiss/id1612365112?i=1000604083470

Huffington Post article

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/husband-32-years-widow-grief_n_641866eae4b0fef1524533ed

 

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