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Fred Colby

@fcauthor

Author, Widower to Widower

Fred Colby is the author of Widower to Widower: Surviving the End of Your Most Important Relationship. He has served as a director, board member, and consultant for nonprofit organizations in California and Colorado. After his wife, Theresa, died in 2015 Fred shifted his focus to writing and leadership roles to help his fellow widowers heal and re-engage with life. He co-founded the Pathways Hospice Men’s Grief Group and an online grief group. He resides in Ft. Collins, Colorado. For more information go to: www.fredcolby.com where Fred offers free blogs about topics important to his fellow widowers, as well as extensive resources, podcasts, and more. Hundreds of widowers who have been helped by Fred's book have offered testimonies which are available on the website.

7 Posts

  1. Avoiding Downward Spirals

    When widowers are struggling during the first year after the loss of their wife, it is easy to fall into downward spirals of grief, self-doubt, and self-condemnation. This can be aggravated by alcohol, drugs, and isolation.... #grief #grieving #widower
  2. Widower: Grief Can Weaken or Strengthen Your Family

    Widower: Grief Can Weaken or Strengthen Your Family As I sank into deep grieving after my wife’s death, I became increasingly concerned about my sanity and ability to make sound decisions. At times the
  3. New Year, New You, New Relationships? Widower to Widower

    Sometimes it takes another crisis to push us forward and force us to confront our grief, isolation, loneliness, and emotional stress. Settling into complicated grief is all too easy, and we often cann
  4. Surviving the Holidays as a Widower

    Over time I am hoping this medium becomes a positive vehicle for sharing ideas on how to survive the various challenges facing us all. The following is my contribution. #widower #Grief #relationships
  5. Prime TNF is Crap Tried out Prime's entry into Thursday Night Football. It was pretty awful. Picture was inconsistent. You have to guess when you go forward or backwards. It takes forever whenever you
  6. Introduction and Widower to Widower

    Just joined and looking forward to connecting with others who are seeking to offer ideas and real discussions on topics of the day. My book, Widower to Widower , is available to help widowers through a

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