Author: Herb Knoll

  • WSN Receives A-Tribute from Florida House of Representatives

    WSN Receives A-Tribute from Florida House of Representatives

    Yesterday, at the State of Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, in the Florida House of Representatives, State Representative Scott Plakon paid “A Tribute” to the Widowers Support Network and myself. Scott is himself is a widower (although he too has rediscovered love and has remarried) and is a member of WSN-MO. I want to publicly thank Scott for the honor he…

  • Herb Knoll Honors His Journey And Becomes the Unintentional Widower Whisperer

    Herb Knoll Honors His Journey And Becomes the Unintentional Widower Whisperer

    It started as a step toward healing himself…became a book, a podcast and a ministry. As a bank executive, Herb Knoll was known as a man who could get the job done. But when Knoll lost his wife to cancer he found no resources to help him recover. The more he learned about the plight…

  • Invocation – April 2021

    Invocation – April 2021

    Uploaded_INVOCATION APRIL 2021 2.pdf (floridakofc.org)

  • Open to Hope Radio

    Open to Hope Radio

    Looking for insights on the challenges faced by men after spouse or partner loss?  Join Dr. Heidi and Dr. Gloria Horsley and Herb Knoll bereaved spouse, retired banking executive, professional speaker, columnist, and founder of the widowers support network. Herb is the author of the The Widower’s Journey. https://www.opentohope.com/herb-knoll-men-rebuilding-after-loss/

  • Herb Knoll: Men Rebuilding After Loss

    Herb Knoll: Men Rebuilding After Loss

    Looking for insights on the challenges faced by men after spouse or partner loss? Join Dr. Heidi and Dr. Gloria Horsley and Herb Knoll bereaved spouse, retired banking executive, professional speaker, columnist, and founder of the widowers support network. Herb is the author of the The Widower’s Journey.

  • No Such Thing As Closure

    No Such Thing As Closure

    There is closure on real estate deals, businesses deals, etc. but there is no such thing as closure on a relationship. Closure means the end of a deal. It’s done, over, completed. All conditions have been met. No more expectations that need to be fulfilled. Closure relates to deals, not life, not relationships. As far…

  • Don’t Expect Others to Know What to Do Following Your Loss

    Don’t Expect Others to Know What to Do Following Your Loss

    Following the passing of a wife or life-partner, it is the widower who needs support, not the deceased. So why is it that so many widowed men complain about their sense of abandonment by their families, friends, neighbors, and co-workers following their loss? Behaviors and interactions with those who you would hope would be of…

  • #466: What It’s Like to Become a Widower | The Art of Manliness

    #466: What It’s Like to Become a Widower | The Art of Manliness

    What’s it like for a man to lose the person at the very center of his life — his wife? Maybe you know firsthand, because you’ve lost a spouse yourself. Or maybe you know a friend or family member who’s a widower, and have wondered what he’s going through and how to help him. Or…

  • Herb Knoll and His Widower Support Group

    Herb Knoll and His Widower Support Group

    Grief is a topic no one wants to study, or learn about, until you are in it. It’s a “if it hasn’t happened to me yet, I certainly don’t want to mention it” kind of thing. Herb Knoll lost his wife Michelle to cancer in 2008 after having been her care giver for 39 months.…

  • Herb Knoll and His Widower Support Group

    Herb Knoll and His Widower Support Group

    Grief is a topic no one wants to study, or learn about, until you are in it. It’s a “if it hasn’t happened to me yet, I certainly don’t want to mention it” kind of thing. Herb Knoll lost his wife Michelle to cancer in 2008 after having been her care giver for 39 months.…

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