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Tanya is a remarried widow, mother, blogger/writer and business owner of Addelise Inc. - a Marketing and Brand Development company.

Tanya is a widow advocate who shares her journey of widowhood to inspire and empower through experience. She was just named to the Board of Directors and is also the Creative Director for Hope for Widows Foundation.

At the age of 26, Tanya became a young widow. For a time, motion was at a stand still, but it came back in full force and gave her so much clarity and tenacity to take on things, to live life with no bounds. This tenacity has opened many doors, inspired new adventures in the last 11 years, and has forced her out of her comfort zone. She has a heart to serve and her message is one of hope through the dark and treacherous seasons that can become us. She shares her journey and writings on the A Widows World Blog she created.

Tanya was just featured on the Feeling Fabulous Podcast http://www.feelingfabulouspodcast.com/entrepreneur/17-interview-with-tanya-smith/

She was also named a Woman of Strength in Glancer Magazine, a Chicagoland publication and has other guest appearances podcasts and life radio shows. LifeBeats Project Podcast series, sharing her story and how to get to a place where you can see the beauty in your brokenness. Episode - Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable and beginning again after loss to find the beauty in the broken spaces of your life | with Tanya Smith of A Widow's World (TLBP #64) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lifebeats-project-briana-johnson/id1088514723?mt=2.

The healing that has come from connection to other widowed woman, is something I just cant be more thankful for in my life, though I wish it was not the common connection that brought us together.

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International Widows Day – Every Day Honored To Our Widows

by Tanya Smith in Grief
June 23, 2018
June 23rd is recognized as International Widow's Day. It is not a day we celebrate, it is a day of honoring our widowed community. "When I was widowed, I was just 26. I felt alone, I felt targeted, I had ...
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Launches New Website

by Tanya Smith in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
November 16, 2017June 19, 2020
Welcome to the Hope for Widows Foundation New Website   Hope for Widows Foundation launches new website. The Directors have the heart, understanding and the commitment that it takes to serve our growing community. The website update has been close to ...
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The Man I Didn’t Want – A Widow’s Love Story

by Tanya Smith in Hope and Healing
July 20, 2017July 20, 2017
The man i didn’t want - A Widow's Love Story January 2008 in the heart of the winter, that is when he came into my life - the man I didn’t want. My heart frozen in time, hardened like the ...
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Hope For Widows Honors International Widows Day

by Tanya Smith in Grief
June 23, 2017June 23, 2017
June 23rd is recognized as International Widow's Day. Hope for Widows is honoring all widows worldwide each and every single day. This day significant to widows, but also the children who have lost. Hope for Widows Foundation is committed to ...
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Hope for Widows Would like to Thank Sawaya Consulting

by Tanya Smith in Grief
January 1, 2014September 30, 2014
Sawaya Consulting generously donated the time and resources to help build the new Hope for Widows site. You can read more on their blog: Hope for Widows—when a website really can make a difference.
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