Relationship Building Support Club
About the MWC Virtual Relationship Building Support Club
Building new relationships in widowhood is a big step into the future that brings about many new experiences. This can lead to re-partnering, or learning new ways to step into the dating world if we choose. We are here to learn from others who have done this before and to share widow wisdom is extremely valuable. It is more than likely one of the hottest topics at Modern Widows Club too!
From guidance to completing an online profile to tips for the first date, to understanding the self-work to prepare you for this adventure of creating new relationships, meet others who are right there with you. You deserve to have some understanding, compassion, and tools in your dating toolbox. Let’s travel this road together and share our experiences. Ask some raw and real questions and give some equally raw and real answers. This club is for the brave-hearted looking to partner again, peek into the ‘dating again’ world, and support everyone making this choice.
Conversations around dating in widowhood are so important to learn from one another and grow together into the most extraordinary, capable, confident woman in this life stage. You are not alone, and many have walked this journey before. Their and your wisdom is what makes this club truly extraordinary outreach. Connect and find your fellow dating wisters!
The MWC Relationship Building Support Club is facilitated by two trained widow advocates who are compassionate, non-judgmental, and encouraging and are widowed and dating (or remarried) themselves. They are here for you every step of the way!
Relationship Building Support Club meets on the fourth Thursday of the month at 9pm ET via zoom.
Meet the Relationship Building Support Club Facilitators
Jenn F.
I’m Jenn, a Honolulu native. I married my first love Stephen who passed away at the young age of 30 while serving in the US Air Force. In the following years, I started a life for myself in Southern Illinois, building a successful photography business that has taken me to several countries and throughout the United States. My passion is empowering women (including my widow sisters) to feel and know their value and the beauty they possess from the inside out. I have worked with thousands of women over the years through my photography business and ministry inspiring and cultivating growth from the inside out. You can see this in my work and in the lives of those I have mentored and touched.
Jen J.
Jen Johnson has dedicated over a decade to Modern Widows Club, evolving from a member of the Seattle community to LA community advocate, then Board Member, and now co-leader of the Relationship Building Club (formerly Dating Club). She believes "the greatest impact we can make is in the life of another" and specializes in helping widows cultivate self-love and find aligned partnerships. As co-author of Your Sacred Love Story: Widow Edition, a dating and relationship journal, and frequent guest speaker in MWC's PIVOT: Widow Mentoring program for relational health sessions, Jen transforms her experience into empowering others.
After losing her husband Todd to a sudden heart attack at age 40 in 2012, Jen found healing through MWC and transformed her experience into empowering others. As a marketing consultant specializing in digital strategy across nonprofit, tourism, and retail industries, she drives brand awareness and partnerships that deliver results.
When not mentoring widows alongside her "wister" Jenn Fortune., Jen adventures on trails, travels the world, and raises two amazing teenagers. Her journey proves that healing happens by reaching back to lift others up.