I can just hear you say, what does doodling have to do with grief? Think about it, what have you doodled in your life? I remember in junior high school the days seemed interminable. In my class notes, you could find a countdown for the number of minutes left in class, or you’d find my […]
I saw on the news last night about another mass shooting. They showed a picture of each of the ten victims and shared who they were. I found myself teary, which led to actually crying. I didn’t know any of these people and I’ve only been to Colorado once, so I asked myself why this […]
Last week I hit a wall. I have been working all day long every day on doing things to market my book, and one day I just couldn’t think of one more thing to do. I knew that wasn’t true, but I still felt that way. My intention is for my book to become a […]
I am featured on a podcast created by Paul Samuel Dolman called What Matters Most. I became acquainted with Paul by an amazing journey of coincidences. Two years ago, I traveled from Maui to Los Angeles to do a presentation at Soul Sisters Retreat, one of my very favorite places to go. When I got […]
Mom drove from her house an hour away to be with us on Thanksgiving. We had a pleasant weekend and even went shopping because she wanted to buy an electric blanket. She got so cold at night. She drove herself home Sunday evening. On Tuesday I got a call from the business I owned that […]
Paulo Coelho said, “Your decision to walk creates your path.” When I read those words, I thought, “Well, I guess I’ll have to get off the couch then.” When dealing with grief or loss, just sitting is so easy. We often lack motivation. We don’t see a reason to move, and all this does is […]
Mark Nepo says: “Only while telling the truth does the truth lighten us.” Early in my grieving I would say to myself things like: “I will never feel better “I will never love again.” Or “Nobody understands how bad I feel.” Did you find yourself saying things like that? You may have only said them […]
What good is a journal when you just write random things in it that no one else will ever see? My answer is: a journal is a lot of good! The things that I hear most often from people who are grieving or dealing with loss is that they miss their loved one or they […]
Often when grieving and dealing with loss, we feel like life in general is one big problem. We spend our days navigating from one problem to the next. We think if only I could go visit with friends, if only I could keep my home clean, if only I had something constructive to do, if […]
We all tell stories, but are we telling the truth in those stories? When we tell the story of the loss of our loved one, we may only tell part of the story leaving out what we think the person we are telling the story too wouldn’t be able to handle. Or we may share […]
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