I learned about Morning Bliss from singer, songwriter Karen Drucker, and I’m hooked. I am a journal writer and have written in my journal first thing in the morning before I do anything else for years, but this is more! First, if you are not journaling, this is a great time to start. Here are […]
Through the process of grief and the process of life, we often hold ourselves up to the highest standards and goals. While that can be admirable, we often put unrealistic expectations of how fast we will accomplish our desires causing us stress and feelings of defeat or being a failure. That does not serve you. […]
I admit it. I procrastinate. Do you? I have discovered the more time I procrastinate, the less time I have in my life to enjoy and really live. I keep a to-do list mostly because I think if I don’t write it down, I won’t remember to do it. However, the more I write on […]
You have probably discovered by now that grief isn’t something you get over. When someone you love dies, that love stays with you at least for the rest of your life. And that is good. I often hear people say that they lost a loved one, but they aren’t lost. Their essence remains in your […]
I have heard so many people say that they don’t know how to live without the loved one they are grieving. I remember feeling that way too. And though the territory is unfamiliar, we find that we have no choice but to step into it once our loved ones die. The harder we fight moving […]
I have used a computer for many years, and there is one thing they all have in common. They don’t like to have too many things open at once, and since I do so much on my computer, I often don’t pay attention to this, and that’s a bad thing to do! I’ll be right […]
Would you love to be happy? Would you love to feel really good? You can! I have the secret! In life, your best feelings are related to love, and it doesn’t have to be romantic. I love to eat coffee flavored Haagen Dazs ice cream. It makes me happy, as does Ben and Jerry’s Cherry […]
When my husband and I decided to move to Hawaii, I was looking forward to living on the beautiful island of Maui that was always verdant. I’d lived in California all my life, and we had been dealing with drought for so long that people were digging up their lawns and replacing them with sand […]
Mother’s Day can be a beautiful, magical day, or it can also be sad or hearbreaking. Or, it could be a combination of both happy and sad. How is your Mother’s Day going to be this year? Mother’s day was originated by Anna Jarvis in West Virginia in 1908 to honor her mother, Anna Reeves […]
“The three main feelings people struggle with are fear, anger, and sadness.” Gay Hendricks When I read this quote in Gay Hendricks’ book Your Big Leap Year, I realized this could be a definition of grief for many people. However, it doesn’t have to be. When you recognize you are experiencing one or more […]
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