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Triumphing over Tragedy: No Superheroes

Posted on February 7, 2020 - by Allen Klein

This is an excerpt from Embracing Life After Loss: A Gentle Guide for Growing Through Grief by Allen Klein, available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Life-After-Loss-Growing/dp/1642500062/ref=sr_1_1?crid=330F5I7PHDK96&keywords=embracing+life+after+loss+klein&qid=1579904828&sprefix=Embracing+lif%2Caps%2C219&sr=8-1 The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. —John Vance Cheney, American poet Life can be filled with joy. It can also be filled with immense sadness. Our ups and downs during life’s journey depend on a number of factors. These include such things as our circumstances, our reactions to our circumstances, and yes, even luck. Often we can’t control our circumstances, or our luck, but we can control our reactions to what […]

Raising Your Vibration to Connect with Them

Posted on February 6, 2020 - by Karen Noe

This is an excerpt from Your Life After Their Death: A Medium’s Guide to Healing After a Loss available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Life-After-Their-Death/dp/1401943225/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=your+life+after+their+death&qid=1580337294&s=books&sr=1-1 After your deceased loved ones leave their bodies, the strength of their vibration increases because nothing is separating them from their connection to God and everyone else. On the other hand, when you are depressed and are grieving for them, your energy is depleted. This energy shift on both sides makes communication with them more difficult because your vibrations are no longer on par with each other. In this chapter, I’ll be discussing how you can […]

When Grief Resurfaces: How News of the Coronavirus Brings Back Anxiety About Death

Posted on February 3, 2020 - by Gloria Horsley

The news about the rapid spread of the Coronavirus, including quarantines and regularly updated statistics about the dead and the infected, is enough to cause anyone anxiety. However, we recently had someone share their anxiety about how this news has brought back the death of their mother. Despite losing her mother a year ago from pneumonia, this new global health threat has stirred up her grief once more. In today’s Facbook Live video, we addressed her concerns about how to address this anxiety about death and dying. Certainly, it’s common for triggers to bring grief back to the surface. In […]

They Give You Signs

Posted on January 29, 2020 - by Karen Noe

This is an excerpt from Your Life After Their Death: A Medium’s Guide to Healing After a Loss available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Life-After-Their-Death/dp/1401943225/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=your+life+after+their+death&qid=1580337294&s=books&sr=1-1 If you feel you aren’t able to receive messages from your deceased loved ones, don’t despair! All you need to do is to ask them to give you “without a doubt signs” so you know without a doubt they are around you. Then after you ask, just be patient and wait. You won’t have to look for these signs; the signs will come to you. In this chapter I’ll be talking about the most common signs the departed […]

Solace in a Birdsong

Posted on January 29, 2020 - by Tambre Leighn

There are days when I feel the weight of old memories, heart losses, and traumas suffered along the path of life. What triggers this can vary. So, what I choose to focus on is not so much what landed me in the low energy or anxious thoughts but, instead, what can help me shift out of it. Today was one of those days where I awoke with a feeling of heaviness and worry. Logically, there is no reason for this. But emotions don’t come from logic. According to experts in neurology, emotions are a reaction to a physical change in […]

Remembering Kobe Bryant

Posted on January 27, 2020 - by Gloria Horsley

The sudden death of Kobe Bryant, revered basketball legend, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, along with his daughter, Gianna, hit a wide range of people hard. The shock and sadness, amplified by media coverage, created a rush of sadness and loss for him, his daughter, and their family. Even if you were not a basketball fan, hearing this horrible news may have also triggered feelings that reminded you of your own personal losses. Heidi and I addressed celebrity death and how to cope with what you may be feeling during a Facebook Live event. Celebrity Deaths You may wonder why a celebrity’s death […]

Coping With Post-Election Grief

Posted on January 18, 2020 - by Mary Jane Hurley Brant

The 2020 Presidential election is over. We have a voted for a President Elect and Vice President Elect – Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. It was a race to the finish between the Red and the Blue. Some elations were that historical numbers of people stood patiently in long lines for hours. Unprecedented millions of people mailed in their votes due to the global pandemic COVID19. It was the largest number of votes registered in a presidential election ever. It was exciting and oftentimes fierce. But, as a nation now, what are some after-election deflations? The answer is that many […]

Comforting Words to a Griever

Posted on January 3, 2020 - by Jane P. Williams

Sometimes, words spoken to individuals in grief do not make a difference; so many words have been said that they don’t pierce the thin protective layer that we develop while grieving. We may have heard so many words that they don’t even distract us from our grief. Additionally, words can miss the mark. Words such as “I know how you feel” or “it’s time to move on” not only miss the mark but may bring further injury or distress. Sometimes, the effects of words are related to the particular person or situation. For example, when my mother died two years […]

After Many Years, So Grateful

Posted on January 3, 2020 - by Judy Lipson

I stepped onto the ice after a hiatus of ten days, a substantial break for an adult figure skater to lack practice. Ice skating is my passion, a major focal point in my life, and a sport shared with my beloved sisters Margie and Jane. My legs were shaky as I tried to warm up on the ice and tears streamed down my face. Puzzled by the reaction upon my return to ice skating. I stroked around and got my legs back under me. Somehow, I muddled through my skating lesson and the remainder of the skating session. The interruption […]

Unanswered Emails

Posted on December 8, 2019 - by Carol Henderson

In the poem, “Note,” Ellie Schoenfeld writes that she is still sometimes surprised and angry that she receives no calls or emails from the dead. Death should be a place you go for a while and then you come back. Death is supposed to be like going to England. Eventually, you come home. “The trouble with the dead/ Is that they stay dead.” I used “Note” as a prompt in a writing workshop I co-lead every week in a medical center. Like everyone in the group, I never know where the prompt will take me on the page, what I’ll […]