Books Saved Me I’ve been a lover of words and books and writers since childhood. I treasure the way we can be educated, transported, and transformed through what we read […]
Death of a Spouse
Being Exquisitely Seen
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Open to Hope
Death of Husband Led Her to Stop Fearing Life
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
The word “fear”. Take a moment to think about what fear means to you. To me, the word brings up a million different images. To most, it means that they […]
Special Topics
Waiting for God to Respond to a Prayer
Friday, December 22, 2017
There is a classic psychological question you may be familiar with that is related to our ability to wait on God: “If a tree falls in the forest and there […]
Open to Hope
Father’s Day: A Duel Between Happiness and Sadness
Friday, June 17, 2016
The first Father’s Day I remember was when I was 8 or 9, and my dad and I were on an “Indian Guides” camping weekend with our “Tribe.” “Indian Guides” […]
Death of a Child, Your Grief
Renaming the Stages of Grief
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Chances are, you’ve heard of the stages of grief Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced in her 1969 book, “On Death and Dying.” The stages are: 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining […]
Death of a Child
Grieving a Future I’ll Never Have
Thursday, February 19, 2015
When grief is new, it is excruciating and overwhelming. Many people get stuck in a quicksand of pain that is so thick and intense, it feels impossible to escape. As […]
Death of a Child
Grief and the Loss of Control
Monday, June 9, 2014
Possibly one of the hardest aspects of grief for me has been that I can’t control it. I spent the majority of my life trying desperately to control everything in […]
Death of a Child, Death of a Parent, Your Grief
Finding Your ‘Essential Self’ after a Loss or Life-Changing Event
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Yesterday, I finished reading “Finding Your Own North Star” by therapist Martha Beck, PhD. I bought the book because it looked empowering and this proved to be true. In fact, […]
