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    Death of a Spouse

    Being Exquisitely Seen

    Wednesday, May 29, 2019

    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 […]

    Tags acceptance, bereavement, coping with grief, getting to the other side of grief, healing, Moving forward, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

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    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 […]

    Tags acceptance, coping with grief, Depression, dying, funeral, grief, grief process, Grief Support, grieving, life, losing a loved one, Loss, love, widow, widowed, young widow

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    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 […]

    Tags acceptance, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, coping with grief, hope

    Category Special Topics

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    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” […]

    Tags acceptance, death of a child, death of a parent, Father, Father's Day, grief, healing, holidays, hope, son

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    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 […]

    Tags acceptance, anger, bargaining, coping with grief, death of a child, denial, Depression, grief, Kübler-Ross, stages of grief

    Category Death of a Child, Your Grief

    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 […]

    Tags acceptance, death of a child, grief, healing, honor, hopes and dreams, loss of the future

    Category Death of a Child

    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 […]

    Tags acceptance, control, emotions, fear, feelings, grief, loss of control, overwhelming, panic, relief, trigger

    Category Death of a Child

    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, […]

    Tags acceptance, grief, guilt, identity, stress, writing

    Category Death of a Child, Death of a Parent, Your Grief

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