Some social aspects of grieving and living in the world: This appears to be quite different for each of us and for each of the […]
Filling the time and space you would have spent with your spouse day to day
Filling the time and space you would have spent with your spouse day to day. One of the most difficult things I remember from early […]
Taking Control of our (new) lives
Taking Control of our (new) Lives.. For many of us, the beginning of our grief journey happens in a fog. The early days, weeks and […]
Spiritual Ideas to Consider
Hope, Faith and Belief – connections that end, connections that remain Some spiritual ideas to consider: The spiritual experiences I’m going to write about may […]
Finding purpose and meaning and restructuring our “new” lives.
Finding purpose and meaning and restructuring our “new” lives. To me, these two ideas may be among the most important things I think we can […]
Some things to think about and to work on:
The Piñata effect: When we experience the passing of a spouse or partner, our entire world is disrupted, all we know and all we have […]
What are we talking about: Hope and Healing
Definitions: Hope: A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Grounds for believing that something good may happen. To want something […]
Finding Purpose and Meaning and Spiritual Connections:
I want to start this Topic with two stories about things that happened to me along the way. One happened in the first month of […]
Sharing the Journey
Sharing the journey: grief shared helps dilute it’s intensity and helps us with our healing. Telling your story is important: This is why we have […]
To Fight Grief or to “Go With the Flow..”
To Fight Grief or to “Go With the Flow..” Another ocean image: If you are washed out to sea in a rip tide, a seaward […]