4 Immediate Tips of Advice to Surviving Widowhood

4 Immediate Tips of Advice to Surviving Widowhood

First of all, before I get into my 4 IMMEDIATE TIPS OF ADVICE, I want to let you know that I know this is hard right now. And yes, it’s painful. And I’m sorry. Continuing to live a life when your person is not here anymore might just be the hardest thing...
How to Help Someone in Grief

How to Help Someone in Grief

  This is gonna be a long one….   I am often asked how to help a griever. “[A good friend of mine | a neighbor | my kids’ bestfriend’s mom | fill-in-the-blank]’s husband died… what should I do? How can I help?”...
Suffering, Self-Care, and Kindness during Grief

Suffering, Self-Care, and Kindness during Grief

If I take the time to stop and really think about those hard times after my husband died, I can almost instantly get pulled right back into those moments. I remember they were painful…     I didn’t know that I could survive my grief. But...
40+ Grief Induced Life Experiences

40+ Grief Induced Life Experiences

You might be surprised to learn that there are over 40 different life experiences where you might feel grief. According to the Grief Recovery Institute®, Grief is the normal and natural response to any type of loss at all - it’s the conflicting feelings caused...
the Waiting Room

the Waiting Room

Are you in the waiting room with your old friend, Grief? Christina Rasmussen, author of the book, SECOND FIRSTS, refers to a “waiting room.” And with all the work I’ve done to understand grief – and through my own personal experience with grief - it makes sense.  The...