Let’s Tend to Our Own Garden “You don’t need to change the world; you need to change yourself.” ~Don Miguel Ruiz Has the world gone mad really? Or are there just so many walking wounded people out there doing hurtful, hateful, mad things that is seems that way? There are many wonderful people all over the …
Clarity and Perspective and How they Impact Our Ability to Fully Heal “Even the smallest shift in perspective can bring about the greatest healing.” ~Dr. Joshua Kai When we are grieving from loss we can often get caught up in the lenses of our own vision and version of events. This can greatly hinder our ability …
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Good Grief! “I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien When you read the words ‘Good Grief’ together I am sure your immediate thoughts are no way, grief is NOT good, what an oxymoron! What if we could look at grief from a different perspective, a perspective that …
Is Your Relationship Facing a Break-Up or a Break-Through? “Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path.” ~Amen Relationship loss is one of the biggest forms of grief we will encounter in our lifetime; the toughest one being caused by death. The dynamics of relationships are complicated, intricate and not …
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Self-Care While Grieving and Why It Matters “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection.” ~Buddha When we think of self-care we can often think self-ish, and not in a good way. This is an unfortunate association, especially in times of loss and the inevitable pain of grief. Self-care …
Wounded People Hurt, Healed People Love “For what you do to others, you do to yourself.” ~Eckhart Tolle What does the phrase ‘Wounded People Hurt, Healed People Love’ mean? It is a phase I coined and highlighted on the back cover of my book, Responsibility. What message was I trying to convey with this important phrase? …
How to Grieve Someone Who Has Chosen Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) “Mankind’s greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built form love or from fear.” ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross If someone we know and love has chosen Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) to end their pain and …
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Are You Depressed or Suffering from Unresolved Grief? “Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.” ~Andrew Solomon For many people, grief is associated only with death; the feelings that can come with this grief are expected, allowed and, for the most part, accepted. Grief, however, can be …
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“A meaningful funeral celebration is about saying hello on the pathway to goodbye.” ~Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt As you may or not be aware my husband and I own and operate a Funeral Home. Our family home is above the Funeral Home and thus, we are engrossed in the world of loss. Do we do …
“We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, being sad.” ~John Green When someone close to us dies, there is an initial outpouring …
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