I was so relieved I cried when Kamala Harris acknowledged, “We are all in grief.” Grief for a lost year. YES!! Shift is happening! And I believe the grief phobia of the United States of America [...]
Are you ready for August 30th, National Grief Awareness Day? Or will it be, one of those dreaded days? A giant pothole you can’t avoid so you’re trapped-until-it’s-over? Create a self-compassion [...]
“We are in Global Grief,” I recently said to a chiropractor. Her eyes widened as she straightened up. “Really?” she asked. “Think about it…… the ravished rain forests, glacial disintegration, and [...]
Last year on Saturday, August 3, 2019, I was vacationing in the quaint town of Hood River, OR. Imagine the emotions when hearing the shocking news that your next-door neighbor’s parents had been [...]
Good things happen in therapy sessions because clients have a safe place to embrace their emotions. A place where they don’t worry if someone else feels uncomfortable. A non-judgmental place. [...]
Thank you! I appreciate your stories, questions, and comments that you send each week. Learning from you helps me grow. For example, read this story about what one woman does when it hurts too [...]
If you’re part of this tribe then you’ve known the pain of losing a cherished loved one. You’ve experienced the grief that follows. And, if you’ve done the difficult inner grief work, good for [...]
What your feeling is a real thing. There’s nothing wrong with you. Your experiences of fatigue, brain fog, and simply being “off”, are COVID grief. Global COVID Grief. A COVID Grief [...]
The 4th of July is approaching. Are you feeling freedom from grief? Or are you stuck – your mean-mind keeping you in grief. If you answered, “No”, my response is, “Of course, how could you [...]
The topic of how to greet a grieving person came up again this week. My client said, “I wish people would stop asking, ‘How are you?’” I wish they would too. The role of the grief-adjacent You, [...]
