6 Reasons You Should Consider Attending a Grief Support Group
1) It’s a safe place where you can go, usually once a week, and talk (and cry) about how you are feeling. Especially when many people close to you go…
Ideas For Healthy Grieving
First, there are no quick fixes for your grief. Navigating grief takes work. You have to be willing to get out of bed and do a few small things every day.…
Sitting on the Jet…Pause… Observe…
I’m sitting on a packed plane getting ready to leave town. A child behind me is screaming. Her mom is doing her best to console her. Most passengers have technology…
Laugh out loud!
I spent an hour on the phone with a widow from another state the other evening. She was “stuck”. She didn’t know how to move forward. She had continued her…
Tips for Bystanders
Give them a HugMost people who have lost a loved one agree that the most you can do for them is give them a big hug. Of course, you always…
Longer Nights
This is the time of the year when we set our clocks back and lose that precious daylight. It makes for a much longer night for many, especially grieving widows.…
Do I have to go…?
Several months into my grief journey, I felt I needed to look into grief support groups in town. I wasn’t ready to share too much, but I was willing to…
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best…
Valleys and Mountain tops….
I kept this little framed quote by my bed for years and read it daily to help keep me moving… I wish I knew who wrote it because they deserve…
Close the blinds
Honestly, I have never suffered from clinical depression, which is defined as “a mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment…