Going through a divorce is one of life’s most difficult transitions. Divorcing your spouse can make you feel as if your world is being turned upside down. And no matter how optimistic you are about the future, change can still be unsettling. When I went through my...
I was in my mother’s womb, the full moon bright that night. Or so I’ve been told. I didn’t want to come out. I’ve been told that as well. I now tell myself that it was because I knew the person who was carrying me didn’t want me. This was...
I once had therapists, a husband and wife team, who accused me of being overly optimistic. At the time, I didn’t think there was such a thing. Without even realizing it, I functioned moment by moment by looking at the bright side of everything and everyone. When...
We can look at the stages of grief with its strong emotions that come and go as natural responses to loss. Grief itself is a very strong emotion. To transition from these heavy feelings, we must understand that our emotions are trying to help us cope and learn how to...
If left unchecked or unprocessed, the accumulation of a lifetime of losses can weigh us down, keep us from spiritual maturity, and cut us off from love and wholeness. Grief asks us to honor loss and nurtures us to awaken to our truth. It’s a time for transformation, a...
The role of grief is to help us recover from traumatic experiences. The work of grief is to return us to wholeness and a feeling of well being again. Grief shines light on experiences and situations that we need to reflect on and accept. It also can show us what we...
