Loss, Light, and Letting Go When Loved Ones Are Gone
Darkness can feel like it’s closing in when we grieve. If you’re new to grief, there’s a whole process between loss, light, and letting go when loved ones are gone. Grief is an emotional process. The rawness, fragility, utter confusion, and fatigue are part of the...
Grieving Is Natural: Find Your Way
Is Love Possible After Your Lover Dies? Cary Valentine was interviewed during Michelle Marchant Johnson’s Fuel Your Feminine Fire summit. I immediately recognized that, unlike other men I have dated, he had done his grief work. After the death of his wife, Wendy,...
The Grieving Brain
Remember those tv commercials with the egg frying in a pan and the caption: “This is your brain on drugs”? Well, have you ever wondered what your brain looks like on grief? Grief Brain Yes, there is such a thing as Grief Brain. The jolt of a sudden loss causes your...
Nature and Your Body: Not So Different
A living, breathing thing. Would you say that describes your body? Would you say it describes nature? I say nature and your body: not so different. Nature is an ecosystem of different elements, plants, and animals all working together. Everything in it depends on the...
How Can Nature Help Create A Body-Mind Connection?
Connection is something we strive for as humans. It is a basic need. When you’ve experienced a loss, recovering that relationship becomes even more vital within yourself. You can use the world around you to make it easier. How can nature help create a body-mind...
Be Still, Listen, and Hear Your Body
A breeze has the ability to take your breath away, fill your lungs, and yet feel gentle and caress your skin at the same time. When you grieve, you have the same ability if you can be still, listen, and hear your body. Wind is all about feeling. You can’t see it...
Nature: How To Help Heal Your Grief
We seek what will soothe our souls when we move through our grief. Water has a unique ability to wash away literally and figuratively that which sullies our bodies. The tools are in nature: how to help heal your grief. Stop and consider – 🌊Do you find the...
Natural Freedom From Grief
As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, consider the way fireworks and BBQs all include a flame. Fire can act as a catalyst for a natural freedom from grief. Grief can grip you and hold you back. Part of what makes it so challenging is that there’s no single...
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