Permission to Vacation When Grieving

Permission to Vacation When Grieving

Summer is vacation time. Vacations are essential for good health. It’s a time to relax, refresh, and revive. But when you lose a loved one, the last thing you feel like doing is taking a vacation. When you think about taking a vacation, you might feel guilty. Like...
Experience Freedom in Gratitude

Experience Freedom in Gratitude

One of the problems with grief is feeling imprisoned in a negative quagmire. Chained to an emotional roller coaster. Yet it is possible to experience freedom while grieving. Grief is a journey, a passage of sorts. And like all journeys you get to the other side one...
What Lessons Can We Learn from the Lotus Flower?

What Lessons Can We Learn from the Lotus Flower?

This month welcomes the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. Since December we’ve rejoiced as each day brought a little more daylight. Winter is now behind us. Did it seem to take forever? And what about the “winter of your grief”? Was it the longest year (or...
Grief at the Beauty Bar

Grief at the Beauty Bar

Today’s post is from Leela Vox*, author and poet. She offers poignant thoughts for women entering the autumn of life. Grief at the Beauty Bar acknowledges that most women would prefer to stay youthful-looking decades beyond their 50s and 60s. If honest, we’d admit...
Are you afraid of being happy?

Are you afraid of being happy?

My Dear Community, Many questions arise for those grappling with grief’s grip. Questions like: Will I always be in pain? When will the sadness leave? If I am happy, will I forget him/her/them Grief lives in the body. And the body tells the truth. Navigating the world...
Create Your Dream

Create Your Dream

If you don’t use your imaginative mind to create dreams, one of the following voices will use it for you.   Loud voices    Four loud voices live within your mind:   The voice of the child who wants that bowl of ice cream. The adult self who governs the...