Grieving at your own pace
Chinese woman releasing lantern to the sky

There is no time table for grief. There is no comparison chart saying you should only be this sad for this type of loss and you can be this sad for that type of loss. Your loss is your loss. Your sadness and pain are your sadness and pain. And only time, healing, and acceptance will gentle your grief into a part you carry with you.

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The Trouble with Doubt
doubt

I recently read a great blog post over at Don’t Settle Group, 11 Ways to Murder Self Doubt. This really spoke to me after my last post about finding small […]

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Light on a dark day
Celebrating victories

Having a hard day, week, year, or even decade can become soul crushing. When we go through our days and all we hear is every way that we messed up, […]

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Finding our Patience

Patience is one of those funny virtues always talks about. We talk about how we need more of it or why doesn’t someone else ever have any? It’s also one […]

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Mindful of the Holidays

The holidays, while fun and often filled with family and joy, can also be stressful. This is in the best of circumstances. Each of us also has a story of […]

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Suicide Prevention Month

Well, it’s September which means that it is Suicide Prevention Month. This is a hard topic to talk about at any time but it is also hard to talk about […]

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Taking away a cell phone

We all love our kids. We can’t help it, besides biology, kids have amazing smiles and laughs and passion; even when they are yelling “I hate you”. Having said that, […]

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