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Widow Wednesdays #1
Widow Wednesdays Welcome to Widow(er) Wednesdays. A new way for me to share what worked, what didn’t work and what could work better. How to support the grieving Invite a widow(er) for dinner in your home - not for lunch or coffee but dinner. Dinner is the hardest...
Wouldn’t you like to know…
Ever been at loss of what to say to a friend who is grieving? Ever wondered if what you said was helpful? Ever wanted to help but didn't know how? Ever wondered why you felt this way? Misbeliefs. If you're interested in dispelling some of these misbeliefs and learning...
Could Grief Be The Next ‘Me Too’?
I most certainly hope so. If we can accept the validity of another's story, even when we don't have any personal experience with loss, it's choosing to take a step towards creating a more compassionate and supportive space for all. We don't need to be sexually...
Story
"Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution - more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us what to hang on to." - Lisa Cron And this is why it's important to share our grief stories and why we must do so to make them part of...
Living Fearlessly
Grief, like most life changing experiences, teaches us something. Fully realizing that people I love will one day die and that "those sort of things" do NOT only happen to other people drove home the fact that to live well means to live more fearlessly and to fear...
Living Fearlessly
Grief, like most life changing experiences, teaches us something. Fully realizing that people I love will one day die and that "those sort of things" do NOT only happen to other people drove home the fact that to live well means to live more fearlessly and to fear...
The Power of Story
I tell my grief story so that others will be more comfortable in telling theirs. Many thanks to Becky at The Death Dialogues Project for giving me the opportunity to share my story, laugh a little and speak candidly about why we need to collectively move forward in...
What is this “Moving Forward?”
Moving forward began with me taking one step after another when it was unclear of where I was going or how I would get there. Moving forward while grieving was like learning how to walk while carrying one of those massive cloth sacks that are strapped to your head....
Senseless Grief
There are many types of grief. Grief exists on a continuous scale or sort of continuum. And grief is present every time we experience loss. On the low end of the continuum there are little losses that have minimal impact on our lives beyond the occasional wistful...
Everyone needs a Jo-Anne
This is Jo-Anne. Well, it’s Jo-Anne and me. Jo-Anne and I have been exchanging 5 gratefuls every night for, as near as we can figure it, almost six years. That’s a lot of gratefuls. It’s somewhere in the neighbourhood of 11,000 gratefuls. If you can imagine what $10...