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Loss is an inevitable part of life, but how we respond to it can define our future.
The Chinese word for “crisis” contains the characters for both “danger” and “opportunity.” Today on my podcast and blog, learn how to move past the danger of depression by writing a “letter of goodbye” to your loss.
This letter will help you reconcile your past and find an opportunity for a new beginning. I’ve provided a sample to help you get started.
Grief is a necessary process for healing after loss. It requires time and work to navigate difficult emotions and integrate the loss into your life story.
Today on my blog and podcast, discover how to find hope in a new beginning by leaning on your faith, challenging negative self-talk, and supporting others who are also grieving.
Healing from our past requires more than just time. It means confronting old wounds and working through them to find a new beginning.
Today on my podcast and blog, learn how to stop the cycle of destructive patterns and rediscover your resilience.
Follow 8 actionable steps to help you heal, find new strengths, and redefine success on your own terms.
Loss comes in many forms—from the death of a loved one to a devastating health diagnosis.
Today on my blog and podcast, discover how to navigate the shock, anger, and anxiety that follow and begin the journey toward healing and finding a new sense of purpose.
Learn how to acknowledge, accept, and let go of what you had in order to build a new life.
Throughout life, we will experience different seasons, with their unique expectations, challenges, and rewards. Each of the four seasons – winter, spring, summer, and fall – offers something distinctive for us to enjoy.
In our seasons of life we will experience grief as well as exciting adventures. What season of life are you in right now? What challenges are you facing?
Today on my blog and podcast, discover how to gain peace and hope for the coming days.
Life can change in the blink of an eye; one minute you are living life to the fullest and the next you are faced with some catastrophe. Whether it is the loss of a job or a loved one who has been diagnosed with a serious illness, you hear yourself cry out, “Please God, No.”
Whatever the situation, whether you have just received some earth-shattering news or you have simply reached a point where everything in life lacks purpose or meaning, it is a place where you recognize as never before your shortcomings and reach out to God for guidance and strength, and friends for support and encouragement.
Yesterday was just another day in the normal scheme of things. People went to work, business transactions took place in prestigious office towers, and the Internet took us around the world in seconds.
But for me, the world stopped. Once more I felt the deep pain of losing someone who made the sun shine and grey skies go away.
For, like my husband who died seven years earlier, my special little guy made life fun and full of meaning. And once again, I am caught off balance, struggling to find a way to move forward. Once again, my heart is torn, and tears keep falling and won’t stop.
I’m tired – physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Grieving is harder than I could have imagined. Is there some magic formula that will make this journey easier?
I’m tired of wandering the dark canyons and dry deserts of my soul.
I’m tired of wondering when I will be able to leave.
There are days when the journey seems endless, and I struggle to find my way into a new life.
How do I preserve what I had while letting go of what was?
“Write! Write! You want me to write, Lord! But I’m not accomplished enough and have not learned enough. What if I write things that expose my vulnerabilities, my fears, my stupidity, or my ignorance?”
For with all my education and learning, I have become acutely aware of how little I know. Just when I think I know a subject well, I turn a page and discover I have just begun to learn.
As I pick up pen and paper, the boldness with which I have written in the past is now tempered with a deep humbling awareness of the present.
Learning new skills requires perseverance, dedication, and hard work. It seems at times we are pushing that proverbial stone that doesn’t want to move. And then, one morning, we wake up and find ourselves sitting on top of it! We haven’t moved it… we haven’t gone around it… we have climbed on top and are on our way over it!
That’s how I feel this morning. I have reached the top! I don’t know how I got here, but here I am. Every morning I have written about my struggle to believe, make sense of what happened, let go of the past and move forward. I was developing a new skill.