Loss results in a number of different reactions. For many people, they are surprised at how all alone they can feel in their grief. You are not alone.

At this time of year, it might be helpful to find some new words and ways to think about your grief. Your grief is too important to ignore.

Your grief needs time and space to be validated. If it’s not, your grief will be prolonged and leave you feeling isolated and alone.

Finding true hope is not impossible but relies on some known factors you and I can practice. Apply these ideas to your situation where hope is needed.

When overwhelmed by life and faced with repeated setbacks, there may be more than one way to look at your life. Consider this perspective.

Happiness is partially tied to our genes but also impacted by our attitudes and actions. Find out how you can increase your happiness even in the face of loss.

There are many lessons to be learned while grieving that benefit us know and in the future. Here are five of the lessons I’m learning these days.

On a day of remembering Vicky, the power of story telling is all the more important as I find myself needing to continue to tell the story.

How you think about and respond to a broken heart can make a big difference. Reconciliation is a pathway that can lead back to life.

Your expectations can be the difference between staying in a place of discouragement or seeing movement towards a worthy goal.

We all by mistake use empathy blockers when we fully intend to show genuine empathy and support. Raise your awareness by realizing the impact empathy blockers can have on those you care about.

Grief and mourning are both needed after a loss. Learn how they are different and the role they each play in your grief journey.

We all need an inner circle of true friendships that help keep us going when the going is tough. Here are the marks of those true friends.

Sometimes it’s the little things that make a big difference if practiced consistently over time.

Nothing beautiful comes without some suffering. Those are the words of one of the chapters in the book The Book of Joy

What setbacks or losses have you had that have caused you to lose your why? What would it take to rediscover meaning to life once again?

The power of human connection to heal us after a loss or on this road we call life is immense.

What is necessary to live a meaningful life? Read on for some refreshingly simple ideas.

There are many different faces of loss but regardless of the size or scope of your loss, they all need to be grieved in some way.

One of the emotional reactions when experiencing loss is to feel fear.