The question is, how do you treat adaptability as your friend not as your foe when you’re on the tumultuous roller coaster of grief?

You give yourself a gift when you are able to embrace life while still grieving. It starts small, first but eventually becomes ever larger.

A personal moral compass is a resiliency muscle well worth strengthening to help you heal after a loss.

Part of learning to dance with adversity and loss is to find hope’s pathway after your loss so you can grieve thoroughly and eventually find that place of healing.

Sometimes you practice self-care because you have to. Other times, you practice self-care because you chose to.

If you too have experienced bouts of fear, you’re not alone. It’s a normal response to loss and is triggered by uncertainty, loss of control, loneliness and vulnerability.

A man acquainted with grief is Gordon Livingston. His name may be new to you but I wanted to share some of his thoughts that I have found so helpful.

The right kind of attitude you have while grieving can make a difference. I’m not talking about an artificial positivity but rather a grounded optimism that carries you through the rough days.

There is power in the pause. We feel the power of the pause in music, in a well crafted speech, and in life when we are able to slow down, take a breath and show up in the space the pause creates.

The thought hit me right after Vicky died, “I have no idea what I’m doing!” What did I do next? Beside feel overwhelmed and lost, it occurred to me, “I need to go to school. I need to learn how to get through what I’m going through.”

This Sunday, May 14, 2023 marks the third anniversary of Vicky’s death. I want to look back and reflect on how my grief journey with you from two perspectives: The week Vicky died and now three years later.

How we think about our past traumas can make or break our lives. Consider the thoughts of some trauma experts on how to reframe our past that will help create a better future.

Grief is a regular part of the human experience and needs time and space to be expressed, felt and experienced. If you or someone you care about is reeling because of the disruption caused by a loss, consider a few practices that will help you grieve well and eventually find the healing you hope is possible.

How you think about and respond to a broken heart can make a big difference. According to grief counselor Alan Wolfelt, the word he would use to describe the healing process is reconciliation as opposed to other words like recover or resolve.

When I read a letter written by Seneca the Stoic philosopher to a grieving friend, it was advice I heard at exactly the right time while I was grieving. I took the advice to heart and adjusted my grief journey accordingly.

“If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck.” That’s true in life and it’s true when grieving. What do you do to keep yourself moving through your grief and not getting stuck?

We need to learn how to reframe what is often seen as bad and unwelcome. Without suffering and pain in our lives, we remain soft, untested, and weak in character.

Journaling helps you slow down and create space to put down on paper your thoughts, feelings, wonderings, questions, and heart felt longings.

Hope can be experienced as we take small steps in a forward direction. Here are five stepping stones that will help live forward with hope.

Hope helps you face uncertainty, get through what you’re going through, and gives you handles to hold on to when the ones you had have given way. Here are three vital elements to have true hope.