I am rarely sick. When I feel an illness coming on, I'm impatient, and never want to take the time out of life to rest enough and care for my body so it can deal with the illness before it ...
I hiked Zion Narrows last week with my daughter and a group of friends. If you aren't familiar with the hike, one literally hikes in the river for 60-70% of the time, depending on water levels. We hiked from the ...
According to Webster, the definition of awkward is lacking dexterity, ease or grace Throughout the grief process you can feel uneasy or removed from your body – almost as if your skin doesn’t fit correctly. Consider thinking about it as ...
To paraphrase William Shakespeare’s words in Hamlet: To be normal or not to be normal? That is the question. After experiencing huge changes in your life, a popular buzz word you may hear that is used to try to help ...
Last week I wrote about the importance of being able to play with our children, to help them feel joy once more, especially in light of the great loss they have experienced. How do you play with the children in your ...
“We are our stories. We compress year of experience, views and emotions into a few compact narratives that we convey to others and tell ourselves. That has always been true." Dan Pink, “A Whole New Mind” If you are ...
Children and Grieving - Help Them Remain Children Childhood. That word often brings up images of innocence, of carefree years, of discovery, joy, and wonder. Adults often go to great lengths to help their young child feel safe, protected, and ...
Do you believe that, if you're always looking down, this can influence a person’s mood? Charlie Brown of Peanuts certainly thinks so, as illustrated in the following quote. “When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you ...
When a child is grieving, they can choose to withdraw into silence. Do whatever you can to stay connected emotionally - Our tendency can be to retreat emotionally or to withhold information. But take cues from the child about how ...
In the young adult book Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt, Keturah, a sixteen year old girl living during medieval times, converses on several occasions with Lord Death. In one of their conversations she asks what it is like ...