GRIEF BLOG
When Your Body Remembers: Understanding The Physical Toll of Grief and Trauma
As we enter the month my husband died, I feel a familiar, heavy ache in my chest. This time of year always brings an overwhelming rush of discomfort, and I've come to realize that my body is responding to the deep-seated trauma of losing him. It's as if my unconscious...
When Death Shatters Your World: The Grief Journey Nobody Prepares You For
Let's get real—losing a loved one hits like a freight train. It's not just a bunch of feelings; it's a seismic shift that rewrites your entire existence! Only those who've been through it truly understand. So, let's talk candidly about the life-altering changes that...
From Obsession with Survival to Embracing Life: This is Grief
My world turned upside down the day my husband Collin, received his leukemia diagnosis at 39. I became obsessed with keeping him alive. Every fiber of my being fixated on survival – his, mine, ours. What treatments existed? What lifestyle changes could we make? The...
My Grief Is Sacred
Losing my husband Collin to leukemia completely shattered my world. It was devastating, and it tore apart my life, took my future, and everything we had built together. In his 40 years of life, Collin touched countless hearts with his kindness, humor, and unwavering...
Embracing Growth Through Grief
Losing someone you love is undeniably one of the most—if not the most—painful experiences we, as humans, endure. Grief is a profound and agonizing journey. Yet, through this experience, we can gain wisdom and experience growth. Now, I want to be clear: I am not...
What I Discovered When I Stopped Resisting My Grief…
In life, we are often taught to avoid pain at all costs. From a young age, we're conditioned to believe that sadness, grief, and discomfort are emotions to be suppressed, brushed aside, or swiftly moved past. How many times as a child did you hear, “Don’t cry or I...
FEAR: Grief’s Unspoken Companion
Grief feels like you are walking through a dense fog - you can feel it enveloping you, suffocating you, leaving you disoriented and lost. But amidst this fog, there's another presence, one that often goes unnoticed yet holds tremendous power: FEAR. Fear is the...
Rediscovering Yourself After Loss
When someone we love dies, it feels as though our soul is ripped open, and a million shattered pieces spill onto the floor. With their death comes the death of countless other things—our plans, dreams, hopes, vision, future, and the life we once knew—all shattered....
You Can’t Pour From an Empty Vessel
When my husband Collin was diagnosed with leukemia, I suddenly found myself in the role of a caregiver. Balancing the responsibilities of being a wife, a mom, and caring for my chronically ill husband felt like trying to untangle a messy ball of yarn. This struggle...
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