To Compartmentalize
To compartmentalize is to separate something into smaller sections or categories in order to make it more manageable. When grieving, compartmentalizing can be a helpful [...]
The Transformative Power of Women Lifting Women
I read Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss soon after my Mom died. Hope Edelman's book offered me insight, guidance and hope as I began my own journey as a Motherless Daughter. Today, over 20 years later, I work as an LISW in a private practice counseling those experiencing grief and loss. www.transformativegrief.com is my website filled with articles, strategies and resources. Hope's book, Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, is one of my recommended reads.
To Release Your Worries
In Guatemalan tradition, people would tell worry dolls about their worries, then hide the dolls under their pillow while they slept. The next morning all [...]
To Get Unstuck
What does it mean be stuck and how do you get unstuck? When you make the same choices over and over again, have the same [...]
Who Inspires You?
I am inspired by compassion, strength, independence, authenticity and grace. My Mom will forever be an inspiration to me. She was authentic, unapologetically flawed, loyal, [...]
