This year, I’m living by the word simplicity. I realized there were so many things in my life that truly didn’t bring value and I was making everything harder and more time-consuming than it needed to be! Yes, it does sound similar to my 2019 world ‘Declutter’ – and there are a few similarities – […]
Shortly after my Maddie died, the ‘festive holiday season’ came around and {believe it or not} I was not in the holiday spirit. I just wanted my baby there to experience her first Christmas. But, I tried to put on a brave face so that no one knew what was really going on inside my […]
I received an email earlier this week from a very nice person. Basically, it said “I’ve really appreciated your advice and words of comfort in the past but I’m bowing out now. I do not appreciate the f-word being used in daily life – especially in my grief journey – and cannot condone the practice.”My […]
We’re less than eight weeks from the beginning of 2022…Can you believe it?But first, we have to enjoy, entertain….and just plain get through…all the festivities (and parties, and get-togethers, and happy hours, and ‘quick visits’, and shopping, and cooking….and eating, you can’t forget all the eating…)Over the last 12+ holiday seasons I’ve ‘celebrated’ without my […]
If you answered ‘No.’ I can’t blame you. I constantly preach self-compassion {and self-love} but practicing what I preach is not always as easy… I’m constantly finding that I’m beating myself up over this thing or that.As we move into the holidays, I think self-compassion is especially needed and powerful. The holidays are tough – […]
This week was a tough one my friends. I knew it would be, I anticipated it, and I made arrangements to be able to do what I needed to do to make it through….and it was still tough.You see. Wednesday, May 19th was my Madelyn’s birthday, and the next day Thursday, May 20th was the […]
I’m sure you’ve heard me preach (over and over and over) about the importance of having someone to talk to about what you’re experiencing. Someone who is an unbiased third party and can tell you what you need to hear (not always what you want to hear).You also know how much I believe in finding […]
You know my take on platitudes – and this one is a DOOZY! I mean, if I have to hear ‘It gets easier…’ from another living soul someone is getting throat punched.Grief and the gym have so many similarities and crossovers…here’s one of my favorites:I’ve been going to the gym and seeing a personal trainer […]
That probably seems back-@$$-wards – I know, I know; I’m mixing math with language and sprinkling in a little ‘Crystal sass’ to boot!Growing up I’m sure you were taught the differences between wants and needs:I NEED: water, food, shelter, clothing…well, that’s about itI WANT: a new cell phone, the fancy car, gourmet food {not the […]
…I mean, I really don’t know what else to call it. You see…A friend I went to high school with died.A friend I went to high school with died unexpectedly.A friend I went to high school with died unexpectedly and quickly.A friend I went to high school with died unexpectedly and quickly from COVID.I felt […]