When a doctor asks you to consider hospice care for a loved one, it can be overwhelming and frightening. A few facts might ease your mind.
...Grief bursts can blindside you. If they happen in public, you feel awkward and embarrassed. Having a micro-ritual in your back pocket will help you move through them quickly and get some healing from the experience.
...My favorite John Travolta movie is Michael. (Who doesn’t have a favorite John Travolta movie?) The film is about the Archangel Michael, who shows up in Iowa with a mission of igniting a romance between a tabloid reporter and an “angel expert.” When they show up at the Iowa hotel where he’s staying, he makes a …
Some big life changes are by choice. Others happen to you out of the blue. Either way, they have one thing in common. They make you feel like a stranger in a strange land. Here are three ways to reconnect to your life: learn something; create something; contribute something.
...A good grief companion has one predominant characteristic: they’re ready to enter your hell and stay there with you.
...Anxious energy is uncomfortable because it’s purpose is to wake you up. Make you pay attention. Because if you course-correct now, you can prevent the worst-case scenario and get to a better outcome. That means there’s a best-case scenario that’s also possible. Once you start imagining that a better outcome is within your grasp, you start converting anxiety to hope.
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