The harder it is to acknowledge what extra comforts we need, the more “off” we may experience ourselves during this time. I have decided to allow myself time to slouch on the couch, watching things with and without my kids. I have significantly had to re-evaluate what parent I think my children need to take some pressure off myself. Anything else was unmanageable with kids at home while continuing to run my business.
Read MoreWhat religious prayer and babies can teach us about the brain. And a little on the difference between religion and spirituality.
Read MoreIn relationships there are no small upsets. Connection is essential for our survival. It doesn’t have to be a major betrayal for an emotional impact on the connection. We may feel upset because we need reassurance that the other is there for us. That we matter. That they care.
Read MoreInstead of band-aid solutions, compassion and caring offers the environment that facilitates actual healing of mistaken beliefs about ourselves, as well as trauma wounds. Genuine relationships where we feel we belong and are accepted for who we are, and not who we think we should be, offer beautiful soil for healing.
Read MoreWhat you need to know right now is how much your kids adore you. It may seem like you have lost so much — a marriage, friends, your dreams of the home and the family you thought you were creating. Routines and traditions and cozy holidays. In my eyes looking back, this grief is the process of cleaning off the debris, the stuff that isn’t really you.
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