Holidays After Losing a Loved One
The holidays are hard enough in an ordinary year. After losing someone you love, they can feel almost unbearable. Everywhere you look there is cheer, togetherness, and tradition, and all of it points to the empty chair at your table. Grief and the holidays make a painful pair, because the season built for joy and […]
Healing From Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse leaves wounds that no one can see, which is part of what makes recovering from it so hard. There are no bruises to point to, no clear moment everyone agrees was wrong. Just a slow wearing down of your confidence, your sense of reality, and your belief in your own worth. If you […]
Letting Go of Emotional Attachment
A breakup ends a relationship, but it does not end the emotional attachment, and that is the part that keeps you up at night. You know it is over. You may even know it is for the best. And still, you feel bound to them, pulled toward them, unable to stop thinking about them. If […]
When to Seek Help for Grief
Grief is one of the hardest things a person can go through, and most of the time, you move through it with the support of the people around you. But there are moments when grief gets too heavy to carry on your own, when help is needed and reaching for it is the wisest thing […]
How to Emotionally Recover After Divorce
Divorce recovery is not something that happens on its own just because time passes. You can let years go by and still carry the same pain if you never actually tend to it. Real recovery is something you move through on purpose, by feeling what you need to feel, releasing what you need to release, […]
Why Guilt Is Part of Grief
When people picture grief, they think of sadness and tears. What catches them off guard is the guilt. The grief guilt feelings that show up after a loss can be relentless, a constant stream of what-ifs, if-onlys, and I-should-haves that pile on top of the sadness. If you are carrying guilt along with your grief, […]
Rebuilding Life After Divorce With Kids
Rebuilding your life after a divorce is hard enough on its own. Doing it with kids in the house adds a whole other layer. You are trying to heal your own heart while keeping theirs steady, manage a household alone, and figure out who you are now, all at the same time. If you are […]
Letting Go Without Guilt After Loss
There is a quiet guilt that comes with grief that no one prepares you for. It is the guilt of starting to feel okay again. The first time you laugh, the first good day, the first moment you realize you went an hour without the weight of the loss, and right behind the relief comes […]
Healing Timeline After Divorce
One of the first things women want to know after a divorce is simple. How long until I feel okay again. You want a date on the calendar, a finish line you can count down to. It would be so much easier to bear the pain if you knew exactly when it would end. The […]
How Grief Impacts Friendships
Grief does not just change how you feel. It changes your relationships, sometimes in ways you never saw coming. You would think your friends would gather around you in your hardest moment, and some do. But grief also has a way of rearranging your friendships, pulling some people closer and pushing others away. If your […]