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Tip for Grievers #29
Pleasure and pain can coexist. You have to get used to it. I was lucky enough today to do a guided meditation with my friend, body work...
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Trish
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Tip for Grievers #28
At this crazy-ass time, when the world seems to be falling apart, don't forget that you already have first-hand experience of what this...
Trish
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #27
If you are taking anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medication, don't forget to take them! Sometimes you fall off a cliff. And then do it...
Trish
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #26
Fall in love with yourself. It's been over a year now since Tom died and I've learned one really significant thing. I have begun to learn...
Trish
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #25 - Addendum
Today my friend Mary Bernal sent me a link to a beautiful letter that Albert Einstein wrote his daughter Lieseri. I'm including a link...
Trish
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #25
It's the counter-intuitive advice for the new year: Simplify your goals. Or, better yet, dump them. In the throes of grief, you just put...
Trish
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #24
Find your grief legs. One day in grief may or may not look like the last...or the next. Just when I was patting myself on the head. "Good...
Trish
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Tip for Grivers #23
Your normal will never be normal again. That's an uh-duh, I know, but it hides an opportunity. Yes, I'll have a new normal. Whether I...
Trish
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
Tip for Grievers #22
Anniversaries just suck. No other way to say it. The birthdays, holidays, and special days just the two of you shared are flat-out...
Trish
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #21
I may have said it before, but I am going to say it again: Get your movement on. I just got back from an Open Floor Dance night....
Trish
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #20
Gather by the hearth of your comfort shows. I've spent an incredible amount of time this past 10 months watching Jeeves and Wooster,...
Trish
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #19
(As much a tip for friends of grievers.) Is it only me who thinks a fabulous gift to bring to someone grieving is several boxes of...
Trish
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #18
If you don't regularly get your home professionally cleaned, do it. Get a thorough cleaning. Go ahead and rearrange things the way you...
Trish
- Aug 10, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #17
(Caveat: If you're grieving a child, this may not be helpful.) If you can, spend some time around young kids. I had a fabulous morning...
Trish
- Aug 8, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #16
Wow! 16! Okay, here's the lesson I learned today. It was an amazing experience. I was at a class called "Creativity as a Wellbeing...
Trish
- Jul 22, 2019
- 2 min
Tip for Grievers #15
Grab for the branch when you can. But you won't always be able to and that's okay. I debated a lot before posting this. I really don't...
Trish
- Jul 10, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #14a
Just a coda to my last tip: Even if you've grieved before, this time may be different. I didn't know that. When my parents died within...
Trish
- Jul 9, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #14
Don't let anyone else tell you the right way to grieve or even imply that you are doing it wrong. You make your own journey as you go. We...
Trish
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
Tip for Grievers #13
When you are able, say yes. Make a new friend, start a new activity, take a little trip, have a massage, color your hair purple(!)....
Trish
- Jun 20, 2019
- 1 min
Tips for Grievers #12
Sometimes it’s good to shake things up a little, gently. I'm shaking today! Behind me is the beautiful and talented Areli Posada.
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