Embrace It All!

Over the last 8 months I am learning what it means to become resilient.  Some people think that resiliency means that you brush off your challenges, pull up your boot straps, and move on.  But as I continue on this journey, I am coming to understand that resiliency is definitely not that at all.  On today's episode I will share what I am learning  about becoming resilient and how it has helped me.  

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There will be times in our lives when we receive strong impressions.  Sometimes those impressions make sense, but more often than not, at least in my life, they don't.  Today I will share one such impression with you and why I am so grateful that I followed it even though at the time it didn't make complete sense.

I will also share with you what I learned from feeling angry.  I am realizing that anger is a natural emotion that occurs when going through any type of grief.  When it hit during these last few weeks, it was difficult.  I tried to ignore it, I judged myself for it, and then I decided to let it be there.  Today I will share where the anger was coming from for me and how I let it teach me.  

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Two months after Jessica's death, I would consistently wake up in the middle of the night with my stomach in knots.  I would try to figure out what triggered it, using some familiar tools, but nothing worked.  In this episode I will share what I am learning to do when sleep doesn't come.

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The way we experience grief can be so different in the way others do. One of the things I am noticing in my own grieving process is that I am moving at a much slower rate than I ever have been.  On today's episode I talk about what this looks like and how I am learning to embrace this in myself.  

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I thought I knew what it meant to mourn with those that mourn and comfort those that need comforting.  But I didn't quite fully undersand.  In this brief episode I will share with you what I am learning and the impact it is having on my family.

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My heart is broken, and I suppose it will be for a very long time.   As I am mourning, I am learning what it is to be comforted, truly comforted in very personal way.  Today I want to share with you what I am learning from my broken heart.

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It's a new year.  In the past I would be excited for the new year, making long lists of resolutions and goals for myself.  But this is year is different.   Honestly, the thought of making any type of resolution or goal for this upcoming year seemed to be too much and I decided I was just going to let this year happen and push through.   But a couple of things brought me to me knees, so to speak, and helped me to figure out what it is I truly want for 2024.  Today I wanted to share it with you. 

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This Christmas is going to look a lot different for our family.  And to some, it might seem like we are going to have a terrible Christmas.  Today I will share, briefly, my thoughts as to why I will have a good Christmas this year.  

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Four months ago my life took a very unexpected turn.  In today's episode I will share with you where I've been and the impression that has carried me through.  

If you are willing to come on this journey with me,  maybe together we can learn how to embrace even the emotion of grief.  

 

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I confes,  I am a self-improvement junkie, so to speak.  My bookshelf is lined with a wide variety of self-help books spanning the topics of, marriage, motherhood and parenting, spiritual growth,  goal setting, productivity, mindfulness and meditation, personal growth,  mental health, etc. In most of these types of books, the authors usually have some type of formula, or how-to tips or lists to follow  in order to succeed in  whatever the topic is they are writing about it.  

And, like you, I try to do all the things, most of the time following them to a "T".  The interesting thing, though, is that I'm not always happy or successful. 

In today's episode I share with you another thought that has helped me understand the reason why I am not always happy or successful after doing all the things on those how-to lists.  This thought is:  What I do doesn't make me happy; what I think, does. 
And spoiler alert, this thought can be applied to aspect of our life.  

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