I found myself jumping through the stages of grief for my friend—definitely denial, then anger (quite a bit of it), not so much bargaining because of the sudden nature of her death, then a small period of sadness when I lay on my bed and closed my eyes, and then, yes, accept...
Even though that doesn’t sound like a huge difference, it is. When you have two, three, four members of your top team that are women, it signals something completely different. For the women who are working their way up through the ranks, “if she can see it, ...
Joe had been getting endless playful grief to Eben throughout the course of the Altitude program. I just thought, “Who is this knucklehead?” I don’t even know if I like him. Then I went to lunch and he was very sincere at lunch and he gave me his business card. He said, “If...
Therapy can help families heal and grow, from sibling conflict and parenting problems to divorce and grief. The therapists guide families in family therapy sessions to help them address their underlying dynamics. This helps foster empathy and cohesion as well as develop better communication and ...
The pressure to suppress doubts and maintain appearances can make genuine presence impossible. While you seek a way to belong within the family, rigid expectations create a barrier, bringing forth thegriefof division. For people who have experienced abuse within religious contexts, these situations...
And over and over again, my clients who chose to study mental fitness with me also were reaping the benefits. They became less reactive, more able to handle grief, better able to get things done (from creating and living by a budget to making phone calls or regulating their own anger and...
Kai promises to help Tegan figure out what is going on. But the answers they find only lead to more questions. As the week unfolds, Tegan will experience the magic of first love, the hope of second chances, and the bittersweet joy and grief of being human. ...
There is also an emerging literature on the concept of “solastalgia”—the sense of loss when people’s connection to place is disrupted because of changes to that place that can lead to grief, anguish, and ill-health (Connor et al. 2004; Albrecht 2007). Synthesis of these important ...
I stopped drowning myself in work and faced my grief. I went to visit my parents for a week. That helped. And now I’m in a new space. So many pieces of my heart have been broken by loss in the last 5 years, but I am finding that I have a lot of heart left. I was ...
is a habit – a power or capacity – that gets stronger when its exercised – and atrophies – when it is not.” St. Francis shows us that faith and love, prayer and service arethemain muscles in our spiritual body; and for artists they are the virtues that keep our lives balanced....