Welcome to The Journey to Healing Blog
Expert Advice on Grief,
Coping and
Navigating LifeTransitions
On this blog, I share stories and insights on navigating loss, overcoming grief through transitional times, and moving through challenging seasons of life.
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- 24 Hour Philosophy
- Addiction Grief
- Addiction Recovery
- Aging & Mindset
- Ambiguous Grief
- Anticipatory Grief
- Authentic Living
- Caregiver Burnout Support
- Caregiver Grief
- Caregiver Identity Loss
- Caregiving Support
- Childhood Grief
- Children and Loss
- Communication skills
- Coping with the holidays
- Deservability
- Difficult Conversations
- Emotional Healing
- Emotional healing
- Family Traditions
- Fear of Unknown
- Grief & Emotional Wellness
- Grief & Fear
- Grief & Hope
- Grief Support Tools
- Grief and Addiction
- Grief and the Body
- Grief before Loss
- Grief recovery
- Grief stages for Children
- Grieving a spouse
- Growth mindset
- Happiness starts here
- Healing for Caregivers
- Healing through Grief
- Holiday stress
- Inner wisdom
- Intuition vs Intellect
- Isolation when grieving
- Living Authentically
- Living in the Present
- Living with Purpose
- Loss of Cat
- Loss of Dog
- Loss of Job
- Loss of Loved One
- Loss of Self
- Loss of a Spouse
- Loss of identity
- Mental Health Awareness
“The Firsts and Lasts of Grief: How to Navigate These Tender Milestones”
The firsts after loss — the first holiday, the first birthday, the first quiet evening without them — can feel like emotional landmines. And the lasts before loss, whether we recognized them or not, hold a tenderness all their own. This blog explores how to navigate these sacred milestones, from anticipatory grief to memory-keeping rituals, offering gentle guidance, composite stories, and a blessing to support you through the moments that anchor your love and reshape your life.
5 minute read
“Rediscovering Yourself: How to Break Free from Others’ Expectations and Live Authentically”
Who were you before the world told you who to be? The key is to check in with ourselves regularly. To stay grounded in who we are and who we want to be. To remind ourselves that we owe it to ourselves to live authentically.
Rediscovering the Authentic YOU: Reflective prompts to uncover your authentic self
5 minute read