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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Anniversaries just suck. No other way to say it. The birthdays, holidays, and special days just the two of you shared are flat-out...

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....

Gather by the hearth of your comfort shows. I've spent an incredible amount of time this past 10 months watching Jeeves and Wooster,...

(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...

If you don't regularly get your home professionally cleaned, do it. Get a thorough cleaning. Go ahead and rearrange things the way you...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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(!)....

Sometimes it’s good to shake things up a little, gently. I'm shaking today! Behind me is the beautiful and talented Areli Posada.