• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

The Real Lisa Bain

The Wandering Widow

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Email Sign UP
  • Buy Book
  • Grief Recovery Project
  • Friends & Family
  • Coping with Grief
  • Health
  • Travel
  • New Book: Heart Of A Kingdom
Home » Archives for Coping with Grief

Coping with Grief

Adventure Part 10 – Kildare, Ireland

November 12, 2017 By Lisa Bain

Kildare Ireland Nature

A Wandering Widow Post I wrote in my last post about the essential role Forgiveness played in my Grief Recovery Journey. And I've worked incredibly hard at it. But if I'm entirely truthful, I have still struggled to forgive God/The Divine/The Universe/Whatever You Want to … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 10 – Kildare, Ireland

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Travel

Forgiveness and Grief Recovery

November 8, 2017 By Lisa Bain

A Grief Recovery Project Post Considering we teach children that forgiveness is a good thing, we really suck at it as adults. It’s been the hardest thing for me about my Grief Recovery Project. In the quiet hours when we’re alone, it’s all too easy to go back to the dark … [Read more...] about Forgiveness and Grief Recovery

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood

Adventure Part 9 – Kilkenny, Ireland

November 6, 2017 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post Just like my visit to Cork, I didn’t put much thought or research into choosing Kilkenny as a destination, beyond the fact that it was in the general path of my return to Belfast. My friends had visited recently and couldn’t say enough good things … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 9 – Kilkenny, Ireland

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Travel

Understanding Grief: Grief Recovery is a Privilege

November 2, 2017 By Lisa Bain

Understanding Grief- Grief Recovery is a Privilege 

A Wondering Widow Post I was recently accused of putting a positive spin on grief, and it wasn’t intended as a compliment. I won’t lie. Once, when someone screamed at me in anger that I was Pollyanna, I thanked them and took it as one of the best compliments I’d ever … [Read more...] about Understanding Grief: Grief Recovery is a Privilege

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood

Adventure Part 8 – Cork, Ireland

October 30, 2017 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post Cork must have read my post about loving storms. And since Ireland is nothing if not hospitable, Storm Brian rolled into town shortly after I did. I don’t mind the rain. I consider myself a pluviophile, and after years of living in the high desert, it … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 8 – Cork, Ireland

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Travel

Broken Is Beautiful

October 24, 2017 By Lisa Bain

Broken Is Beautiful

A Wondering Widow Post Kintsugi, or Kintsukuroi, is the Japanese aesthetic that repairs broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold powder. The belief is that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. This philosophy honors its survival rather than hiding the fact … [Read more...] about Broken Is Beautiful

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 17
  • Go to page 18
  • Go to page 19

Primary Sidebar

Heart Of A Kingdom Cover Lisa Bain

Heart of a Kingdom is a riveting tale of love, courage, loss, and survival set in the magical Kingdom of the Talking Tres, and the City of Belfast. Newly widowed Queen Libby must endure the devastating loss of her husband, do the … Read More about New Book: Heart Of A Kingdom

A Little About Me

Lisa Bain became a young widow in 2016 after losing her husband to cancer. She quickly learned we live in a grief phobic society, which isolates the grieving even further. With both humor and heartbreak, she shares her story and lessons she's learned to help those grieving remember they aren't alone, and to help their family and friends that just don't know what to do to help.

Lisa Bain: More about me

Looking for something?

Connect with me online

  • Email
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Sign up for The Real Lisa Bain

* = required field

Archives

Featured Post

One More Day

Holy Hannah. It's been a hot minute. How ya doin? Today I am officially one day older than D was when he died. I … Read More about One More Day

Footer

Recent Posts

  • Grief Muscle Memory Runs Deep
  • Steep Ascents Require More Switchbacks
  • The Winds of Change: Introducing Project Dandelion
  • One More Day
  • Grief and New Year’s Purging

Connect With Me

  • Email
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter

SEARCH

Copyright © 2023 · TheRealLisaBain.com Privacy Policy