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The Duality of Widowhood

July 16, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Hohenzollern Bridge-Locks of Love-Cologne-Germany

“A mermaid is not frightened by her own duality. She is a walking contradiction of piety and lust, sobriety and ecstasy, brilliance and stubbornness, the sacred and the scandalous...so dance with your own inner paradox.” Margot Datz, A Survival Guide for Landlocked … [Read more...] about The Duality of Widowhood

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Duality, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Margot Datz, Marni Henderson, Mental Health, Sunrise Retreats, Survivor, Tori Amos, Widowhood

Top 5 Widow Lessons Learned: Year 3

July 9, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Year 3

  Language alert! Sorry, Mom.  A Keeping It Real Post Today marks three years since Dan died. Holy fuck, dudes! It feels like an eternity has passed (haha) since that awful morning where I watched him take his last breath. Today I sit here, back in England, where … [Read more...] about Top 5 Widow Lessons Learned: Year 3

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: cancer sucks, Coping, Deathiversary, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, How Far I'll Go, Lessons Learned, Survivor, Top 5, widow, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood

Grief Counseling and the Bereaved (aka Why I Keep my GC on speed dial)

June 25, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Grief Counseling

A Coping With Grief Post As I was preparing to leave town for another trek across Europe, I got my usual frenzy of appointments on the calendar for my last week. One of those was with my grief counselor.  A friend of mine was surprised and asked why I was still seeing her. … [Read more...] about Grief Counseling and the Bereaved (aka Why I Keep my GC on speed dial)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Health, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Grief, Grief Counseling, Grief Journey, Healing, Mental Health, Survivor, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood

Leap Year (What Gardening Taught Me About Grief Recovery)

June 18, 2019 By Lisa Bain

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A Coping With Grief Post Back when I still had the house that LOVE built, I had an amazing garden. That's not me Garden Goddess bragging. Strangers used to pull over and take photos of my flower beds. If they could have seen my organic raised vegetable beds in the back, … [Read more...] about Leap Year (What Gardening Taught Me About Grief Recovery)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Garden, Grief, Grief Recovery, Leap Year, Survivor, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood, Year 3

Brain Fog is a Blessing (Widow Brain is a Good Thing)

June 11, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Brain-Fog-Widow-Brain

A Friends and Family Post I was recently visiting with my friend about his mom. Their family was in the terrible-no-good-very-bad-place where they knew they were going to lose their dad. It was imminent. I remember the pain of that time period all too well: not sleeping, … [Read more...] about Brain Fog is a Blessing (Widow Brain is a Good Thing)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Brain Fog, Coping, Grief, Grief Support, Widow Brain, Widowhood

What John Wick Teaches Us About Bereavement

June 4, 2019 By Lisa Bain

John Wick 3

**Spoiler Alert! If you haven't seen Parabellum yet, bookmark and come back to this later.** A Keeping It Real Post I just watched John Wick: Chapter 3 -Parabellum, which I've re-subtitled Revenge of the Dogs, with my favorite movie date. (For those of you that are new … [Read more...] about What John Wick Teaches Us About Bereavement

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Bullet Holes, Bush, Coping, Greiving, Grief, Grief Journey, John Wick, John Wick 3 Parabellum, Survivor, Widowhood, Widows

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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

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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.

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