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Keep Climbing, Girl (What ancient cathedrals remind us about the grief recovery process.)

July 23, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Durham-Cathedral-Tower

A Coping With Grief Post When I was in Durham last week, the Durham Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was at the top of my "must-see" list. Of all the European cathedrals I've toured, Durham was one of the few not covered in scaffolding at the time of my visit. It … [Read more...] about Keep Climbing, Girl (What ancient cathedrals remind us about the grief recovery process.)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Durham Cathedral, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Survivor, Widowhood, Widows

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

Reclaiming All the Colors: Project WE to ME continues in Hawai’i

March 26, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Thank you to everyone who reached out to make sure I was okay. I took a few weeks off to go on a much needed holiday. XO, L A Grief Recovery Project Post If you're a regular reader, you've heard me describe the grief recovery process as peeling back layers from an onion, an … [Read more...] about Reclaiming All the Colors: Project WE to ME continues in Hawai’i

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Hawaii, Homecoming, Life After Loss, Ohana, Survivor, Travel, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood

Set Your Intentions

December 26, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Christmas-Jammies

  “Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.” Garth Stein, The Art of Racing … [Read more...] about Set Your Intentions

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Christmas, Coping, Grief, Grief Recovery, Intentions, Life After Loss, Loss, Starting Over, Survivor, Trauma, Widowhood

The Death Cafe

December 4, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Death-Cafe

  "To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” ~J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone A Grief Recovery Project Post What happens when a grief and bereavement blogger walks into a Death Cafe? Sounds like the start of a bad widow … [Read more...] about The Death Cafe

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Death, Death Cafe, Dying, Dying Well, End of Life, Grief, Grieving, Let's Talk About Grief, Survivor, Taboo

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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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