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Widowhood, Pandemic, and Suicide

September 4, 2020 By Lisa Bain

A Keeping It Real Post September is Suicide Prevention Month. I won't bore you with a rehash of the ugly details of this small chapter of my story, but feel free to dive into the archives if you're new. Short version: in the depths of my worst pain, fueled by pills and … [Read more...] about Widowhood, Pandemic, and Suicide

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Friends & Family, Health, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Support, Grieving, Healing, Life After Loss, Loss, Mental Health, pandemic, Reckless Truth Telling, Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Support, Survivor, 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

Correcting Sleep Deprivation After Losing a Loved One

May 7, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Shout out to Sara Bailey at TheWidow.net for this follow-up guest post on the sleep issues the bereaved often face. I know first hand how critical sleep health is to the grief recovery process. It's been almost three years since D died and I still struggle with the … [Read more...] about Correcting Sleep Deprivation After Losing a Loved One

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Health, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Grief, Insomnia, Life After Loss, Sara Bailey, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Health, Widowhood

Welcome Sleep Back Into Your Life After A Loss

January 8, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Sleep-After-Loss

A guest post by Sara Bailey of thewidow.net. I've struggled with insomnia and sleep issues since the hubs died, and can personally relate to everything Sara says here. Self-care is critically important, and lack of sleep impacts more than just our cognitive processing. I … [Read more...] about Welcome Sleep Back Into Your Life After A Loss

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Health, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Grief, Grief Recovery, Insomnia, Life After Loss, Loss, Sara Bailey, Self-care, Sleep, Trauma, Widowhood, Widows

The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life (A Book Review)

August 28, 2018 By Lisa Bain

The healing power of even the most microscopic exchange with someone who knows in a flash precisely what you're talking about because she experienced that thing too cannot be overestimated.  Cheryl Strayed The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life, by Donald L. … [Read more...] about The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life (A Book Review)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Health, Reviews, Widowhood Tagged With: cancer, Cheryl Strayed, Donald Rosenstein, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Henk Schut, Justin Yopp, Keith Urban, Kubler-Ross, Margaret Stroebe, Sole Parenting, Song For Dad, Stages of Grief, Support Group, The Group, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Utrecht University, Widowed Fathers

Someone Take Care of Me. Oh Wait, I’m Someone.

January 29, 2018 By Lisa Bain

take care of me

  The sooner you accept the fact that you have to take care of yourself, the better it will be. He's gone. You used to know how to do this. You can do it again. Put your big girl panties on and get the f@#$ out of bed. You know he'd tell you the same thing, so just … [Read more...] about Someone Take Care of Me. Oh Wait, I’m Someone.

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Health, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Coping, illness, Reckless Truth Teller, Self-care, Solo Travel, Survivor, Travel, Wandering Widow, Widow Health

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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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