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Steep Ascents Require More Switchbacks

August 23, 2022 By Lisa Bain

Happy 2022! I'm a bit late, but this is my first post of the year. When we left off in 2021, I told you about Project Dandelion, which I'm happy to report is alive and well. But those fluffy white seeds rarely fly in a straight line, and this dandelion is no exception. I … [Read more...] about Steep Ascents Require More Switchbacks

Filed Under: All The Beautiful Things, Coping with Grief, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Belfast, Bereavement, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Support, Life After Loss, Loss, Mental Health, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, Wandering Widow, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood, Widows

My favorite authors

October 1, 2019 By Lisa Bain

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.” J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in … [Read more...] about My favorite authors

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: authors, Belfast, Fantasy Fiction, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Heart of a Kingdom, Inspiration, JK Rowling, Neil Gaiman, New Author, Shakespeare, Toni Morrison

My first novel, Heart of a Kingdom

August 27, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Notice something a little different? Welcome to the new and improved TheRealLisaBain.com. Why the change? I’m excited to announce the release of my novel, Heart of a Kingdom, which warranted a little makeover. Whaddya think? Let me know in the comments section! CREATIVE … [Read more...] about My first novel, Heart of a Kingdom

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Belfast, Bereavement, Coping, Fantasy Fiction, Grief, Grief Recovery, Heart of a Kingdom, Ireland, Novel, Survivor, Widowhood, Widows, Writing Therapy

The Wandering Widow’s Top 10 European Cities

June 4, 2018 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post You know how parents aren't supposed to have a favorite kid? That's how I feel everytime someone asks me to rank the places I've visited. I've loved them all for different reasons, and most of them have ended up on my "come back and visit again" … [Read more...] about The Wandering Widow’s Top 10 European Cities

Filed Under: Grief Recovery Project, Travel Tagged With: Amstelveen, Austria, Belfast, Bucharest, Bucket List, Coping, Edinburgh, Holland, Ireland, Isle of Skye, Itlay, Killarney, Live Now, Long-term travel, Montserrat, Northern Ireland, Oban, Romania, Scotland, Solo Travel, Spain, Survivor, Travel, Tuscany, Vienna, Wandering Widow

Belfast – The Sequel

March 5, 2018 By Lisa Bain

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A Wandering Widow Post “Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.” Pierce Brown, Golden Son One of my Belfast friends recently observed that sequels were either better than the original or a complete letdown. I'd add they can also be … [Read more...] about Belfast – The Sequel

Filed Under: Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Belfast, Cathedral Quarter, For Folk Sake, Gary Duffy, Ireland, Mark Kane, Music, Northern Ireland, Pubs, Solo Travel, The Balmoral, The Balmoral Hotel, The Basement, The Dirty Onion, The Duke of York, The Garrick, The Harp Bar, The John Hewitt, The Thirsty Goat, Travel, Wandering Widow

The Belfast Test – A Grief Recovery Project Post

December 18, 2017 By Lisa Bain

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  “There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act.” Margaret Bottome When I chose to set up a home base in Belfast there was more to it than the music scene or getting mail from home. Although either of those was reason enough. … [Read more...] about The Belfast Test – A Grief Recovery Project Post

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Airbnb, Belfast, F.E.A.R., Face Everything And Rise, Fear, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Recovery Project, Ireland, Long-term travel, Northern Ireland, Solo Travel, Travel, Visit Belfast, Wandering Widow, Zig Ziglar

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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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