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Bereavement

Holding Space For The Bereaved, Part 2 (Widow to Widow)

March 11, 2020 By Lisa Bain

A Keeping It Real Post Last week I wrote about what it meant for friends and family to hold space for the newly bereaved. Thank you for all the comments, private messages, and emails regarding this topic and your personal experiences. Holding Space is clearly a grief … [Read more...] about Holding Space For The Bereaved, Part 2 (Widow to Widow)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Support, Grieving, Healing, Henri Nouwen, Life After Loss, Reckless Truth Teller, Reckless Truth Telling, Support, Survivor, Wandering Widow, What Not To Say, widow, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood, Widows

What It Means To Hold Space for the Bereaved

March 4, 2020 By Lisa Bain

"Sometimes, I wonder if we ever truly let anyone completely in. The desire for another human being to know you, all of you, all the pieces, even the ones you're ashamed of — is huge. But too often, we sit down and sort through the pieces only picking out the pretty ones, … [Read more...] about What It Means To Hold Space for the Bereaved

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Friends and Family, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Support, Grieving, Holding Space, Rachel Van Dyken, Widowhood, Widows

When Love was Complicated, the Grief is Too

January 28, 2020 By Lisa Bain

A Keeping It Real Post In the last 48 hours, the world's reaction to the news of Kobe Bryant's tragic death has gone from shock to sadness to anger. Many rape survivors are understandably angry at the collective outpouring of grief for this man, who seems to have gotten … [Read more...] about When Love was Complicated, the Grief is Too

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: A Day to Remember, alcoholism, Bereavement, Broken Open, Complicated Grief, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Support, Grieving, Healing, It's Complicated, Kobe Bryant, Life After Loss, Loss, Mental Health, Reckless Truth Teller, Support, Survivor, Wandering Widow, What Not To Say, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood, Widows

Widowhood Stole My Identity. I’m Throwing Off the Shackles and Taking It Back.

January 8, 2020 By Lisa Bain

"I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me. They, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could." Veronica Roth, Allegiant A Keeping It Real Post When your husband dies, he takes part of you with him. I'm not … [Read more...] about Widowhood Stole My Identity. I’m Throwing Off the Shackles and Taking It Back.

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Support, Grieving, Handcuffs, Healing, identity theft, Lea Salonga, Life After Loss, Mental Health, Reckless Truth Teller, Reckless Truth Telling, Starting Over, Survivor, The Journey, Veronica Roth, Wandering Widow, widow, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood, Widows

A Letter To Myself on New Year’s Eve 2019

December 31, 2019 By Lisa Bain

For all of the trouble you've been through The blessings doubled just for you, the best is yet to come Today is the first day of the best days of your life You ain't seen nothing yet. Frank Sinatra, The Best Is Yet To Come A Keeping It Real Post I know. Everyone … [Read more...] about A Letter To Myself on New Year’s Eve 2019

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, grief milestones, Grief Recovery, Grieving, Holidays, Life After Loss, Live Now, Loss, New Year's Eve, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, widow, Widowhood, Widows

Winter, Shadow Work, and Grief

December 10, 2019 By Lisa Bain

“Melancholy were the sounds on a winter's night.” Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room A Coping With Grief Post Winter is the season when nature rests. Bears and other creatures hide away in dark places to hibernate. Things are quiet and peaceful while the earth regenerates … [Read more...] about Winter, Shadow Work, and Grief

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Carl Jung, Coping, Grief, Grief Counselor, Grief Cycle, Grief Journey, JM Storm, Mental Health, Scott Jeffrey, Shadow Work, Soul Work, Survivor, Widowhood, Widows, Winter

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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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