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Grief Muscle Memory Runs Deep

August 30, 2022 By Lisa Bain

For someone that writes about the grief spiral as much as I do, you'd think I'd be quick to recognize that shadowy arm as it wraps around me and sweeps me along to feel and heal the old traumas from a new perspective. You'd think that, and you'd be wrong. I'm blindsided just … [Read more...] about Grief Muscle Memory Runs Deep

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Spirituality, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Spiral, Grieving, Life After Loss, Mental Health, muscle memory, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, Trauma, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood

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

One More Day

October 10, 2021 By Lisa Bain

Holy Hannah. It's been a hot minute. How ya doin? Today I am officially one day older than D was when he died. I know it's a strange thing to find hovering around in my awareness this far into my AfterLoss journey, but here it is, just hanging out. A few years ago, … [Read more...] about One More Day

Filed Under: All The Beautiful Things, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Broken Open, Grief, Grief Journey, grief milestones, Grief Recovery, Healing, Life After Loss, Live Now, Loss, Mental Health, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, Widowhood, Widows

Don’t Be Invisible (Can You See Me Now?)

December 2, 2020 By Lisa Bain

A Keeping It Real Post Baggage (v. 2) Heaving my suitcase onto the bed I drop it on the floor instead, Oops, I forgot it’s full of laments for my dead. Why did I pack the weight of grief and fear when all I want to do is be light and clear? Running away and starting … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Invisible (Can You See Me Now?)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Amnesty International, Anthology, Bereavement, Broken Open, Christine Murray, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Literacy, Grief Recovery, Grieving, Healing, Invisible, Loss, Mental Health, Perspective to Pen, Poethead, Poetry, Reckless Truth Teller, Robbert Cozzi, Wandering Widow, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood

My Re-Birth Day

July 15, 2020 By Lisa Bain

A Keeping It Real Post Last week, on D's deathiversary, I posted a photo on my social media and called it my Re-Birth Day. And while I don't feel the need to explain myself to the raised eyebrows, I want to. After D's first deathiversary, when I collapsed in a drunk, … [Read more...] about My Re-Birth Day

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Broken Open, Coping, Deathiversary, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Literacy, Grief Recovery, Grief Support, Healing, Life After Loss, Mental Health, Re-Birth Day, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, Wandering Widow, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood, Widows

Year Four: Widowhood Is Still Teaching Me to Live My Best Life

July 10, 2020 By Lisa Bain

A Keeping It Real Post Today marks four years since I began this unwilling journey called Widowhood. Four years? Really? It feels like both an eternity and a blink of an eye. And while things haven't turned out how I'd planned, it has been the best year ever. I'm getting … [Read more...] about Year Four: Widowhood Is Still Teaching Me to Live My Best Life

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Best Life, Broken Open, Coping, Deathiversary, Grief, Grief Journey, grief milestones, Grief Recovery, Grieving, Healing, Mental Health, Reckless Truth Teller, 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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