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#2: Why I wouldn't trade away the grief.
While I would give anything to have my late husband back, my life is more vibrant, more meaningful, more miraculous thanks to the lessons of grief and…
Nov 19, 2022
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#2: Why I wouldn't trade away the grief.
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#1: Why talking about grief and loss (not just when someone dies) really matters.
And where to begin without freaking out your friends and family — and yourself.
Nov 15, 2022
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#1: Why talking about grief and loss (not just when someone dies) really matters.
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#100: It’s major milestone time.
Reaching triple digits hasn’t changed me. You have.
Oct 5, 2024
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#100: It’s major milestone time.
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#25: Embracing my humanity (in the WSJ).
Reclaiming the “unspeakable” aspects of existence.
Apr 29, 2023
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#25: Embracing my humanity (in the WSJ).
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#22: The resilience experiment.
If you can learn from “failure” without self-judgment, you can be resilient.
Apr 8, 2023
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#22: The resilience experiment.
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#107: This deathiversary I mostly smiled.
Letting emotions come and go without worrying too much about why.
Nov 23, 2024
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#107: This deathiversary I mostly smiled.
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#54: Making life out of death.
Anniversary(s).
Nov 15, 2023
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#54: Making life out of death.
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#64: Goodbye, job.
Transitions are hard, even when they are good.
Jan 20, 2024
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#64: Goodbye, job.
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#123: When the future you ordered doesn't arrive.
How releasing expectations led me to a life better than I could have predicted.
Mar 15
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#123: When the future you ordered doesn't arrive.
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#120: Sometimes letting go sneaks up on you.
How time transforms the heaviest grief.
Feb 22
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#120: Sometimes letting go sneaks up on you.
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#125: Learning to trust the cycle of loss and new growth.
How Amsterdam proved that emptiness never stays empty.
Mar 29
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#125: Learning to trust the cycle of loss and new growth.
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#70: Taking the cycles of life less personally.
Sometimes everything just sucks.
Mar 2, 2024
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#70: Taking the cycles of life less personally.
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