Describes the past six years as I dealt with the loss of my wife, as well as stepping forward into this new life of mine. I relate to the caterpillar that inches along in the depths of grief, just getting through each day…
Navigating Trauma in Widowhood
How to Choose the Right Financial Adviser to Help You Move Forward
“Are you thinking about working with a financial planner…or maybe changing to a different financial advisor? In this workshop we’ll talk about the real value of financial advice and how to sort through the alphabet soup of options available.
Self-Care Through Movement and Music
I will be providing basic moves and terminology while teaching several ultra beginner line dances. While we learn to dance we will also be learning the importance of self care and good ways of including movement into our daily lives.
Put Your Own Mask on First: Parenting through Trauma
Our own grief and trauma are experienced in a variety of ways- emotionally, physically, behaviorally. Our minds and bodies can react with shock, rage, fatigue, appetite changes, sleep disturbances and loss of concentration.
Self-Care in the Early Days
How do you practice self-care when you don’t have the energy to shower? For many widowed people the early days after the death of their person are lived in a fog and self-care is not a concept to which any attention is paid.
Journaling Your Journey
Learn how writing about your journey through widowhood – whether in a diary, a prompted journal, poetry, letters or just any crude stick figures you can manage to create through your pain – can be cathartic…