It’s not a secret that what we focus on expands. Our energy goes where our attention is. Intellectually we know that, yet it’s not easy to uplift ourselves when we are down. That feeling low might be part of unresolved grief or trauma, or simply consequence of a stressful day at work, unending and overwhelming […]
When someone you love dearly dies…is joy possible?
May 8, 2015 by 3 Comments
In the beginning of the year I knew that my mum’s health was very poorly (read about that part of my journey here) and that she maybe had not much time left. And there is always this feeling of ‘not enough of someone whom we love presence’ in our lives. For me it seems my […]
On the threshold of losing someone you love
February 20, 2015 by 8 Comments
Once upon a time there was a farmer who had an old father and a little son. His father had become unable to work. During those times only the young and new were valued, so the common and sensible thing was to simply get rid of elderly. The farmer took the little boy’s sled, piled […]
The difference between trauma and grief
January 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. / Helen Keller/ In my blog I talk a lot about grief, ways to grieve, mourning, etc. Yet the website itself includes the word ‘trauma’. Without going too much into theory of psychology I will […]
New healing layers
December 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It was my birthday yesterday. Ironically, out of all days and weeks even for the whole year my body had decided to slow down and catch cold exactly the day before. It’s not that I planned big parties or celebrations (I’m a bit of a hermit type), but the sore throat didn’t feel good even […]
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