How does physical activity support us as we move with the continual flow of change and transition? When stressed and exhausted, does movement replenish or deplete health and wellbeing? Does it affect how we recover and heal? I had worked in...
Read moreYou have a choice to take the next step
Choosing to take the first step into the unknown is the hardest part. Key word is CHOICE. I often forget about the meaning of that profoundly powerful word. Choice. Choose. However, there are many times in my life I didn’t feel like I had a...
Read morePutting The Pieces Together After Life Falls Apart
Life is filled with the constant ebb and flow of change. Our journey is filled with new adventures, opportunities, and the loss and gain of loved ones, relationships, identity and health. Our health and wellbeing…. hmmm- to think that all...
Read moreNice To Meet You Again
The Power of Connection
The power of connecting in our common humanity is magical. Whether it be to create something new, support each other in adversity or celebrate a rite of passage – community brings us together in a unique way so differently than solitude...
Read moreThe Widowed Parent Podcast, a discussion with Jenny Lisk
I wish there had been this resource 6 years ago. I am so glad that Jenny has created this great podcast to share the knowledge, tips and resources for parenting. It not only touches on widowed parenting, but all the information can be applied...
Read moreHope for Another Sunrise
Sunrise Retreats started in early 2017 with a very simple and passionate dream. After my late husband Tyler died in 2013, I found myself in a world filled with despair, hopelessness, confusion and intense grief. Not only for myself, but for my...
Read moreSelf Care Tips
When we find ourselves sitting in the seasons of BIG life changes such as loss of relationship, health, finances or death, our world becomes muted in color. We don’t know what is real and it feels as if our foundation has fallen out from...
Read moreHere We Stand
Here we stand, surviving the Unimaginable With amazing courage we choose to rise each day to face our loss, heartache and pain- over and over again. Until one day, we hear the whisper of hope. We dream of the chance to laugh again, find...
Read moreTrust Your Wisdom
“Here we stand, surviving the unimaginable. With amazing courage, we choose to awaken each day and face our loss, heartache and pain. Each step, each breath has brought us to this moment. Then, we hear the whisper of hope. We long for the chance...
Read moreWhat is your Launch Pad?
Walking alongside T through his cancer treatment and finally his death was the most deeply devastating, heart shattering and painful experience of my life and the boys. And, it was the most precious, meaningful, experience as well. Life was...
Read moreUnwoven Coalesce
un·wo·ven verb (used with object): to undo, take apart, or separate. Loss, grief, change- it can shatter our reality. It undoes what we believed to be true. It separates us from something we cherish, someone we love. And so we wrap ourselves in...
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