Photo credit from Justine, mother of Danielle's memory garde I am still teary after getting off my call with my mentor. I even had to go and change my clothes, a sweaty, yet SO amazingly life giving and affirming session. A deep bow to you dear Sarah. www.sarahreneeinc.com There is this portal that exists that I have spoken of that always begins about this time, a month or so before my son’s angel day. My monkey mind has been looping with thoughts about motherhood and why was

As the school year comes to a close for summer vacation, I too am still wired into that internal calendar within me. I’ll be taking a pause for several weeks to renew, refresh and delight in switching things up a bit. This is relating only to my weekly blog posts as I am still happily engaging with those I’m mentoring and warmly welcome anyone new on the horizon. I enjoy pondering and discovering what piques my curiosity and attention. Perhaps it might meld itself into someth

The Shape of Grief The shape of grief – is 1,788 square feet with four bedrooms, two bathrooms a mangled orange tree in the backyard...

I am sharing with our community a text I received from a dear friend who last year lost her precious husband. This tool she received from her counselor is absolutely brilliant. “Recently I was sharing with my counselor all the aspects of life without my husband earth side. Top on the grief list was missing our long talks and daily advice we’d share with one another. The counselor said, have you thought about writing your thoughts and questions down to your husband as if he wa

I still love my puzzle games on my laptop. Yesterday after I finished building a puzzle, the name of the painting (or picture) appeared on the screen: "Between two worlds". The picture was a mystical scene in the woods, with a path dividing the trees.  This picture and especially the name of the piece immediately let my mind wonder off. I thought about the name, "Between two worlds", and realized that we, the moms of angel children, also live between two worlds. Although we a

Internal Family Systems (IFS) founder, Dr. Richard C. Schwartz, was the guest on We Can Do Hard Things  podcast in episodes #295 and #296. It was transformative for Glennon, Abby and Amanda to experience a session with him. All three of them quick studies as he described, yet seeing in action what IFS is about has me very curious and yearning to learn more. Just as a family has members, we have these internal parts of ourselves that are each doing a job, and the overriding on