The Closet of Unused Treasures
Grief is a shapeshifter. The last time i saw my mother alive was two years ago on Mother’s Day. She died the next day and i think she waited to die so that i wouldn‘t have this connection to Mother’s Day. It was a shock and created a sea change in my life that has been both the worst experience of my life, and has led me into a new sense of self. I was…
I am Not My Mother, My Daughter is Not Me
“Until you make the unconscious conscious it will direct your life and you will call it fate” Carl Jung I like a good podcast to keep me company. I don’t…
I Have a Team in Me – just in time for a new school year
My kids are on the brink of starting a new school year. This has always been a bittersweet time for me – the mix of excitement of the year ahead…
How to Companion Someone who is Grieving
Birth, life, death….the 3 inevitable stages of life and yet the dying part is kept in the shadows of our collective experience. While we know it’s coming, we are so…
I am Now a Motherless Daughter: A Club i did not sign up for
My mom died recently. It’s beyond words to have such a loss happen. While a part of me knew that it would come eventually, none of us were prepared for…
The Ever-Changing Growth and Development of Children
My daughter’s class is about to start their lesson on puberty at school. I know this because she told me and the teacher sent a heads up letter. So I…
Coming out of the Covid Cave
Now that it is April, it feels fitting to look at how this next season can help us move forward from these past two years. I love how the seasons…
Healing Attachment Wounds
Last month, i shared what Attachment Theory is, via the model of the show This is Us. I may have left you hanging with some thoughts (and possible worries) about…
This is Our Attachment Styles
I am a fan of the show This is Us. I love it for several reasons – It makes me release the tears i hold in my body, i appreciate…