Widows Quest

June 19th, 2008

Don’t Fear the Feelings, Embrace Them

Grief causes all kind of emotional stress and all sorts of different emotions to flow through your body - anger, sadness, depression, crying, apathy, numbness, loneliness….
I asked yesterday to Let’s Support a Military Widow who is struggling with her emotions. A oouple of comments made me think

Feelings are what separates us from machine. Feelings make […]

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March 13th, 2008

Do you ever feel tired of fighting the grief?

Grief can be emotionally tiring. This week I have been emotionally tired.
Tired of fighting the pain, tired of concentrating on the future, tired of “trying” to be happy. I seem to be dragging myself around the house, around work….everything seems like hard work.  
I  have bought myself some vitamins, gone to bed earlier, allowed myself […]

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January 11th, 2008

Tears Make Us Human, Ask Hillary

I am UK based but have been watching the US elections closely. When I saw Hillary Clinton close to tears and the press reporting that as a positive reason why she won in New Hampshire, it made me smile.
We often fight back the tears, we are often ashamed of our crying…yet the world sees tears […]

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January 4th, 2008

What 2008 Means for Me..

…it means that on the downside I will be one year older next month,but on the upside it means that I have 52 weeks to live fully and create a difference in this world.
2= 2 continue to find ways of creating value in other people’s lives. I want to ask each person that I meet […]

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December 13th, 2007

Grief is like a seesaw….

Not only do we suffer the ups and downs of bereavement, we also have to find various balances…

Balance of coping with letting our emotions out and losing control emotionally
Balance of remembering and not letting go.
Balance of not forgetting the past but learning to look to the future.
Balance of being grateful for having loved with the […]

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November 8th, 2007

A Bad Day at the Office of the Heartache

Today has been one of those days again! I do so well, I write this blog in a positive way to show that there is a way through grief or loss. Yet today my sadness is welling inside, I just want to let it out…yet, I don’t cry…I struggle to let the emotion out. Instead, […]

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October 3rd, 2007

Do your tears seem stuck inside?

As you all know I try and stay as positive as possible, as I believe that we determine our level of happiness. Then occassionally I have a day like today. One when I am crying inside and yet they just won’t come out..I think I get so used to appearing strong that I forget how […]

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June 16th, 2007

Coping is not always the best thing

I was speaking to a friend today who gave me a “straight talking to” and she was right. I am so interested in coping that sometimes I am actually masking my true feelings, sometimes through coping you are hiding from your real emotions. I am proud of the way I have coped, however speaking today […]

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January 22nd, 2007

Feeback on Positive Thinking Carnival

I am delighted with all your e-mails on how much the Sunday night positive thinking carnival helps you all. The range of topics and the great blogs that submit articles has been overwhelming. In fact many e-mails are from people who have not lost their spouse but have had another huge change in their life […]

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January 21st, 2007

Positive Thinking Carnival to help YOU through your grief

Welcome to the January 21, 2007 edition of positive thinking.
Mary Deyo presents Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life posted at Dr. Deyo Wants You To Be Happy.
Heather writes Positive Thinking posted at Middle Age Shed
Ellesse presents Now You Can Write SMART Goals That Work! posted at Goal Setting College.
Anna presents Would you let your money […]

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