SHOW NOTES In life before grief, you probably dealt with self-limiting thoughts that keep you overthinking things. In grief, you’re gonna deal with self-limiting thoughts and all doubts that have ever crossed your mind. You will struggle with those thoughts more...
SHOW NOTES Has it been shocking to you that grief has been harder than you thought? That it’s taking SO much longer than you imagined and that it seems like it will never end? Well, the first holidays (and possibly the second) will be as shocking and make you feel...
SHOW NOTES - This is a replay from Thanksgiving 2022 Today is Thanksgiving and it may be a day you just want over with, so giving thanks isn’t so easy. And, when you are getting lost in your feelings, it’s hard to do the thing that will change all things. I’m...
SHOW NOTES This week, I’ll be answering a question that I receive a lot. It’s actually a question I had, and it was the fear I had. Because grief was so painful and made me question everything, I was convinced that life would never be good again, that it would be...
SHOW NOTES You are going through grief right now but life around you goes on as it always has. That in itself seems wrong, but are you dealing with the same expectations from others in a different way? As Christians we tend to take on others’ problems in an...
SHOW NOTES We read the Bible verse that God will make all things come together for our good. Well, how in the world is what you are going through good? How can it ever be good? This is where I struggled in the beginning. I read about a Christian singer who lost her...
SHOW NOTES What do you do when you are exhausted but can’t sleep. Where does your mind take you? It is not uncommon to experience insomnia when going through grief. And, when you don’t rest, it magnifies the overwhelm, the confusion, irritability and all the grief...
SHOW NOTES How many times have you prayed for this pain to stop? And yet the tears keep falling. How many times have you prayed for help getting through another difficult hour or day? And the mornings - are still overwhelming. Are your prayers being heard? Nothing...
SHOW NOTES We’re wrapping up the cousin Jesus to Abba Father series today, but I want to take a second to remind you (and me) that our relationship with God shouldn’t be like a distant cousin – only calling when there’s family news. We need to remember that we are...
SHOW NOTES I can give you a list of times in my life that I felt responsible for the outcome of things. When I was young, I felt like I had to keep the peace in the family; growing up, I felt I had to keep those I was in relationships with happy. Or, even getting...
SHOW NOTES I grew up in church, I was baptized, and I called my self a Christian. But what does 'being a Christian' mean to you? I was saved – I did begin a relationship with God at a young age, but I never grew my relationship with God. I read devotions, sometimes...
SHOW NOTES I grew up in church, I was baptized, and I called my self a Christian. But what does that mean to you? I was saved – I did begin a relationship with God at a young age, but I never grew my relationship with God. I read devotions, sometimes the Bible and I...
SHOW NOTES Your journey of grief is confusing enough but if you add in certain emotions, it makes it harder to distinguish what is grief and what isn’t. Two of the emotions – which are related to each other – are guilt and regret. If you feel at all guilty about...
SHOW NOTES Dependency can add to the loss and confusion you feel in grief. At 43 years of age, I had to figure out just who I was. I could tell you that I liked Christian or country music or that my favorite color was blue, but beyond that, I had been more like a...
SHOW NOTES Last week, I shared a little more of my life before grief. When you go through grief, a lot of your past can come to the surface whether it’s positive or negative. My perception of God was skewed as I had religion but not strong relationship with Him. I...