7 Rules for Loving a Grieving Heart
Loss is a universal experience. Grief is a response to loss. Thus, grief is a universal experience. Every single person, at some time, in some...
Read moreLearning to Sleep in Grief: Tips from a Widowed Pharmacist
Since Kailen’s death, I’ve averaged less than 5 hours of sleep a night. During the torrents of my early-grief, and continuing for more...
Read moreOutlive Your Life
Many of you have either seen or heard me discuss something called “The Lazarus Within.” It was the title topic of a previous blog post...
Read moreFraming the Mural
Miracles happen everyday. I know. I know. It sounds trite. Like something you’d read on the side of a coffee cup. But believe it or not...
Read moreThe Abolition of Self
The greatest weapon you possess in your battle to survive suffering is, without question, hope. It’s a proven psychological fact that a...
Read moreThe Common Thread Theory
As many of you know, either from reading previous posts or from attending speaking events, I maintain the counterintuitive notion that pain brings...
Read moreThe Cure for Cliche
We live in a culture plagued with platitudes, utterly paralyzed by passivity. It’s an environment in which an original thought is rare and a...
Read moreEspionage of the Heart
We’re all spies. Or at minimum, skilled secret-keepers. When it comes to our pain, we conduct an elegant espionage of the heart. In our...
Read moreEven if you don’t.
As many of you know, my book, EVEN IF YOU DON’T, will be launching worldwide on Amazon.com this Saturday, January 27th. Less than 72 hours...
Read moreThe Lazarus Within
There exists within you a vast power. It often goes unnoticed, hiding in plain sight. In times of great pain, it’s especially stealthy...
Read moreMirrors and Mirages
Grief leaves us stranded in a tunnel. In fact, almost every kind of pain does. It beats us up and leaves us for dead. Having all experienced some...
Read moreImmutable Joy
For years, I thought I understood joy. I saw it as universal, an arbitrary gift given to each person in equal measure. I saw it as a passive...
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