Wow… I was scrolling through my stories this morning and I came across a genius story from one of my Keynote speakers, the genius psychologist, one and only Jessica Zucker, Ph.D. and instantly I felt vindication for my purpose. Allow me to explain: Grief happens on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s here at 5 pm and Read more
What October brings. Before I get into October, I feel it necessary to write about 2019. What a year! It’s not incredibly bad or good but more so it has been a year of unimaginable growth!That is correct, I never believed that I could grow at the rate and pace that I have. I thought that if I don’t face all that I want and my desire to serve others- it will just go away but in fact, Read more
This is the hardest blog post I’ve ever written. Not because of it being about Abortion, but because of the shame and embarrassment that I’ve carried for well over 20 years. So, here it goes: I was about to turn 19 years old and what started out as one of the best Summers of my Read more
Can we be productive in life after loss? Facing grief and living without what we have lost Grieving parents and Grieving Widow(der)s would argue that they don’t have a choice, that they have to show up for their families and their responsibilities. But I wonder if that makes us productive or if we are just Read more
You have no idea how good that feels to say.. you have no idea what that name does to my heart every time I hear it. I want so badly for my daughter to be alive and I don’t even know how to properly convey that into words. I want so badly for every Read more
Often we believe that it’s some grand process when you show up for grief. That you decide today that you will be able to somehow grieve and then that’s it, it’s over. No longer will you have to continue grieving and the challenges of facing that pain. That uncertainty. Instead, we must learn that the Read more
We tend to connect grief and death as one but, honestly, grief is connected to loss – the actual part of losing what isn’t replaceable. Loss is unimaginable and sometimes we can’t move through it- or we tend to believe that we “can get over it”. Here’s what the grief society is… It is when you Read more
I struggle to write this blog post- there is too much to say, yet nothing comes out! I struggle to find my words to properly write this post- but I am going to try my best. For you that are familiar with my blog posts and what and who “After Chloe” is and does, this Read more
As I thought of the title of this blog post, I struggled with what to call this awkward place of knowing life as you’ve known it, is over – yet you may not recognize what is or how to even adapt to this. Why is my grief so uncomfortable? Because grief is hard. Loss and Read more
