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Positively_Lisa

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Published 2 months ago • 1 min read

Hello Reader,

For anyone who knows me personally or has followed me for even a little while, you know I talk openly about grief.

Grief is a constant of life that I truly believe we need to learn to live with and when we make peace with it being threaded through our day-to-day, our lives are so much better for it.

On Monday the 19th, I will air a solo podcast episode about how to be productive while grieving. And I have had to take this very advice to heart for the past month. Our family has suffered another devastating loss on top of one we had the same time last year. I don’t want to go into specifics because I know grief details can be triggering. But it’s been a blow to our family and the ripple effect has been significant. As I send this, I have a suitcase packed to take our family across the country to be part of a celebration of life I didn't think I would be attending and I’m doing my best to be “ready” for it. But are we ever?

It’s such strange timing that I had dedicated this month to grief and change as a topic focus, but perhaps it’s beautiful timing too. If you are in a similar situation to me, my heart goes out to you.

As a way to offer support, I have multiple episodes on the podcast about grief that you may want to check out. Or if you know someone grieving and they are ready to listen in on supportive conversations surrounding this topic, please do share them. To make it easy, I’ve created a grief + trauma playlist on the PODCAST page of the website. The latest episodes include one about how to support others going through tough times and how to rebuild your life while grieving. Earlier episodes involve defining and living with grief and decluttering to release it. (Decluttering can be an incredibly effective way to process grief.)

As you navigate the path of life with grief entwined, I hope each hard moment brings a healing moment with it and that you keep finding light.

Warmly,

Lisa
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County Route 10, Bath, NY 14810
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