About being alive.
It can be shocking and surreal – being part of an ordinary day, while tragedies are happening around us; near or far away – attacks, murders, terror, hate, fear, helplessness… It can affect us emotionally and we need to take [READ MORE]
One person’s fool is another person’s inspiration. Holding on to your dreams can feel like swimming against the tide, but it is worth it. Here is why. [READ MORE]
Inner balance is an enigma: so elusive, frustrating and elating. We all need it. And we all want it. Inner balance is fragile, yet it gives us strength; physical, mental, emotional, spiritual; not permanent and changes with us. We have [READ MORE]
When I saw my old clothes in the second-hand charity shop my heart cried. Old memories and feelings started flooding back, and I even felt disloyal. Had the decluttering gone too far? Are you good at decluttering or do [READ MORE]
When someone close to you is seriously ill, then it can feel like your own life is on hold. But some responsibilities and events do not stop. What to do, when fear, guilt, uncertainty and life collide? What is [READ MORE]
Every day I walk past a bridge, and every day it reminds me to take nothing for granted, especially my health. Because there was a time, when in a matter of weeks I had physically and mentally aged, unable [READ MORE]
How can we turn grief anniversaries into a source of personal focus and strength? We all have grief anniversaries, and the older we get the more we accumulate. Grief anniversaries are those dates in the calendar of our life, [READ MORE]
Chemo hair loss is about more than wig or no wig. When I knew that chemo hair loss was going to happen to me, I decided to take matters into my own hands. It was one important way of [READ MORE]
Post holiday blues or vacation blues can turn even the best break into a depressing memory. Is there a helpful message behind such frustration? Yes, there is. You and I know, holiday experiences can vary a lot. There are [READ MORE]
Within hours of hearing that his long-term friend was dying, the late Leonard Cohen sent Marianne Ihlen a letter. What when people die before we can explain, ask why or say goodbye? Talking about dying Talking about death and dying is [READ MORE]
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