Empathy
To Live With Grace means you take the time to actually CONNECT with others… to stop being a bit too “self-centered” and learn to experience YOUR life through the emotions of OTHERS. To recover from loss and grief — or to turn your Time, Talent, and Treasure into Legendary Wealth – you become all you are meant to be when you choose to be actively empathetic.
Definition: Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. Essentially, it is putting yourself in someone else’s position and feeling what they must be feeling. When you see another person suffering, you might be able to instantly envision yourself in the other person’s place.
Zoom Conference ~ 2/8/23
"I probably wouldn't do anything differently if I had to do it again. Every little thing that happens to you, good and bad, becomes a little piece of the puzzle of who you become. Every successful person you read about - Warren Buffett, Bill Gates — they all say...
A Word of Grace From Cindy
"Mom was so funny and loving to us kids. She was our first audience. When my dad died, I was suddenly alone in the house with her because my two older brothers were away at college. I was the man of the house, and she was the grieving woman." ~ Billy Crystal A thought...
Love With Grace: The Future
"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy." ~...
Zoom Conference ~ 2/1/23
"What patients seek is not scientific knowledge that doctors hide, but existential authenticity each person must find on her own... the angst of facing mortality has no remedy in probability." ~ Paul Kalanithi Yesterday's Session... Yesterday, we had a wonderful time...
The Hope: Resilience
"Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going." ~ Yasmin Mogahed Jumping Out Of a Perfectly Good Airplane... Have you ever wanted to just jump out of a plane... Do some...
Gratitude: Savoring Life
"I want to tell everybody to celebrate every day, to savor the day and be good to yourself, love yourself, and then you can be good to others and be of service to others." ~ Charlotte Rae Be Grateful ~ Savor Life... When we think of being grateful or thankful for what...
Movement Then Momentum
"The bigger goal of giving all parents more choices is one that will have to be discussed and undoubtedly roundly debated, but we are going to have to continue to build the case. The momentum is there on the state level in many states. That's where the energy needs to...
Zoom Conference ~ 1/9/23
A 2023 Toast to all of us here now... From my old friend Steve Jobs when he returned to save Apple... “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of...
My First Rememberance
"A long time ago there was an enchanted princess who lived and loved and then loved even more... until one day when she was called home to heaven. She left our Earthly bounds but still shines her soul upon us even now. This beautiful woman was named Princess Janice...
Grief, Grieving & Grace: A Huge Difference
"Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories." – Ronald Reagan My Beautiful Memory... On November 4th, what would have been Jan's 80th birthday, we had a wonderful memorial up at the top of "our mountain", Mt. San Jacinto where her...
Grief-Stricken vs. Grace-Stricken
You Are Just…
Grief-stricken and everything will be ok…
Over time you will feel better and not hurt so much…
You just need to get over it and snapback…
If you have experienced a great loss you have heard these words. Maybe not exactly the same words but the same meaning and intent.
People, especially those close to you, have no idea what to say to help, so they express their feelings in odd ways. Usually with what they think you want to hear.
The Power of Gratitude
A Thought On Thankfulness... For some, the notion of gratitude and thankfulness is embedded into their being. They have no other way of living except to be grateful for who they are and what they have. Some see gratitude in more of an abstract way — they understand...
Bridging The River of Grief
Throughout my new book, you see we always have a choice between a positive or negative emotion.
We choose to be gloomy or grateful.
We choose to be pessimistic or proactive.
We choose, even when we don’t realize it, Regrets and Remorse vs. Grace.
What I have found is that most people in grief counseling accept…
Grief Made Graceful
For those of you who have read this, my 27th book, you will understand how we always have a choice between a positive and a negative. You can either be sad or you can be happy — but you cannot be sad and happy at the same time.
It is up to you to choose the positive and reject the negative.
When you lose someone you love, you quickly see that the continuum between mourning and grieving is blurry.
A Word About Our Cover…
This book, especially the cover, saved my life.
You will see the traditional memorial candle with flame turning into the smoke that represents the spirit manifesting itself as a woman rising from death in the real world, to live in the spirit world.
I wrote this book to save me years in the prison of grief… and to help the world see there is a clear alternative: Grace.
Resilience: The Power to Move Forward
Psychologists define resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress—such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
First, let me be clear. Resilient is not something you do, it is something you are, or in my case, become much more aware of — who I needed to become to stop my steady slide into oblivion and perhaps, a very short life expectancy.
Science has proven that “broken heart syndrome” is very real.
You can die of a broken heart if you permit grief to overtake Grace,
A Word About Our Cover…
This book, especially the cover, saved my life.
You will see the traditional memorial candle with flame turning into the smoke that represents the spirit manifesting itself as a woman rising from death in the real world, to live in the spirit world.
I wrote this book to save me years in the prison of grief… and to help the world see there is a clear alternative: Grace.
Grief-Stricken vs. Grace-Stricken
You Are Just…
Grief-stricken and everything will be ok…
Over time you will feel better and not hurt so much…
You just need to get over it and snapback…
If you have experienced a great loss you have heard these words. Maybe not exactly the same words but the same meaning and intent.
People, especially those close to you, have no idea what to say to help, so they express their feelings in odd ways. Usually with what they think you want to hear.
The Power of Authenticity
The Power Authenticity Has Over Your Life…
Psychologists define Authenticity as someone who isn’t afraid to be true to who they are, including their personality, values, and principles in life. They don’t bother compromising the entirety of who they are just for the comfort of others.
If you need to cry, you cry.
If you need to shelter yourself, you do it.
You never betray your core values in hopes of being accepted rather than being authentic.
When happy, sad, or when moving from grief to Grace.
A Word About Our Cover…
This book, especially the cover, saved my life.
You will see the traditional memorial candle with flame turning into the smoke that represents the spirit manifesting itself as a woman rising from death in the real world, to live in the spirit world.
I wrote this book to save me years in the prison of grief… and to help the world see there is a clear alternative: Grace.
The Power of Creativity
Sad, Depressed, Unhappy?
Maybe you need to get very creative to add this giant stone to your bridge of Grace.
Many people mistakenly believe that they are creative or not.
They are wrong.
Every person is born creative but sometimes, our creativity gets washed down the drain, diluted, or we start to believe that our circumstances are greater than we are.
The big idea is for you to recognize your situation, maybe get help, and start to exercise your God-given creativity.
Of course, I cover this in my story but this is important so I want to amplify my points here.
Grief-Stricken vs. Grace-Stricken
You Are Just…
Grief-stricken and everything will be ok…
Over time you will feel better and not hurt so much…
You just need to get over it and snapback…
If you have experienced a great loss you have heard these words. Maybe not exactly the same words but the same meaning and intent.
People, especially those close to you, have no idea what to say to help, so they express their feelings in odd ways. Usually with what they think you want to hear.
Grief Made Graceful
For those of you who have read this, my 27th book, you will understand how we always have a choice between a positive and a negative. You can either be sad or you can be happy — but you cannot be sad and happy at the same time.
It is up to you to choose the positive and reject the negative.
When you lose someone you love, you quickly see that the continuum between mourning and grieving is blurry.
A Word About Our Cover…
This book, especially the cover, saved my life.
You will see the traditional memorial candle with flame turning into the smoke that represents the spirit manifesting itself as a woman rising from death in the real world, to live in the spirit world.
I wrote this book to save me years in the prison of grief… and to help the world see there is a clear alternative: Grace.
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Movement Then Momentum
"The bigger goal of giving all parents more choices is one that will have to be discussed and undoubtedly roundly debated, but we are going to have to continue to build the case. The momentum is there on the state level in many states. That's where the energy needs to...
My First Rememberance
"A long time ago there was an enchanted princess who lived and loved and then loved even more... until one day when she was called home to heaven. She left our Earthly bounds but still shines her soul upon us even now. This beautiful woman was named Princess Janice...
Everyone Grieves Sometime…
Choose Life…
For many of us, the dark times define our life.
And darken our future.
It is important to remember that no one is happy all the time.
No one is sad all the time.
The highs and lows of our life define the rhythm of our beliefs, faith, and actions.