5 Ways to Help You Find Your Sparkle Again

Help yourself get out of that slump by finding what makes you glitter and glow. Learn and practice some small, yet critical healthy habits, that have the power to create significant shifts in your mental health and in your most important relationships. The saying “It’s OK to not feel very sparkly this year” has it's merits, but at a certain point we need to make a choice to make some changes.

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Navigating Challenging Family Dynamics: Holiday Edition

“Family Constellations Therapy” can help you not only survive, but thrive… even through dreaded family events with way too many boundary violations. You might even surprise yourself and actually start to enjoy your time together!

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6 Ways to Rise Up When You Feel Ready to Rebuild

No matter what you have been going through or what type of grief you have been facing, at a certain point, the heavy clouds will begin to thin out and some blue skies and sunlight will start to peek through. You might not feel ready to embrace the warmth and the light just yet, but one day, I promise you will smile again. No matter how scorched your world has become, there is always the potential for new growth, sprouting just beneath the surface. Eventually the green bud of renewal will poke up from the earth, with the promise of growth and hope. When you are ready, I am here, with open arms and big hugs. It won’t be an easy journey, but it will be all yours - and therefore uniquely precious.

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When the Grief You’re Carrying is Not Your Own

Epigenetics, Family Constellations & Inherited Family Trauma

Family constellations therapy is a beautiful healing modality that can help uncover these sorts of traumas - the ones that have been carried down intergenerationally, an unbroken link in a painful chain, inherited by a later descendant. This modality, established by Bert Hellinger, helps us uncover “entanglements” or “invisible loyalties” that may exist in family systems as a result of unacknowledged trauma or loss.

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Getting Personal About Grief

Follow along on my personal journey through time and grief as I share what it was like for me preparing to speak at the 2021 Links Grief Summit and writing Project Proactive’s parent’s guide on helping children grieve.

My hands trembled and my heart started beating quicker as the minutes grew closer. I wasn’t trembling because I was afraid to speak at the Links Grief Summit. I don't have a fear of public speaking. Although the number of participants was way over the 250 mark, I felt at ease. After all, I was speaking virtually, seated comfortably in my cozy office.

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