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What Supporters Say – What Grievers Feel and Hear
Supporting someone with a broken heart is far from easy. At the same time, it is the most loving thing you can do for someone grieving. Let's just talk about a few things that are often said, with the best of intentions and explore how...
The Fog
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and healing. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your...
Who am I? Who am I Becoming?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for...
Signs – what if they come in unexpected ways or from unexpected sources?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Peace
Guest post by Ari Finding peace during difficult days... My boy will be gone from me seven years soon. Seven years without his laughter, his beautiful hazel eyes, his amazing hugs, his voice calling “mom!” Doesn't seem possible that I have continued in this world...
The Many Facets of Our Relationship
Wishing you a day of gentle healing. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Guidance, Signs – Are We Open to Receiving?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing...
Holidays and Other Significant Days
Tips for difficult or significant days There are days when the fog of grief is heavy, and the way forward may feel hidden. There are times, moments, days, or sometimes longer when overwhelm visits. This may be prompted by a day or...
When New Grief Experiences Happen
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy...
What is Your Voice Telling You?
When we are grieving we look for guidance, advice, we often turn to experts. And that can be so helpful! At the same time, there are...
Purpose – What is Your Purpose?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Who am I Becoming?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Guided Meditation – Authenticity
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Guided Meditation – Trust
https://youtu.be/7JbJ24Jb3pA Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
A Tale of Two Towns
A Tale of Two Towns There were once two towns, remarkably close to one another and very similar in many ways. Interesting enough both were called Town of Joy. Within each of the towns were many homes and families, very different from one another, yet each was...
Guided Meditation – Fireside at the Lake
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
What are you thinking and saying about yourself?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out...
Guided Meditation – Follow Your Path
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Introducing – Bev McCumber, Serenity Master Grief Coach
As a Serenity Certified Master Grief Coach, Bev McCumber would like to let those who are grieving know that we are not meant to go through this time alone. We are meant to support one another on this journey of growth and healing....
Guided Meditation – Circle of Support
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, Wishing you a day of gentle healing. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach...
Circle of Support
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your...
Challenges- Don’t Let them Stop You
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm, and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to...
Accountability is Self-Care
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for...
When We Know Better – We Do Better
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach...
Guilt or Regret?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your...
Just for Today
Guest post by Jan McDaniel Just for today, I will light a candle that smells like lotus blossoms. As I watch the tiny flame, I will imagine it fighting back the darkness of great sorrow. That’s power. I will remember your touch. A gentle hug, the way your hand reached...
Socks – A bit of Comfort
In the midst of grief, we are very aware of our pain, even anguish. More than ever it is very important than ever to find moments...
Cameron’s Story
Guest post by Gwen Sinclair My son died from suicide. I knew he was having problems financially (which I tried my best in helping as little as I could), depression was something he struggled with his whole life, alcohol was a place he would do any chance he got if he...
Who is on Your Team?
Who do you call when you need to talk? Who do you think about when you want to share? Who comes to mind when you need to take on a task that is too much to do alone? These are the people that are on your team. They're your peeps. Your Community. Your Tribe. Your...
Guided Meditation – Self Care
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Noel’s Story
Guest post by Susie Lebsack, Noel's mom Noel Kennon Lebsack lived his earthly life for 28 years. Born in Denver Colorado on November 20,1990, our red haired, blue eyed firstborn brought his light and love into the hearts of all who knew him. His early childhood was a...
Healing Relationships After Death
The pain of resolved relationship is very real, it hurts! Those complicated and painful issues can be resolved. Yes, it takes...
Guided Meditation – Release Fear
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to...
It’s Okay to Float
When the waves of grief are too strong to swim through, please know, it's absolutely okay to float. Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and...
Guided Meditation – Healing Support from The Other Side
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing...
Guided Meditation – Together by the fireside
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Are you supporting someone who is grieving?
Namaste, Sandy Walden Master Grief Coach To schedule your Discovery chat with Sandy, use the link below....
Our Seasons Greeting for You
Guest blog by Jan McDaniel Here at Way for Hope, we understand this year is different. Reminders of your loss are in every song, decoration and card, and sometimes these bring a smile and bittersweet tears. Sometimes they bring pain. But we want you to remember that...
Guided Meditation – Visit Your Happy Place
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing...
When the Old Life Ends
Guest post by Jan McDaniel This week I've been thinking about why loss is so painful ... and why grieving is so different at some times than others. Most of us have experienced grief or at least felt sympathy for the losses of others. And we do hate to hear about...
Good Grief
Wishing you a day of gentle peace and healing. Namaste, Sandy Walden Master Grief Coach When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into...
The God of Spinoza
I want to share the following with you to ask you to consider what is true for you. Not from a place of judgment, but rather from a place of curiosity and desire to understand. When you read the words that were expressed by Baruch de Spinoza, consider how they land...
Where do you find strength?
Guest blog by Jan McDaniel When it feels like you are trying to accomplish something that is way too much for you, where do you find the strength to continue? It might be through other people - family, friends, even strangers - or by turning to your Faith. Many people...
Mindfulness
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your...
Make Time to Rest
Namaste, Sandy Walden Master Grief Coach To schedule your Discovery chat with Sandy, use the link below. https://calendly.com/serenity-1/30min https://sandywalden.com/contact/
Kindness Witnessed
Kindness witnessed. As I was leaving the grocery store I saw a man loading groceries into the trunk of an elderly woman's car. I heard her thanking him and he walked away with a smile as big as hers. As she began pushing her grocery cart to the stall, another man came...
You do you – in other words, what feels right for you?
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Guided Meditation – Connect with the One You Love
Hold on to that love, keep it in your heart forever. The love never dies. For today, I wish you a gentle day of peace,...
Mirror Work – Wowzer!
Wishing you a gentle day of peace, calm and joy. Namaste, Sandy When you are ready to begin your healing journey, reach out to Sandy for your complimentary consultation. Together, we walk through grief, into healing....
Suicide, Shame, Guilt, Stigma – be gone!
To schedule your Discover chat with Sandy, use the link below. https://calendly.com/serenity-1/30min...
Connections
Guest blog by Ari. Connections... As the holidays are approaching my sadness over losing my boy has increased. These moments come when they want, there is no scheduling grief. I wake up with him on my mind and go to bed the same. Sadness follows into my dreams on some...