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๐ˆ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ˆ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ

โ€œ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™œ๐™œ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™.โ€ ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š โ€œ๐™„ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™งโ€(๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ) As a Bereavement Counselor and Grief Coach, I often witness how quotations from Scripture, selected prayers, beautiful music, clips from …

Grieving Dad on Father’s Day 2024

“๐‘ฐ ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’‰๐’†’๐’… ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“. ๐‘ฏ๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’๐’๐’ˆ. ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’“๐’๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’. ๐‘ฐ ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž, ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’† ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’‚๐’Ž. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’†, ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’š ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’. ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐‘ฐ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž, ๐’Ž๐’š ๐‘ถ๐’๐’… ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’.”  ๐‘ณ๐’š๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž …

My Brotherโ€™s Keeper: Grieving a Loss When a Loved One Dies Alone

“๐™‚๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™›โ€™๐™จ ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ. ๐˜ฝ๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ, ๐™„โ€™๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ.โ€
๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™š๐™ข, โ€œ๐™‚๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™› ๐™„๐™จ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐˜ผ ๐™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™งโ€ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™– ๐™‚. ๐™†๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฎ

This article takes a closer look at an issue that often surfaces in grief ministry when a person we love dies alone in those final moments of life without the presence of family and close friends, an experience that became more pronounced for many families grieving a loss during the height of the global pandemic. I also share my own story of losing my brother Dennis who died suddenly at the age of 19 and the healing, closure, and meaning I recently experienced by having the courage to finally visit that sacred ground where God called him home. #griefsupport #bereavementsupport #spiritualcoaching #lifecoaching

Reframing Old Scripts, Self Limiting Beliefs, and Behaviors

Did you ever face a moment at work or in your personal life where an issue comes up that triggers an automatic behavior by default usually taking the form of a deeply held self-limiting belief? For me, the old scripts usually take the form of โ€œyouโ€™re not smart enoughโ€, โ€œnot good enoughโ€ or when facing a project deadline, I hear myself saying โ€œItโ€™s not perfect yet and it needs to be perfectโ€. In this post, I share some of the tools and exercises we often utilize to help clients create the awareness for how their unique old scripts, stories, self-limiting beliefs, and behaviors may no longer serve their needs, creating a potential pathway for a new script to be written and one where the older stories and beliefs become less prominent. #executivecoaching #careercoaching #lifecoaching #spiritualcoaching #limitingbeliefs

I Used to be Employed and Now Iโ€™m Not: Grieving Job Loss

โ€œAnd I’m looking for space and to find out who I am, and I’m looking to know and understand. It’s a sweet, sweet dream. Sometimes I’m almost there.  Sometimes I fly like an eagle and sometimes I’m deep in despair.โ€ Lyrics from the song, Looking for Space, John Denver (1976) That Uncomfortable Space Between No …

The Blessings of a Personal Board of Directors

โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™–. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™—๐™šโ€. ๐™„๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™— That old Irish Proverb really resonates for me whenever I see two of my very best friends as I did this past Thursday night over dinner at …

Springtime: The Season for Personal Soil Enrichment

“๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ: … ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฉ” ๐™€๐™˜๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ 3: 1-2 ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ Spring has finally arrived helping lift our spirits with tulips, daffodils and crocus perennials popping up all around us. And …