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Stay in…and Cry

Something just doesn’t feel right. You don’t want to go outside. Talk to friends. Clean your kitchen. Hang your clothes up. Shower even. You just want to do nothing. Don’t resist that feeling. No matter what expectations await you. No matter the responsibilities. The promises. The job. The kids. The laundry. Listen. Take the day off. Find a way to stay home. And be with…
Christina
March 17, 2017
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The Hurricane That Lives Inside

Over the years I dealt with anger after loss in many different ways and continue to do so. What I didn’t realize until today is that I have developed a pretty detailed way to deal with it. Someone from my Life Starters community asked me about anger today. What do we do with it? How do we deal with anger after loss? I never really…
Christina
March 10, 2017
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The Load

I read Lou Holtz’s words the other day. “It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.” (Click to Tweet!) I understood he knew a truth that so many of us don’t. The load is not what hurts but how we carry it over the years. What we do with the load. How we move the load. How we heal…
Christina
March 3, 2017
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Grief’s Grenades

I wish I had better news about what happens to our mind after loss. I wish I could say that when grief destroys everything the brain rejuvenates automatically. But the destruction grief causes our brain doesn’t go away on its own. Our brain does not bounce back and evolve without our help. My brain was a battlefield for many years after loss. It was scared,…
Christina
February 24, 2017
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The Rock Bottom Arena

I like starting from nothing. I love to start from very little. Rock bottom is a starting place. I have nothing to lose when I am there. I can make my own rules. I can look insane from the outside and not care about what others think of me. It is one of the most life changing places I have ever been to. Rock bottom…
Christina
February 10, 2017
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