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What It Means to Love Again After Loss

Nobody said anything about having to learn to love again after loss. And I mean really learn it again. Attempting to love again the way we used to before loss will never work. So, here is my attempt to articulate what it feels like to love again after you have been devastatingly heart broken. As you know I very rarely talk about romantic love after…
Christina
March 25, 2016
HealthBlogMessage In A Bottle

Self Care After Devastating Loss

Something catastrophic happens to our ability to care for ourselves when we go through a devastating loss. We disown our body. We detach from it. We only feel and see our heads and our heart. The physical body is forgotten. We don’t shower, dress nicely, eat well, go to the doctors, move, rest. We don’t care about it. We drag it through life as if…
Christina
March 18, 2016
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The Tough Lessons I Learned After Loss

This week I want to share the very tough lessons I learned along the way. Just a warning, there are no white picket fences included, dreams come true speeches and time heals all wounds beliefs here. White picket fences can be included but not how you thought they would be. Dreams come true but not in the way you think. Time heals something but not…
Christina
March 4, 2016
Dating AgainBlogMessage In A Bottle

Ten years later…

We are not looking to create a perfect life after loss... but a life we are proud of. We can never ever go back to the innocence we had before our loss. We can never ever get back the people we lost. And it will never be perfect. Today I share with you my imperfect life close to ten years later.   The Waiting Room…
Christina
February 26, 2016
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