Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
Denial is such a handy response to Life’s challenges. I’ve used it in any number of situations. Probably overused it. Guess that makes me human. Good to know. Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross discussed the all-too-human reaction of denial as the first step in our processing of grief. I have found that this model also holds true …
Letting go of feelings that hold us to trauma is so stupidly simple to do yet ends up being incredibly difficult to practice. Must be some cosmic rule in play here. Wish I had a copy of the book. Events that we view as being traumatic, happen to us all of the time. We lose …
To say we are unchanged by caregiving events is to deny an essential part of what it is to be human. We grow from events until the day we die.
As fears go, being afraid of dying is probably one of the most common. I openly confess that I have no real enthusiasm for firsthand experience of the process but I am learning to cultivate a familiarity that does comfort me.
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