The Beautiful Side of Grief Blog

The beauty of having endured challenges in life is that you become the old leather jacket version of you. The one that feels like home as it moulds to your body and has the fragrance of days gone by. ...

Warning: the following may be triggering to some people. Reader discretion advised. What triggers you? Over and over, I see people sharing how what someone has said has made them crazy. How dare they ...

Worst things to say when someone passes…Everything happens for a reasonThey’re in a better placeTime heals all woundsThis was a post that evoked a lot of reaction from a grief community when I read th...

Have you ever watched Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events?Well, sometimes that is exactly what my life has felt like - just when I am on the brink of a breakthrough, an 'unfortunate' event...

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧-𝐨𝐧-𝐭𝐡𝐞-𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚?Then here's something to consider…If you do not allow your min...

I was lucky enough to talk with Andre Roupp, a funeral director, on one of my podcasts. Andre is such a gorgeous, caring man, and seeing his post about filling the hearse brought back memories of Tahl...

When I was in my early and mid-twenties I worked for a wonderful family in Israel. The first time I ventured to very distant shores (and my first time on a plane and out of NZ) was in 1985. The opport...

When something traumatic happens in your life you just want to crawl into bed, pull the covers up over your head and shut it all out. It's called self-preservation. When it is all too much to absorb, ...

Nothing can beat being surrounded by majestic giants, especially in the early evening on a beautiful, sunny day!I hadn't walked in the Redwoods in Rotorua for years, so thought I would check them out ...

Thinking up a website name is DAUNTING!!!!!!! What if it sounds crap, or doesn't make sense, or just isn't trendy like those other cool websites that catch your eye and make you want to click into and...