3 Things You Must Do to Find Joy Again After Loss

Can there really be joy and happiness again after experiencing horrific loss? Thousands we have worked with have asked this question, and thousands have taught us that the answer is a resounding ‘Yes.’ So the next question is how? How does one lose the dearest on earth to them and not just exist forward, but… Continue reading 3 Things You Must Do to Find Joy Again After Loss

How to Turn ‘Give Up’ to ‘Get Up’ After Loss

Have you ever felt defeated and overwhelmed by your losses?? See how one Spark of Life participant, on the verge of quitting, found hope. Bob did not want to be at our grief retreat. He came because his wife ‘persuaded’ him. Their daughter had died by suicide a few months earlier. Mary, Bob’s wife, was… Continue reading How to Turn ‘Give Up’ to ‘Get Up’ After Loss

3 Things You Must Do When the Love of Your Life Leaves

THE GPS RESPONSE WHEN THE LOVE OF MY LIFE LEAVES ME Grief is often narrowly defined as how we feel when someone we love dies. But we do know there are many non-death losses that result in deep grief as well.  One such loss is when someone I love decides to not love me any… Continue reading 3 Things You Must Do When the Love of Your Life Leaves

3 Things to Do When Life Sucks and Grief Overwhelms

When life sucks and grief hits you, and loss overwhelms you, what in the world do you do? Three points that hopefully help you: # 1 Look at Others Number one, I want to encourage you to look at others who have somehow been there and done that, and have made it through the suckiness… Continue reading 3 Things to Do When Life Sucks and Grief Overwhelms