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Healing Support Tools: The Labyrinth

May 31, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman standing at the edge of a small outdoor labyrinth.

Labyrinths represent a journey or path to our own center and back again. The labyrinth serves as a metaphor for life’s journey. —Healing Consciousness Foundation What is a labyrinth? There are many definitions for the word “labyrinth”. One simple way to explain it is “a series of circuitous paths that lead to the center and […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed fears, hope for widowed, widowed depression, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward

Here Comes Everybody

May 24, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

table awaiting guests in a restaurant

When my children were little, our youngest son always seemed to make a friend wherever he went. The library, in the aisles of the grocery store, or even while waiting for a prescription at the pharmacy. He was wired for seeing children in his world as “little-while friends.” When I attended Camp Widow, not long […]

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What number of miracles brings us to this place?

May 10, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Family photo at the Hope Rises event.

For 15 years, I worked in the development department of a local non-profit and I remember the needs of the community far outweighing the funds available to support the folks in need. So, it warmed my heart this past Saturday to witness an evening where hope soared. Soaring Spirits International successfully hosted an inspiring fundraiser […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: widowed parenting, hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, memories

Self Compassion

May 2, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman with hand over her heart, eyes closed.

I once had a dream about hearing my heartbeat. What does it sound like? I wondered. Have I heard my heart beating today? Does it matter?   I can’t say in real life that I notice my heart beating.   Does it matter?   In another space the musing continues: Is the beating of our […]

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Water On Rock

April 26, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Ocean water splashing on a huge rock.

A person’s life emerges from their experiences. The daily ups and downs craft our being like water on rock. We emerge—for better or worse—from countless decision points and random events that occur as we travel toward future. For most of us, the events of our lives are ours to ponder and not a matter of […]

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Examining the Light Between Us

April 5, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

night sky full of stars with a cloud just below

In 2021 I was gifted a book written by Laura Lynn Jackson named SIGNS: The Secret Language of the Universe. The author is a psychic medium who penned the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us: Stories from Heaven, Lessons for the Living. I found Laura Lynne unique among other mediums I’d met. Before […]

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Our Beating Hearts

March 29, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman in white floral long sleeve shirt with hands over heart

It happened last night in a waking dream. The other day I was on a call about grief. In poetic prose, the speaker mentioned “hearing the beating of her heart.”  She repeated that phrase at least three times. I wonder. . . is the beating of our hearts a reminder? Returning to her words, I […]

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Camp Widow Serendipity . . .

March 22, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Hands holding one rock each with the word "Integrity" painted on each rock.

… a story. It was September of 2022 in Denver at the local community college. A widow, finding no support options in Mississippi, arrives via a road trip where Soaring Spirits is offering a one-day program for widowed people. What was she thinking when she arrived? She did not know a soul and discovered the […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: sadness, newly widowed, widowed community, hope for widowed, healing for widowed, anxiety, Travel

How Lucky Are We?

March 15, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

View from the last row of a conference room at Camp Widow.

The Wonder of a Camp for Widowed People (the sequel) It is truly a wonder that a camp for widowed people exists! In October 2021, after I attended my first camp, I wrote about it here. This is the sequel. Camp Widow is a safe place created by widowed people for widowed people. A place […]

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Transformation

March 7, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

green caterpillar with red stripes crawling up a branch

Days of the “goo” were common, in the first days of grief in spring 2021. Goo refers to what happens to caterpillars after they close themselves up in a cocoon. They liquify and live in the liminal space of “no longer this” and “not yet that” — I relate to those words. The transformation that […]

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Working Woman Still

February 28, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman at a desk using a laptop

When Dan was alive he used to tell me I worked too hard. The word “work” mostly referred to one or another creative project in addition to my professional job. He was right. I don’t have great boundaries sometimes and the middle of the night, or the wee hours of the morning, are when I […]

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A Story of Widowed Life

February 22, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

two nasturtium leaves in a tiny vase of water

as told by the Nasturtiums Signs of spring are everywhere in Riverside, California. Today’s post is a story board, courtesy of a magical plant whose leaves are a story in and of themselves. Studying a nasturtium leaf brings to mind images of fairies hiding beneath, or tiny creatures using the leaf as an umbrella amid […]

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