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Introverts: Stay in the Work

September 20, 2023 by Kathie Neff 1 Comment

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I get overwhelmed easily with “too many” of anything. Too many choices, too many words at first glance, too many ways to find my way to peace and healing. I have to back away. Take a beat. If I understood myself as an introvert earlier in my life, it is likely I could have avoided […]

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A Widowed Introvert: Part Four

September 13, 2023 by Kathie Neff 2 Comments

Ribbon cutting ceremony for SS Resilience Center

How does resilience help widowed people heal? The Soaring Spirits Resilience Center research team asked widowed people to help us define resilience as it applies to the widowed experience and the results are inspiring. –Soaring Spirits Website  The time I first heard about the Soaring Spirits Resilience Center in the Texas Hill Country, I wanted […]

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A Widowed Introvert: Part Three

September 6, 2023 by Kathie Neff 2 Comments

RESILIENCE Resilience is the ability to withstand adversity and bounce back from difficult life events. Being resilient does not mean a person doesn’t experience stress, emotional upheaval, and suffering. Resilience involves the ability to work through emotional pain and suffering. — Katie Hurley, LCSW The quote reminds me of the Japanese proverb that says Fall […]

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A Widowed Introvert: Part Two

August 29, 2023 by Kathie Neff 2 Comments

Silouette of woman crying.

What Grief Adds to the Mix In talking with other introverts, many report that grief adds one more layer to navigate in the world. One more layer in addition to the fact that grief is overwhelming in and of itself. The introvert’s experience of grief is different…for me, it was almost an out-of-body experience. I […]

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A Widowed Introvert: Part One

August 23, 2023 by Kathie Neff 4 Comments

How are things different for me? We are unique widowed beings. Our widowhood contains every experience that formed us throughout our lifetime. We are widowed young, old, and in-between. It is fair to say that the unique markers that we embody is what makes our widowed experience ours alone. And (thankfully) there are uncountable ways […]

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Healing Support Tools:

August 16, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

People around a meal table with many food dishes.

A Simple Dinner Party for Widowed Folk The clutter of food leftovers waiting for containers is evidence of an evening’s gift of food, conversation, kindness, and even laughter! Welcome to the Soaring Spirits Regional Social Group experience! For the first two years of widowhood my inbox featured a regular invitation to join with other widowed […]

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Seeking Solutions

August 9, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

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Along the Path of Widowhood The cornerstone of my training as a doula comes from Birthing From Within, a process of childbirth education that originated from Pam England’s book, Birthing From Within: An Extraordinary Method of Childbirth Preparation. A few years into my training, I learned a process called Solution-Focused Dialogue. After a year’s practice […]

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Poet in Lower Case:

August 2, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

red book with quote by e.e. cummings

e.e. cummings (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) –e.e.c.     i met edward estlin cummings in high school and was carried away by his trademark […]

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5 Remarks That Moved Me

July 26, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

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at Camp Widow San Diego: Keynote 2023 There is one talk that most everyone attends on Saturday morning of Camp Widow: The Keynote Speech. I’m sure there are some exceptions, but very few since all the latecomers have arrived by then and it is one of a few talks that finds all of us in […]

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It’s Hard Being Widowed

July 19, 2023 by Kathie Neff 1 Comment

The word WAYS painted on a road with an arrow pointing to the right

Let me count the ways. Inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem, How Do I Love Thee? written for her husband Robert Browning-1850.   The depth and breadth and height of my love matches the depth, breadth and height of my grief; my soul finds you missing, again and again. …I am thinking today of my […]

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Revisiting a Story by the Nasturtiums

July 11, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

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On the Eve of Camp Widow San Diego — 2023 It is a joy and a privilege to attend Camp Widow’s 15th Anniversary camp in San Diego this Thursday. A-a-a-a-n-d — I am not packed! This is a revised post from February 2022, offering a vision of hope through the lovely nasturtiums.   Studying a […]

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Widowed Customs: The Ring

July 5, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Another 4th of July—another wedding anniversary for the books. Dan left on April 15, 2021, so the first anniversary without him came up just three months after his burial. At just over two years of loss, this is my third time to mark our wedding anniversary without him. On this very public holiday in the […]

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