Sometimes it feels as though everything is out of our control, sometimes we feel that life is controlling us…rather than us controlling our life. But you know we can change our life, we can the way people look at us and react to us.

We can pull our shoulders back and our chin up…..we can walk as though we embrace life rather than suffer life.
We can smile at people when we are out and about – you will be amazed how people smile back and how your mood lifts.
We can walk towards life rather than sitting fearing life.
We can make a …read more

What a week! I have felt quite strong and I hope my blog writing has helped you in some way to cope with both your bereavement and your grief. As widows and widowers we need to share, we need to help each other….so each Sunday I post articles that will help us cope with our depression and turn our life around
Anna presents There is always a positive, if you look for it! posted at The Engaging Brand

Lana presents Journey to Love! posted at Conscious Life Conscious RelationshipChange a belief or..accept what is.The mind is its own place, and of …read more

We all need some help in overcoming our negative thoughts and grief so each week I put together articles people send on positive thinking. The more we read, the more we understand…the more we understand the more we will hopefully grow

CG Walters presents Walking on Water: Unlearning our limitations posted at Into the Mist, saying, “Sometimes the correction for a situation is not to do something more, but primarily to stop what we have being doing; rather than learning something new, relinquish limiting information that you have acquired along the way.”

GP presents Street Talk posted at Innstyle Montana- Come on …read more

A day later than normal but here are the collection of articles to help us think about life going forward. Articles to lift the depression and help us see a brighter future

garry presents Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Will Help You to Become Successful. posted at 2 Million Dollar Bills.

Fruitpunch presents Living in your own world posted at Fruit Punch Diary.

Kathleen Gage presents The higher my expectations, the lower my serenity. posted at Daily Awareness, saying, “The higher my expectations, the lower my serenity. The first time I heard this from my spiritual mentor over 25 years ago, I had a …read more

Well done to us, we have coped through our grief another week and hopefully a step nearer to rebuilding our life. As always on a Sunday I post articles that will help us with that positive thinking approach

Anna Farmery presents Are you doodling or creating a masterpiece? posted at The Engaging Brand.
Fruitpunch presents What role does your attitude play in your life? posted at Fruit Punch Diary.

Jirel presents 5 ways to always stay motivated positively posted at Positive and Successful Life Style tips.

GP presents Runnin? Free posted at Innstyle Montana- Come on Inn, saying, “Sometimes I think that I am …read more

When there is a death, it can bring people closer together. Mainly because they are concentrating on a shared grief, a shared emotion. They can relate to each other. That is what happened to our family when my dad died…it brought us closer, we talked more, we spent more time together. But as time has gone by I have noticed that there has been a tendency to drift again. Family is so important and it would be sad to let it drift again, so I invited my sister and mum round for a meal. It was great we talked about …read more

I resolved to get myself back in shape – as I know I have let myself go and I am not proud of it. Well, the good news is that in my first week I lost 4.5 lbs and although I know I have a long way to go, I feel as though I am taking control of my life. I also know that he would be saying “Go on girl, you can do it” It feels as though I am doing something in his memory.
Remember if you have let yourself go and want to join me then visit here …read more

My mum is staying with me at the moment and she has had difficulty sleeping through the night since my dad died. Since she has been with me, she has not got up before 9am! I asked her why she thought that was and she said “Because someone else is in the house, I feel safe”
Humans are funny creatures…we have this need to feel safe, and this shows how using our family around can really help provide that bit of comfort that we didn’t even know we wanted. Since my loss, my mum has become even more important…somehow she is …read more

I have had some rough patches recently but today in my day job I talked to a comic about how to use humour in your life to raise your spirits. I don’t normally talk about my other work but if you need to start smiling again then listen to this podcast – Show 54 it will cheer you up.

I have decided that I want to lose weight in the New Year. I have let myself go and I know that the extra weight makes me feel more depressed. I have always been fit, healthy and even prided myself on that, but losing someone who was the centre of my world, caused me to comfort eat.
I have known for a while that I needed to stop using grief as my excuse and start getting fit again. Not because I should but because that is how I enjoy living. So I have resolved in the New Year that the fitness …read more