Widows Quest » writing http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest Redefine Yourself and Rediscover Life after a Loss Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:54:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Daydream Believer, Daydream Achiever http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/daydream-believer-daydream-achiever/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/daydream-believer-daydream-achiever/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:24:38 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/?p=1310 Post from: Widows Quest

]]> What a difference 24 hours make and thank you for the comments they really helped. Well I am still busy, I am still wondering how I will get all these tasks done…but…BUT….I am. Why?

  • Writing my concerns down in the blog post helped me face the problems.dreaming
  • Sharing the problem somehow released the fear of the problem.
  • Realizing that there was only me…..there was only me that could believe that I could cope. I stopped looking for someone else, and started to look inside my heart for the courage to face the struggle.
  • I set an action list breaking down the “out-of-controlness” into small achievable tasks. Then prioritized them, then started down the list…ticking them off as I went….gosh that felt great.

From believer to achiever in 4 easy steps!

Now we must find the trick of keeping this sane approach to life in our brains….because in a week I will be frantic again!

Why as humans can we not learn how to keep believing in ourselves no matter the situation?

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/daydream-believer-daydream-achiever/feed/ 2 Writing Your Way Through Grief http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/writing-your-way-through-grief/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/writing-your-way-through-grief/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:50:02 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.widowsquest.com/writing-your-way-through-grief/ Post from: Widows Quest

]]> Grief can be crippling and I love to share ways that people have found to come toheartwith-sea.JPG terms with their loss and also help others. I read this article in the Dallas News about how a grieving mother has turned the pain into a positive journey.

“The Dallas writer, 54, a former reporter for The Dallas Morning News , has learned to cope, but not by letting go of the sadness because that is an inextricable part of her memory. Instead, she has learned to find joy by communing with her son’s spirit through journaling. Teaching others to work   through grief by writing has become her passion and mission.

It inspired her to create It’s Only Temporary … A Journal for Surviving Loved Ones, a workbook with writing prompts to help people work through pain.”

I often write about how reaching out to others can help ease the pain and this is a wonderfully uplifting story of how this has done just that…..our pain can help others so much because we can empathise and connect with their feelings. Maybe you could find a local group or use a talent like writing to help others? If you have a story to tell let me know and I will share with others…

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/writing-your-way-through-grief/feed/ 2 Inspired to put my grief in writing http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/inspired-to-put-my-grief-in-writing/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/inspired-to-put-my-grief-in-writing/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:26:29 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.widowsquest.com/inspired-to-put-my-grief-in-writing/ Post from: Widows Quest

]]> This week I posted about a young girl who wrote a story to help other children with theirpensandbooks.jpg grief. I kept thinking how therapeutic it must be and therefore I have started to write my story down – not to publish, not to sell, just for me. I have written a couple of chapters and it is really helping me come to terms with some feelings. I thought I might share it with my family – we are not at talking about feelings, too embarrassing! – and I thought it might help them understand how I felt and how I coped. Has anyone else done something similar?

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