by Paula Stephens | Gratitude, Grief, Grieving, Healing, Inspiration, Love, Love Yourself, Personal Growth, Resilience
The Week I am heading into ‘THE WEEK’. You know what I’m talking about… the days leading up to the last day of my son, Brandon’s, life. October 9th, this Friday marks the five year mark. On one hand time has never marched forward so slow,...
by Paula Stephens | 5 stages of grief, Behavior Change, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Love, Resilience, stages of grief
How these TED talks on grief and growth will change your perspective. I have been a follower of TED talks for a few years. I love that in a less time than it takes to watch a rerun of Seinfeld I can feel like my mind has been opened to a new thought, feeling or...
by Paula Stephens | Behavior Change, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Grieving, Healing, Inspiration, Love Yourself, Personal Growth
You may find this hard to believe, but the “F-Word is part of the continuum of healing from grief and loss. Without the “F-Word” you will get stuck in your grief. [click to tweet] After all, without the “F-Word”, healing can’t take place. The...
by Paula Stephens | Behavior Change, Gratitude, Grieving, Healing, Inspiration, Love, Love Yourself, Personal Growth, Resilience
Be strong, oh you’re so strong, I could never be as strong as you… If you’re like me, since you’re loved one died, you’ve been told numerous times how strong you are. Not that you can lift a car or climb Mt. Everest but because every...
by Paula Stephens | 5 stages of grief, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Healthy Grief, Inspiration, Love, Personal Growth, Resilience, self care, stages of grief
No one has been more surprised than I that my post, “What I Wish Other People Understood About Losing A Child” has been shared almost 1 million times (986,000 to be exact) in less than four months. When I sat down to write that post two things happened. One, my...
by Paula Stephens | Behavior Change, Grief, Grief Detox, Healing, Inspiration, Love Yourself, Personal Growth, Resilience, self care
As much as I say I want to heal after losing my son, as much as I have even build a business around preaching that message, as much as I believe in my heart healing after loss is vital for our ongoing happiness (and no one deserved happiness more than we do)….....
by Paula Stephens | Greif, Health, Healthy Grief, Inspiration, Love, Love Yourself, Personal Growth, Resilience, Uncategorized
Many people consider Mother’s Day to be a ‘Hallmark Holiday’ drummed up by greedy retailers. And maybe it is. I read the other day the average Mother’s Day gift is $172.00. But $172.00 won’t bring our beloved children back and...
by Paula Stephens | 5 stages of grief, Behavior Change, Challenge, Goal Setting, Grief, Grief Detox, Healthy Grief, Inspiration
Something no one ever told me about unexpected loss is that, in addition to the deep feelings of sadness, you will develop fear in your life where it never existed before. As a result you will start to pull back from life, take fewer chances, quit trying new things,...
by Paula Stephens | Behavior Change, Inspiration, Love Yourself, Personal Growth, self care, Self-Care
I have yet to talk to someone who has lost a loved one who wouldn’t love to ‘retreat’. Of course this means different things at different stages of loss. I can remember wanting to ‘retreat’ in the military sense of the word shortly after...
by Paula Stephens | Grief, Health, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Resilience, self care, Self-Care, Sleep, stages of grief, wellness
What if you said ‘eff it to Resolutions and you committed 100% to becoming more resilience this year – Bouncing back from adversity, recovering your health – not because there is something wrong with you but because you deserve to live in a body that...
