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 | 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...
by Paula Stephens | Grief, Health, Healthy Eating, Healthy Grief, Nutrition, Uncategorized, Weight Loss, wellness
As a person who is grieving the loss of a loved one this time of year you are at an additional risk of gaining weight by using food as a coping mechanism to survive the holidays. You are also at risk for suffering secondary losses to your health because of the...
by Paula Stephens | Grief, Grief Detox, Health, Healthy Grief, self care, Self-Care, stages of grief
Recently I read a blog post by my favorite woman in the grief community. She is brilliant, amazing, and incredible and her message is spot on for grief recovery. But, when I read her recent blog it made me sad to learn that she is slowly killing herself and she has no...
by Paula Stephens | 5 stages of grief, Behavior Change, Grief, Grief Detox, Health, Love, Love Yourself, Personal Growth, Self-Care, stages of grief
Most likely in your grief journey you have come across the 5 stages of grief, originally developed by Elizabeth Kubler Ross. Mrs. Ross was a brilliant woman and I don’t deny she was onto something when she developed these 5 stages. However…. I would like...
by Paula Stephens | Gratitude, Grief, Grieving, Health, Inspiration, Love, Personal Growth
Handing over the power Recently I had a brief conversation with a colleague and out of the blue she made a comment that came across as a threat – at least it felt that way on my end. To give you some context this is a person I have a professional relationship with,...