by Paula Stephens | 5 stages of grief, Forgiveness, Grief, Grieving, Inspiration, Love, Love Yourself, Personal Growth
This might be your first Mother’s Day without your loved one, or you might be like me and have a few under your belt. Either way I suspect you are feeling that familiar lump in your throat and/or that knot in your stomach. I get it, I have it too. This is my...
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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
