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BLOG SERIES - FEBRUARY 2026

I began a series with an introduction December 2025, on How to Heal our Griefs and Sorrows with excerpts and teaching from Francis Weller’s book The Wild Edge of Sorrow. Starting a new year usually means focusing on “onward and upward”, and descending to the depths of our soul is not usually though of as some “New Year Goal”. But, I present to you an invitation to read along with me and invite those big feelings that perhaps haven’t had attention or a voice to come out and join you in living.

Through this journey, I hope for a renewed excitement for living and vision for the future. Read the introduction blog here: The Sacred Work of Grief.

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Descending in a Culture Focused on the Ascent

Grief Work, Sorrows, Emotional Healing

It is challenging to focus on descending into a place where the soul can search and roam, exploring our depths, in a culture so focused on getting better and better.

I never liked fictional stories or anything to feed the creative parts of myself because I always felt I had such little time on the earth and I should spend it reading self-help books and things that help me ascend. “Driven” is a choice word you could say about me for most of my life. But where was I going to go? Where would this ascent lead me?

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Welcoming Grief and Sorrow

I sat on the floor of her room and played It Is Well With My Soul — the last time I would ever play hymns outside of time with my Naomi. If I hadn't spent weeks deeply processing grief before that moment, I might never have walked through that door at all. This is what it means to welcome sorrow instead of running from it.

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The SACRED WORK OF GRIEF - An Introduction

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Every morning I woke up in a sweat, reciting a mantra just to ground myself: "It's 2023, I am 48 years old, I live here, I am not married, my mom is dead." It was in the darkest season of my life that I first encountered the sacred work of grief — and discovered that loss is far bigger than I ever knew.

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Jesus Prayed Alone, Distraction, Jesus Prayed, The Prayer Life of Jesus

HOW TO PRAY WHEN YOU HAVE ADHD

Jesus Prayed Alone, Distraction, Jesus Prayed, The Prayer Life of Jesus

Have you ever thought about how Jesus prayed alone? Why was Jesus looking for solitude? I mean, obviously He was a people person right? I’ve been teaching on prayer for many years, and one thing I was known for was always giving people ‘tools’ or ‘resources’ with my teaching. I used to think the reason for that was I was a hands-on children’s-youth-type teacher, but now I believe it’s a different reason than that.

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Fear, Perfect Love, Love your neighbor, Love More

No Fear In Love

Fear, Perfect Love, Love your neighbor, Love More

There was a time when I had no fear of people or the church, because in my own mind, I was living righteously, so righteously in fact that no one could judge me. Of course, they could judge me, but in my mind, I was righteous enough to have a defense against any judgment. I don’t feel that way anymore. I feel very guilty, full of shame, and constantly aware of all my sin and failure. My thoughts are filled with things like people are just waiting to expose me at every turn. That’s an awful way to think about people. In fact, that makes it quite difficult to love them and interact with them if you’re just afraid of them.

Fear, Perfect Love, Love your neighbor, Love More

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THE WILD EDGE OF SORROW

Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief. (Kindle version here) I started this book 2 years ago, listening on audible. Then I paused the deep dive for a season. Now I am picking it back up. Listing to the audible, reading the paperback, journaling, and formulating blogs to touch on the points of grief and sorrow hoping to have a conversation and connect with others processing their sorrow and grief.

I’ve been going through this book on audible & paperback over and over and will be making a lot of references to it in the next blog series.

The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Paperback; I’ve been working through this book over a year and I am still processing it. I have the paperback, but lately I have been playing through the chapters on audible as I work on my healing art pieces in my art studio.