Inward Journey Counseling

One of the things that I admire about my father was his insatiable appetite for learning. No, he never actually sat down with me and...

Being a parent is the ultimate test for (and proof of) anyone’s resolve, endurance, patience, capacity to love unconditionally, faith,...

As I told you in my previous blogs, I moved a lot with my husband. So driving across the United States for days was not a big deal. I was...

We all knew this famous Mother Goose’s nursery rhyme as a kid: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the King's...

The most annoying question a child asks parents is “but why?” when being told to do a task. So most parents quickly answer with “because...

When I was four, my mission in life was to grow up to be a bride. I’m sure that hearing fairy tales had a lot to do with that. By seven,...

We only have one body for our entire life. This is it! We can’t trade it in for a new model just because it doesn’t look new anymore, is...

“There exists only one me in the entire universe, a one-time edition that will never be duplicated ever again.” Have you ever pondered...

Life and loss are intertwined. Because life is a series of change, and change is basically a loss of “what was and what used to be.” Even...

It has been my observation that life is a thrilling journey—one that offers vast variety along the way as if the Universe doesn’t want...

This is a challenging concept to consider for anyone whose life has just been turned upside down due to a loss of any kind....

It’s only natural that after we have lost something, we focus on what is now missing and talk about it (usually in great detail) because...

We all have had unfortunate events happened to us. We may have lost a job, friendship, a relationship, health, physical ability,...

Loss changes us in so many ways. Some of the changes are drastic and sudden, while others are more subtle and gradual. But one thing is...

We all want to believe that love goes on beyond death. It’s easy to say, “I will always love him/her” after someone has died. But how do...

There is a tendency in all of us to put our loved one on a pedestal. No one wants to speak badly of the dead. I didn’t either for a long...

Whenever I face a challenge (undesirable task, a difficult conversation, a risk I need to take, etc.) and find myself avoiding it,...

The fact is my husband died of a sudden heart attack that night. The doctor told me that his arteries were ninety-nine percent blocked....

After my husband died, I often pondered the following questions: Would he still be alive if I had taken the short cut to the hospital the...

Much like the peony bush that seems more fragile than an oak tree, we are stronger than we believe we are. The peony stems grow straight...