Blog | Inward Journey

18 hours ago
6 min

Lesson # 15: We need to love our one and only body!

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 w...

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Aug 6
4 min

Lesson # 14: We are “one-of-a-kind” in the entire universe

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

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Jul 30
4 min

Lesson # 13: Our strength comes from remembering who we are

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...

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Jul 23
4 min

Lesson # 12: What to do when the going gets tough

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 an...

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Jul 16
3 min

Lesson # 11: It is possible to be happy and have fun again after loss

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

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Jul 9
4 min

Lesson # 10: We can choose to focus on what we no longer have or on what we still have

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 w...

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Jul 2
3 min

Lesson # 9: We can choose to be a victim or a victor

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

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Jun 25
4 min

Lesson # 8: Let your loved one off the hook!

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 c...

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Jun 19
3 min

Lesson # 7: Love goes on beyond death, but how?

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 w...

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Jun 11
3 min

Lesson # 6: Each one of us is a multi-faceted individual, including our dearly departed

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 ...

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Jun 4
4 min

Lesson # 5: Connect the dots to heal

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

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May 28
3 min

Lesson # 4: There is a distinction between facts and the story I make about them

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. T...

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May 21
3 min

Lesson # 3:Everyone is doing the best they can with what they know at a particular time

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...

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May 14
3 min

Lesson # 2: We are stronger than we think

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 ...

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May 7
3 min

Lesson #1: There is life after loss—for sure

I bought a single stem peony plant years ago and planted it in my backyard with little expectation since I was not blessed with a green t...

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Apr 30
2 min

21 life lessons learned since April 29, 1999

Exactly twenty-one years ago today, my husband of nearly seven years died suddenly of a heart attack. I remember it as if it was just hap...

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