I'm Fine and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
You hear it everywhere "I'm fine". You're at the grocery store.. "Can I help you?" "I'm fine". You're having a really rough day at work...
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Kira Pertuit
- Dec 24, 2021
- 3 min
Holiday Grief And All The Things...
Another year has come and gone. Another holiday season we must walk through. The mix of emotions that rage through our hearts and minds...
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Kira Pertuit
- Sep 11, 2021
- 3 min
We Will Never Forget
As I sit here reflecting on the events that happened on 9/11 twenty years ago, the overwhelming feeling of grief washes over my body. How...
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Kira Pertuit
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
The Great Healer of Grief is Validation, Not Time
It needs to be heard without criticism or judgement, without advice or intellectual comments. Grief is an insubordinate emotion. It...
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Kira Pertuit
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
Can We Have Compassion For Ourselves?
Fatigued beyond measure, frustrated out of my freaking mind and patience is dangerously low. The grind of making its through grief is...
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Kira Pertuit
- Mar 16, 2020
- 2 min
When Your World Is Falling Apart
The emptiness, eerie quiet, where have all the people gone, my world as I know it has forever changed.... Can you relate to this right...
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Kira Pertuit
- Dec 27, 2019
- 5 min
Stop Lying to Yourself!
Pulled in too many directions, so tired. I'm always running. Sleep.... what's that? There's bags under my eyes and I'm not sure the last...
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Kira Pertuit
- Nov 28, 2019
- 1 min
A Letter From The Empty Chair
It’s a day of gratitude and Thanksgiving I look around and see the joy in everyone’s hearts… they are laughing & living The food is...
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Kira Pertuit
- Nov 8, 2019
- 4 min
Crap! It's here again....
Christmas lights, holiday hustle, the shopping extravaganza, but something... nope.. someone is missing. Here we go again walking through...
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Kira Pertuit
- Oct 12, 2019
- 8 min
Wednesday Sucked, But We Owned It!
What was supposed to be a fun snow day in October, in seconds turned into our mini horror story. I've recently discovered that...
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Kira Pertuit
- Oct 1, 2019
- 3 min
Walk Without Fear Of The Future
As I sit here planning for the future and remembering the past, I find it incredibly easy to get taken off track, allowing my mind down a...
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Kira Pertuit
- May 19, 2019
- 5 min
Are You Holding Tightly to Grief, Grudges, Guilt & Fear?
Paralyzed inside your own mind, these four emotions run rampant if left unacknowledged, unchecked and unaddressed. Grudges, guilt and...
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Kira Pertuit
- Mar 12, 2019
- 2 min
5 Comments Not to Say to a Griever
Roughly only 14% of the comments made to grievers are actually helpful during the grieving process. The majority of what a griever hears...
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Kira Pertuit
- Dec 18, 2018
- 5 min
Surrounded
Well known motivational speaker Jim Rohn memorably states that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. Feeling...
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Kira Pertuit
- Nov 26, 2018
- 2 min
Help for Holiday Heartache
The holidays are here again. It never fails that they are the most consistent thing to show up over and over, year after year. Don't they...
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Kira Pertuit
- Oct 26, 2018
- 2 min
Scarred
Trauma, cuts, injury, torn, punctured, blunt force, contusion, open, raw ========Wounded. I've recently watched as friends and family...
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Guest Blog: Sara Bailey
- Oct 24, 2018
- 3 min
How to Improve Your Sleep When Grieving the Loss of a Loved One
The loss of a loved one resonates deep down in your heart and soul. The empty space they leave in your life lingers and never will fully...
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Kira Pertuit
- Sep 19, 2018
- 3 min
Put On Your Damn Fighting Gloves!
Guilt, Self Doubt, Helplessness, Hopelessness..... Fear. A whirlwind of emotions. They are infiltrating, assaulting as they consume the...
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Kira Pertuit
- Sep 1, 2018
- 3 min
To Our Very Own, Unknown Man
Today was the day we laid you to rest. I've heard about you my entire life yet never really got to know you. By the time I was born you...
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Kira Pertuit
- Dec 31, 2017
- 2 min
With Each Passing Year
Tomorrow will be the start to another new year. People celebrating, writing new years resolutions and planning for many exciting things...
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