The Link Between Chronic Pain and Losing Someone You Love. Grief is more than an ache in your heart — it can lead to aches in your body. For many widows, the emotional weight of losing a spouse can show ...
What Widows Should Know About Grief and Cholesterol. There’s a strange, quiet cruelty to grief: it doesn’t only live in your mind or your memories – it lives in your body, too. If you’re a widow reading this, you may ...
Discover why grief feels stuck physically, and how compassionate movement can gently help you find relief. When you lose your spouse, your whole world changes — and your body knows it.A host of reactions erupt due to a surge of ...
The Importance of Social Connections After Loss: Rebuilding Life as a Widow The loneliness and uncertainty that follow the loss of a spouse can be overwhelming; it’s one of the most profound and life-altering experiences a person can endure. For ...
Grief and Cognitive Fog: Navigating Widow’s Brain Definition of Widow’s Brain Widow’s Brain, also known as widow’s fog or widow’s syndrome, refers to the cognitive impairment and mental fogginess experienced by individuals who have lost their spouse. This phenomenon often ...
Set up your mind, body, and soul to do the hard work of healing I can’t say it enough: grief crushes your physical and emotional well-being. A balanced, whole foods meal to start your day fuels your journey to make ...
The Facts Behind Broken Heart Syndrome and How to Beat It What is Broken Heart Syndrome? Broken Heart Syndrome, medically known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is a temporary heart condition that is often triggered by intense emotional or ...
Unraveling the Interplay Between Emotional Loss and Physical Exhaustion Grief can deeply affect your physical and mental well-being, and one crushing effect of intense personal loss is extreme fatigue. No matter how long ago you lost your beloved partner, you ...
Seems each hour I must fightThe sneaky beastsThat dim the light Of hope. Like anger, fearThe constant “why,”The nagging question,Who am I? Yet in this battleTo find my voiceWhat’s my fiercest Weapon of choice? It’s love, of course.Compassion, too.Mostly for me,But also, ...
I find it troubling.I want to curse!As I read from an expertThat year two’s often worse Than year one. How can this be?The brain, as you see,Carves networks and patterns That aren’t easily Changed. It’s deranged.Plus it’s more than that.While the ...