Highlighting Interviewees Who Have Created Meaning and Significance from Loss
I’ve always been inspired by people who take their losses and create great gains; people who turn their personal misfortunes into a greater good. Loss doesn’t have to be a death; it can be any life-altering trauma that leaves a person markedly changed forever. Years ago there was John Walsh who, after the tragic kidnapping […]
Interview with Robin Smalley of Mothers2Mothers
I am very pleased to introduce you to Robin Smalley, a woman who has turned her personal losses into a huge gain for world health – the elimination of pediatric AIDS. She has rebuilt her life, a totally new one at that, by serendipitously coming into her passion of giving to other mothers. Ms. Smalley […]
Recharging – Out in the Woods
I’ve become habituated to my mid-week mini vacation. An hour and a half drive {towards} upstate with a morning bagel and chocolate croissant gets us to our ‘Wednesday hikers’ hiking destination. Backpacks packed with lunch, snacks and plenty of water, deet sprayed, walking sticks in hand, we gather in the parking lot to hear the […]
Welcome to Rebuild Life Now
Welcome to my new blogging home. This website has been designed and re-configured by Joshua Denney, a talented and artistic ‘webguy’. He also happens to be the tech guy behind the Tiny Buddha and the Bridgemaker sites, among many others. This techy stuff is quite arduous for me so bear with me as I get familiar with […]
Interview and Read-Away with Lori Deschene
I am so pleased to give you a glimpse into the making of a very wise and insightful writer, Lori Deschene. Ms. Deschene is the creator of the inspirational website, Tiny Buddha, and has built a huge community of followers of her daily blog posts that inform, inspire and help so many. She is the […]
Managing is a Light-Long Endeavor
“Recovery (and I’m not a huge fan of the word because I don’t think one ever truly recovers from mental illness but rather learns to manage it) is not about the light at the end of the tunnel, but realizing that there is light – even if it’s just a tiny bit seeping into the […]
Interview with Andy Behrman
My close friend’s nephew took his own life last month. A few days later a person by the name of Andy Behrman tweeted me that he has a ‘rebuilding’ story. I read some of his articles and got the goose-bumps. Here was a person who had ‘come’ to me in the immediate aftermath of the […]
Holding On When Life Spirals Out of Control
Sometimes it’s those things that come at us out of left field. Sometimes it’s a waiting game in a difficult and precarious situation. Sometimes it’s tough stuff remaining tough or getting worse. Sometimes we find ourselves on unexpected shaky ground. Whatever it is, how do we hang on when we come face-to-face with life’s hard […]
Responding to the Senselessness of Life
Last Thursday night I posted a piece on reactions to bad news. Friday morning we all woke up to hearing the horrific news of the Colorado movie shooting tragedy. There is no sense that one can make of such a thing. These are the times in life where we might go towards asking Why in […]
How Do We React When We Hear Bad News?
I’ve heard a succession of bad stories in the last few weeks. Some awful things have happened to people I know {of}. A sudden death of a woman from my safari travel group; a suicide of my close friend’s nephew; a stroke of someone (my age) in my community; a sudden serious illness of a […]