Mental Health - Widower Experience (WX)

The secret of Joy, the upcoming holidays and New Year's Eve is from my point of view ... while all too many people are looking and searching something great and extraordinary ... we miss all to often the inconspicuous, small, little enlightening glitter and stars. Remember with gratitude the positive moments in your life, especially in the recent year. May the stars light up your way into the new year so that you can go your way full of confidence, strength and courage.  Just an idea - what about starting the next year with a daily practice of gratitude? It can help you recognize the positive in your life instead of focusing on the negative. And being thankful and grateful for all the good things you have can actually make you happier. All friends and readers - a merry Christmas and a happy new year. It was a special, difficult, beautiful, challenging year ... and so perhaps the next year will be too - but as well with wonderful sunrises, sunsets, ... and wonderful people - just as...

The pain, hurt and sorrow of grief are so individual as the people we are and what or who we lost. Especially when we lost a beloved person - it can often cause you to want to withdraw from others and retreat into your shell - your own - your safe place. But having the face-to-face support of other people is vital to healing from loss. Even if you're not comfortable talking about your feelings under normal circumstances, it's important to express them when you're grieving - or just to be with someone, sitting somewhere, walking along a beach or through a forest, watching mother nature. Finding any words, finding the right words will be hard - often almost unpossible - whether you are the griever or the one who want to be with the griever, give yourself time, often a lot of time is needed. While sharing your loss can make the burden of grief easier to carry, that doesn't mean that every time you interact with friends and family, you need to talk about your loss. Comfort ...

Once I wrote an article where I expounded that " Simplicity is not the goal that it’s just the side effect of good design work. " and  since a while I have the feeling that 'Simplicity in life' in comparison to 'complexity in life' has a similar relation - peace of soul and happiness in your life are side effects of increasing harmony and mental balance. And it brings as well a state or quality of being worthy of honor and or respect for oneself and others. When we design and live in harmony with our authentic selves and align our work, habits, relationships, but much more our thoughts, and actions with our true values, we experience a greater sense of peace and happiness in every aspect of our lives. We are able to achieve things that before, we could only dream about and we then now see in yourself and others as well. When we’re not in harmony, we experience more fear, feelings of lack and limitation, restlessness, doubt, and dissatisfaction with our lives. ...