by Deryn | Sep 28, 2019 | Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
I was hurting after a betrayal of friendship and had taken myself off for the day to visit the Tate Modern Gallery in London for consolation and healing. Art Galleries are my go-to place to lose myself and be inspired and I was really in need of a pick-me-up... 
by Deryn | Sep 22, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
On my walks around the city, I saw an enormous amount of building activity going on. Over the months, what initially looked like chaotic scenes from a war movie morphed into a beautiful new purpose-built school or apartment blocks. As I stood and watched the scene... 
by Deryn | Sep 15, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Spiritual, Transitions, Travel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Last week we looked at the scenarios that led us to feeling rejected or abandoned. How do we take positive steps to take back our power and not feel the victim of someone else’s decisions? We may need to look back further than the current situation to find our... 
by Deryn | Sep 7, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Spiritual, Transitions, Widowhood
When we move through a transition in our lives, it is often because people in our lives have either rejected us or have died or have moved on themselves, sometimes it is because we have moved on ourselves or moved to a new destination so we leave people behind or... 
by Deryn | Aug 24, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Today, I am going to walk you through a forest of different stories, they are linked by a theme of blessing or cursing. What does this mean for someone who has been widowed, gone through a divorce or lost their home? What does this mean for those who are... 
by Deryn | Aug 4, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
On a visit to Pennsylvania the friend I visited would collect water in containers at the local spring. I was fascinated by this; as we searched for the spring which was hidden away alongside a small road. We carried our empty containers down to the collecting...