Photo of Mountain Song by Holly Bobbins

persevering through hardship | grief | loss

8 of the best books to read during a breakup to heal your heart

September 19, 2022September 29, 2022

anxiety | beautiful books | connecting with others | exploring the world | grief | growing up | loss | persevering through hardship

Cutting for Stone is a book I should have read years ago

January 12, 2020January 26, 2020

grief | depression | designing your life | finding direction | loss | nature | silence

Taking inventory of your life after loss and heartbreak with Poorna Bell’s In Search of Silence

August 10, 2019August 11, 2019

poetry | grief

On going about your own life when a loved one is suffering: W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts”

February 10, 2016October 29, 2022

poetry | grief | loss

Nick Cave’s chosen “sad poem of loss”: “The Widower in the Country” by Les Murray

July 16, 2015September 5, 2022

poetry | grief | loss

Poetry for Letting Go: In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver

August 21, 2014October 17, 2022

Tolstoy | depression | grief

“Innocent Holy Foolishness”: How Leo Tolstoy Dealt with Grief by Cycling

June 11, 2012November 11, 2022