Beautifully Broken With DawnRanae
129 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIf you've ever felt like you have lost yourself, your sense of purpose, your place in the world... then this podcast is for you!
Join me on my journey to self re-discovery after life has thrown me curveballs and a whole lot of obstacles I was not prepared for... but are we ever really prepared for tragedy, trauma and , well, LIFE???
We are all Beautifully Broken... but WE ARE NOT ALONE! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beautifullybroken/support
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S2 E38 May Mental Health Awareness... Taking Time For You!
May 12, 2022 11:46 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBMy new series for Mental Health Awareness Month is about making time for you to help reduce stress, anxiety and feelings of unworthiness and failure. Each week I will guide you through an exercise for grounding, calming and, hopefully, bring peace and insight into your day. I encourage you to write any thoughts or feelings you have during the exercise down and then take a look at the meaning or theme they take. Oftentimes, our subconscious is trying to tell us something important, but we just...
S2 E37 Real Talk Tuesday- Failures? I Call Them Lessons Learned
May 10, 2022 14:10 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBToday's episode is a reflection on life's failures... Or as I call them lessons learned. How I have found myself reevaluating my past hopes and dreams and am finding ways to meld them into my future dreams. How leaving behind the past and living in this time and place, even if this is not where you wish to remain, can help you to see more clearly just how far you've come, and how much more life there is yet to live. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beaut...
S2 E36 All Are Welcome Here
May 05, 2022 15:36 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBToday I delve into my own shortcomings. How I failed to see and know things others are going through, even when I can't possibly have known. I know... What the heck? But we all do this, don't we? We judge ourselves, not others, even when it is not warranted. We withdraw into ourselves and listen to the lies we tell ourselves out of guilt, shame or fear. Today I want every one to take back their belief in themselves and know that All Are Welcome Here! --- Send in a voice message: https://po...
S2 E35 Real Talk Tuesday-One Is The Loneliest Number
May 03, 2022 11:38 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MBToday's Real Talk is right from the recent events in my life. Dealing with my own health issues has been hard, but adding the health issues of my parents, and trying to help them navigate new territory, has been really hard. It has made me see just how lonely I am at times, and it has made me appreciate my friends and family... especially my Widow Family who have been supporting me, helping me, getting out of the house and taking care of me when I'm not feeling well during our travels. One is...
S2 E 32 Faces of Joy in Pain... A Conversation with Sabrina
April 28, 2022 12:24 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBWelcome to another episode of Faces of Joy in Pain. Today I have a conversation with a dear friend, Sabrina, who has been a jewelry designer & artisan for 10 years, As a busy mom of 4, a wife and craftsperson running a successful business life gets hectic. Add in health issues with her daughter and the time spent researching how to help her daughter to be healthy again, and Voila! Out of the pain and anguish of the trials of trying to find a way to help her daughter, a new passion and pu...
S2 E31 Faces of Joy in Pain... A conversation with Beth
April 21, 2022 18:16 - 30 minutes - 28.7 MBWe all have a time in our life when things didn't go as planned. Many of us are going through a season such as this right now! Just because we are in, what I call, a Season of Pain, doesn't mean we cannot find little bits of Joy, Peace and Happiness along the way. Today's conversation is with my friend, Beth. She, too, is a long haul covid patient, a covid survivor and a true warrior of self love, self care and knowing when to acknowledge, adjust and move forward... as able. Once again ,...
S2 E 30 Faces if Joy in Pain... Let me tell you a story
April 14, 2022 16:21 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBWe all have those people in our lives who can be negative, or less supportive than we need them to be. Why do we listen to them? Maybe they are only voicing our inner fears, maybe we let our self doubt take over... What would happen if we stop listening to those voices and instead, listen to all of those who lift us up, who celebrate our successes? What if we let those voices in? Let's all try that and see how wonderful letting their Joy for us into our lives. Don't forget to commen...
S2 E29 Real Talk Tuesday... When you can't sleep you surf the internet!
April 12, 2022 12:57 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBWhat do you do when YOU can't sleep? Apparently I surf the internet... Yep, I check the app that tells me what flights are coming, and going out of, the airport by my house... It's called Bumble, and you can actually SEE the people who are coming and going! It's awesome at 3am :) Try sleeping pills? yeah, been there, done that... It did not go well. But hey, It's not just me, right??? Don't forget to comment, like and share this podcast! Follow me on social media and check out my ...
S2 E28 Real Talk Tuesday... Words Have Power Use Them Well
April 05, 2022 12:41 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBGood Morning and Happy Real Talk Tuesday... Or whatever day you are listening to this! Today I talk about my love of words, how they have helped me to heal... How they have helped me to find my way through hard times, through pain and to rediscover lost memories, emotions and Help me to share my story with others... To help others feel seen, heard known... A part of my tribe, this community, filled with others who think and feel and doubt... Just like they do. Join me on today's jaunt...
S2 E27 Faces of Joy in Pain... A Conversation with Vicki
March 31, 2022 15:53 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBHello and welcome to another episode of my series on finding Joy in a season of pain. Today I am having a conversation with my friend, Vicki. Vicki is a health and wellness coach, a lifestyle mentor and so much more! Join our conversation about living life to the fullest, and how to take of yourself, and how important it is to be able to take care of every one and every thing on your To-Do list! An educator, mother, wife and Health coach... Vicki is an inspiration to many and can be f...
S2 E26 Real Talk Tuesday... Learning to Become Someone You've Never Been
March 29, 2022 14:29 - 24 minutes - 23 MBToday I talk about Online dating, Facebook lives, Depression and how we are all hiding who we are in some way at some time ... And about giving yourself GRACE when you don't know what you're doing, who you are or what your purpose is... Because, in many ways, we are all learning to be someone we've never been before... And that's a pretty big learning curve after so many years of being some one else! Follow me on social media and check out my website- where all my passions come together!...
S2 E25 Face of Joy in Pain- Conversation with Greg
March 24, 2022 14:48 - 49 minutes - 45.9 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae and the Faces of Joy in Pain series. Today I am having a conversation with my friend, Greg Steed. Greg is a person who finds the positive in almost any situation... Even while going through some tough times in recent years. One of the things he started doing was a morning wake up call each day for friends. He called and gave them words of encouragement to start their day. I mean, who does that? Those calls morphed into a podcast...
S2 E24 Real Talk Tuesday - Car Conversations... we've had some REAL Doozies!
March 22, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBDriving down 95 South on the way to visit family, a voice from the back seat asks, "Mommy, where to babies come from?" It's my 6 year old son... and he truly wants to know so I have to answer him! Has this happened to you? Trapped in the car, on the highway with no way to escape the inquiring minds of ychildren or even your spouse? Having 6 children, this has been more the norm than I would have liked. But, when I think about all those road trips, the laughter, the questions, the fumbli...
S2 E23 Faces of Joy in Pain - Depression is the Liar
March 17, 2022 18:27 - 26 minutes - 25 MBToday I changes the episode at the last minute. I have no idea why, but have learned over the years to listen when I am suddenly compelled to do or talk about something. It is St Patrick's Day... He was a martyr and told everyone he met that he was one of the worst sinners he knew and that God still loved him. My thought today is this... If St Patrick could over come his faults, hold onto faith and find a way out of his dark time... Then we who are so far advanced in technology, in und...
S2E20 Real Talk Tuesday... Listen to the Stories
March 15, 2022 14:37 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MBIt's another Real Talk Tuesday and today I talk about some of the amazing people I have met over the years as a nurse. I worked in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices and as a home care nurse... I worked with newborns and the elderly. I saw lives coming into the world, and lives as they left this world. I spent many nights with alzheimers and dementia patients who were reliving happy, sad, terrifying times in their lives... And all I could do was hold them as they cried, join...
S2 E19 Faces of Joy in Pain series - Raven : The Thriving Intuitive
March 10, 2022 20:20 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBWelcome to another episode of the series Faces of Joy in Pain. Today I sit down with my friend, Raven Scott, who is an author, an intuitive, practitioner of metaphysical techniques and survivor of abuse. Her podcast, youTube channel, books and all the amazing tools she has to offer can be found at the links at the bottom of this page. Having a conversation with Raven about living life in the aftermath of an abusive relationship is a wonderful way to talk about something that for far too l...
S2 E18 Real TalkTuesday... Some TidBits of Truth
March 08, 2022 13:14 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBReal Talk Tuesdays are when I tell some thing about my life, a story about raising my children, all 6 of them... The craziness of such a large family, the things they did that I am amazed they survived... And some truths about my life that I very seldom discuss... Out of fear of being judged, out of embarrassment, out of pain or regret or denial... And that is exactly why I have to tell the stories from my past that have shaped me into who I am... The good, the bad and the truly horrifi...
S2 E17 Faces of Joy in Pain series- The First Step
March 03, 2022 18:13 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBYou are here! In Season 2 f Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... And I wan to thank you for sharing this journey to RE-Discovery with me. The series, Faces of Joy in Pain, was created to help give a voice to those who are experiencing trials, and struggles... But still find ways to find a little bit, or a lot, of joy and happiness, as they traverse their Season of Pain and Adversity. Today I talk about the feelings that so many of us have for ourselves. How self limiting beliefs can cre...
S2 E16 Real Talk Tuesday - It's a Wonder My Kids Survived Childhood
March 01, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae! This season is about self care, being more self aware. So today I talk about the conversations my kids , and I, have when we get together. Sometimes they make fun of me and each other. Sometimes they ramble down memory lane and make fun of themselves, admit to transgressions I had no clue had happened... And yes, they even tattle on themselves for things they did that one of their siblings got in trouble for. Like when one of...
S2E15 Unpacking the Stuffing...
February 24, 2022 21:20 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae. Thank you for sharing the journey with me... I couldn't do this without you! Have you haver had a memory hit out of the blue? A song, a photo, the sound of someone's voice, that suddenly triggers a memory to strong, so real, so raw and painful... or Joyful, that you are swept away by the emotion as if you were in that place and time again? Yeah... me neither... ok, yes. Me. All. The. Time. How do you deal with it? Do you fall t...
S2 E14 Real Talk Tuesday - Hiccups, Yes, Hiccups!
February 22, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBWelcome to another episode of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae! Hiccups... yep, today is all about hiccups. The real ones, and the ones that pop up along life's journey and make you stop and think, What the Heck??? Sometimes, ok, almost always, if we take that moment in time the 'hiccup' created, to take a deep breath and count to 10... To just BE in that time and space... To appreciate where we are in our journey- whether good or bad... IF we could all just do that? I bet many of us...
S2 E13 Faces of Joy in Pain- Natalie Laroche, Mental Health Matters
February 17, 2022 21:59 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MB( please forgive the MIC issues in this episode, but Natalie's conversation was too good not to share!) Welcome to another episode in the Faces of Joy in Pain. Today I am having a conversation with my friend, Natalie Laroche, a mental health professional and life / business coach. Join us for a conversation on how mental, emotional and physical health all combine to create a perfect balance... Or not. We discuss various ways to help us find a little joy, even in our season of pain, tria...
S2 E12 Real Talk Tuesday - Watch Out for the Underdog!
February 15, 2022 15:56 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBIt's another Real Talk Tuesday! Not really sure how the name came to be, but I kind of like it. I like the idea of bringing to light things we all think about, worry over... just plain let get under our skin or into our heads that can either mess us up or help us get on track to being a better self. My goal is to help you to see the different points of view, the varied aspects of the other side of the coin... and perhaps help you to see where you may have made mistakes, or had success...
Welcome to Season 2 and A New Series~
February 12, 2022 16:37 - 4 minutes - 3.84 MBWelcome! Join me for this 2nd season of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... A year of learning about self care and become more self aware... Along this journey I am rediscovering my love of writing, of looking at life a little differently, and how good it feels to put my thoughts into sentences again. I am posting links to an old post every Saturday... Dawning with Color- My Blogging Adventure I hope you enjoy the flash back to the past... and that you continue to follow my weekly bl...
S2 E10 Faces of Joy in Pain Series- Make Time for Joy
February 10, 2022 17:26 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBWelcome to Season 2! This series is designed to highlight people and practices that help us to overcome, get through, figure out how to navigate our way through tough time, Seasons of Pain, Grief, Loss... Today we are learning some of Lori's breathwork and what daily affirmations are, their purpose and why they can be an affective tool in self care. Toda's breathwork is the Box Breath. Breathe in for a count of 4, hold for 4,, breathe out for 4 and hold for 4... Repeat for 4 cycles when...
S2 E9 Real Talk Tuesday... It's OK to NOT Be OK
February 08, 2022 17:25 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB(links to helplines and a wonderful book I love in the description) Today's episode was hard for me to do. But if I am honest, it was also easier than I thought it would be. Admitting to having doubts, feeling like you don't belong, suffer from depression and anxiety is like walking into a room full of strangers naked. Until you realize that everyone else in that room is naked too, is dealing with the very same issues you are and that they are your tribe... As a society it has become acc...
S2 E8 Faces of Joy In Pain- Melissa's story and an INVITE TO A VIRTUAL PARTY!
February 03, 2022 17:43 - 17 minutes - 16 MBWelcome Beautifully Broken Tribe! I urge you to listen to today's episode and to join Melissa's FREE virtual postcard party! Do you enjoy connecting with people? How about at a free social gathering? How about at a free social gathering with a purpose? Yes? WE’VE GOT YOU! The Postcard Girls are back with a whole new set of cool ideas to spark your personal postcard practice! The Virtual Post Card Party is part social gathering, part art class, part writing workshop and all fun! On FRIDA...
S2 E7 Being Thankful Is A Good Start
February 01, 2022 14:05 - 25 minutes - 24 MBWelcome to another episode of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae! Today I talk about how we all have many facets to who we are. How others see us is often not because of who we are, but the role we play in those people's lives. Children see us as a parent, so when they see us laughing and interacting with friends it may seem to them that we are being someone else, someone they do not know. The same can be said for co-workers. In a professional setting we act in a professional way, but in a...
S2 E6 Faces of Joy in Pain- Lori's Story
January 27, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBToday is the beginning of a new series on Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae. I have thought long and hard about which way to go in season 2 and as I was talking with my friend Lori, it hit me! The Faces of Joy in Pain. Conversations with people who have found ways to find joy, even while going through painful life event. In their stories, you will hear a little about their struggles, but most importantly, you will learn about the ways they have learned to overcome. Lori's story is all ab...
New Series- The Faces of Joy In Pain Starts January 27th!
January 26, 2022 20:22 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MBJoin me for this 2nd season of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... A year of learning about self care and become more self aware... Please Follow, Like and Share this podcast ... Follow me on social media and check out my website- where all my passions come together! IG @dawnranae_h FB: @colormeeverthing website: www.colormeeverything.com FB Group: Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beautifullybroken/message ...
S2 E 5 Breaking The Cycle
January 25, 2022 17:04 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBWelcome to Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae! Do you ever wonder why you react to situations the way you do? Why do you stagnate and stop moving forward to a goal? Today's episode talks about this very phenomenon... Feelings create Thoughts create Actions create Results This seems like a no brainer... easy to understand nd should be easy to overcome, but this is seldom the reality. Being your own best friend, your own hero is hard. But, it is not impossible. My hope is that you ...
Season 2 Hello to All!
January 21, 2022 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBJoin me for this 2nd season of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... A year of learning about self care and become more self aware... Please Follow, Like and Share this podcast ... Follow me on social media and check out my website- where all my passions come together! IG @dawnranae_h FB: @colormeeverthing website: www.colormeeverything.com FB Group: Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beautifullybroken/message ...
S2 E4 Let's Get Physical
January 20, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae! Today's episode is about moving... NOT the kind where you throw everything you own into boxes and head down the road... the kind where you get up and dance, take a walk or do some squats at the kitchen sink while you're doing the dishes... Through life experience, ok, through feeling like garbage and trying to get myself in a better physical, mental and emotional space... I have found that movement... ANY movement makes a differen...
S2 E3 Workaholics Unite! ...you know who you are
January 18, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae- the podcast. Yes... we are all about self care and becoming self aware... and that means all you workaholics too! I know, because I am one! I have worked myself into ill health, stress, insomnia, constant agitation and being a CrankyPants kinda gal on more than one occasion. Just ask my kids. They will tell you all the remember is me yelling at them when they were small. Of course they do not remember the 10 times ai nicely ask...
Welcome Season 2!
January 17, 2022 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBJoin me for this 2nd season of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... A year of learning about self care and become more self aware... Please Follow, Like and Share this podcast ... Follow me on social media and check out my website- where all my passions come together! IG @dawnranae_h FB: @colormeeverthing website: www.colormeeverything.com FB Group: Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beautifullybroken/message ...
Season 2 Intro
January 17, 2022 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBJoin me for this 2nd season of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... A year of learning about self care and become more self aware... Please Follow, Like and Share this podcast ... Follow me on social media and check out my website- where all my passions come together! IG @dawnranae_h FB: @colormeeverthing website: www.colormeeverything.com FB Group: Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beautifullybroken/message Support this podcast: ...
Season 2 Welcome
January 15, 2022 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBJoin me for this 2nd season of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... A year of learning about self care and become more self aware... Please Follow, Like and Share this podcast ... Follow me on social media and check out my website- where all my passions come together! IG @dawnranae_h FB: @colormeeverthing website: www.colormeeverything.com FB Group: Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beautifullybroken/message ...
Season 2 Is Here!
January 14, 2022 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBJoin me for this 2nd season of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... A year of learning about self care and become more self aware... Please Follow, Like and Share this podcast ... Follow me on social media and check out my website- where all my passions come together! IG @dawnranae_h FB: @colormeeverthing website: www.colormeeverything.com FB Group: Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beautifullybroken/message ...
S2 E2 Self-Care, Self-Aware, Decluttering, Oh My!
January 13, 2022 14:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae! Yes... It is a new season and I have a new focus. Well, it's not really new, but it is the focus for this year. This year's journey is about Self Care and becoming more Self Aware. Here we will learn about types of self care, have guests who specialize in them and find out how they work. As always, my FaceBook Tribe- Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae is open to all who ask to join and we will have some extra content to help us on...
S2 E1 It's My Birthday and I'll Laugh If I Want To
January 11, 2022 13:17 - 21 minutes - 20 MBToday is MY BIRTHDAY! Yes- another year around the sun. Another year older, wiser and able to leap tall grass in a single step! I may not be well, I may still have physical and neurological deficits... But I am much better than I was a year ago and so very happy to celebrate a 2nd birthday since I got sick. I may not be where I want to be, but I am so much further than I was! Join me for this 2nd season of Beautifully Broken with DawnRanae... A year of learning about self care and bec...
S1 E28 Faces of Widowhood - Chris' Story
January 06, 2022 14:20 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBToday's episode is a conversation, one of many I have had, with my dear friend Chris. He has been going through all the firsts of this Widowhood Journey ... Birthdays, Anniversaries, Holidays- big and small... His journey is not unique, but hearing the story from men really is. I count myself lucky to have his friendship and am so glad that God put him in my path, for me and for him. I hope you gain some understanding, perhaps hear something that is familiar, in his story. It took a lo...
S1 E27 The Disposable Generation
January 04, 2022 15:13 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBWhat can I say? During a conversation with a friend the other day, it dawned on me. I am one of the disposable generation. Anyone between 50 and 70- regardless of health status, academic degrees, life experience, business acumen and success... Every one of us... is in the Disposable Generation. Too old to be young but not old enough to really be old. Just not young enough to be considered to have any value to those who are ruling the world, tweeting, texting, making major business deci...
S1 E26 Faces of Widowhood- Tim's Story
December 30, 2021 14:00 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBWelcome to Tim's Story. It is not a new story, and yet, it is. Hearing the story of illness overcome, the joy of a new chance at a future, then the heart breaking news of illness returned... and inevitably, the loss of your spouse and all the hopes and dreams you had with them from a Man's perspective is something not many people get to hear. It's not that men don't go through all the stages of grief, the emotions, the doubts and insecurities... I think it is more likely because men are...
S1 E25 Resolutions 2022... Yay or Nay?
December 28, 2021 18:07 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBIt's that time of year again... Every one trying to decided what they will give up, or give in to, in the coming year. These resolutions are supposed to be things that will enhance our lives- make us healthier, wealthier, more wise? But in reality, ,for many, making resolutions only makes them feel worse by setting them up for failure. So my advice is this... Don't Make Resolutions! Me? I'm going to keep doing what I already do. I'm going to keep being kind. Keep helping others as I am...
Faces of Widowhood- A conversation with Christine
December 23, 2021 14:00 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBEvery Thursday I have a conversation with a widow about how they became widowed, how it affected them, their families, their lives... Today I talk with Christine Miura. She and I met through a life and business development class online and I became interested in her ideas about holistic medicine - Ayurveda. During our conversations I discovered she is also a widow and how she used Ayurvedic medicine to help herself heal a she moved through her journey. Christine is a Joyful Living coach, I...
S1 E22 Faces of Widowhood Series- Rosana's Story
December 21, 2021 15:42 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBToday's conversation is one I had with a friend, Rosana. She is a widow who found herself alone in a country she is not originally from. She had to learn to navigate widowhood for her, and her daughters, far from her family and their support. No matter how near , or far, from your home you are, there are challenges that you can not predict, struggles that impede your progress... but also, there are people who will reach out to you, bring them into their community and help you to find you...
S1 E23 In This Together
December 21, 2021 15:14 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIt's the Holiday season. For many that means family and being with those we love. For others, it is a lonely time, a time of memories of the past mixed with the present... IT can be hard to make it through the Holiday season... LIfe is not like those movies on TV... It has ups and downs, twits and turns... But, like those corny and oh so addictive holiday movies, Life IS better when we have someone to take our hand and help us navigate those ups and downs. So, I challenge you to put ...
S1 E21 Check Your Lens
December 14, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBIt is the Holiday Season... a time of Joy and Merriment. But it is also a time of reflection, remembering days gone by and that means people and events from our past. Every one has a lens through which they look at themselves, and at others and the world around them. Maybe, just maybe... if we all turn that lens from ourselves outward to those around us... The people and world around us would be a very different place. And maybe we would all realize that we have much more to offer one a...
Faces of Widowhood- A conversation with Marcia
December 09, 2021 14:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBEvery Thursday I have a conversation with a widow about how they became widowed, how it affected them, their families, their lives... Join my Conversation with Marcia, 1 of 6 children... Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! A school teacher. A mom and Grandmom. A strong and independent women learning to live this new and very strange life on her terms! Each of these amazing people have volunteered to tell their story , the experiences they have had and how they have had to learn to adapt and survive d...
S1 E19 Let Chaos Reign!
December 07, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB"The best laid plans of mice and men..." John Steinbeck Have you ever noticed that no matter how much planning you put into something, something almost always goes wrong? You then have 2 choices... 1- you freak out and frantically try to make it right... or 2- You take a deep breath, send up a silent prayer for strength and patience, and go with the flow. Some of my favorite memories with my husband and children started out as plans gone horribly wrong. The scenic detour that had us l...