This week, Alexandra chats about a recent reminder she received that sometimes we can do all the things, and still things can go wrong. We can use all the strategies, set everything up well, do whatever we can... and things …
This week, Alexandra chats with Tara Simpson who also lost her husband to suicide. Tara talks about her process after he passed, especially with her 4 children who were young. Tara is vulnerable and raw, truly letting the li…
This week, Alexandra talks about her experience with Thought-Field Therapy. She has been working with her TFT therapist for 5 years now and it has completely changed her life. Alexandra gets a little woo as she talks about h…
This week, Alexandra gets to chat with Melissa Vera, podcast host of Chats From the Blog Cabin. Melissa has taken so many of her experiences and personal growth to help others. Through her own loss experiences, Melissa has g…
This week, Alexandra shares how she has entered a new phase where she is able to start making choices for herself rather than for hours she and Shawn would have done things. Instead of being reactionary, she is more responsi…
This week, Alexandra talks about the third phase she experienced where started to see joy and beauty around her. To do this meant to zoom out and be open to moments that showed that she could keep moving forward. Connect wit…
This week, Alexandra talks about the next phase in grief she experienced. She had to start working through her grief while also having to engage in more “normal” things like work, daycare, house maintenance, car maintenance.…
This week, Alexandra rewinds a bit to talk about the experience of shock right after a major event. It is different for every person and is really an automatic protective measure for us. She talks about her own experience an…
This week, Alexandra chats about the different types of signs that loved ones can send us. It’s different for every person and some people don’t believe in signs. It’s about being open to them and seeing what messages our lo…
This week, Alexandra chats about how stressful managing stress can be. When we embark on healing and changing ancestral patterns while also handling our daily lives, things can feel overwhelming. This week is a reminder to t…
This week, Alexandra talks about how the past does not have to be an indicator for the future. Rather, it can build the trust we have in ourselves to handle things when life happens. Life events can feel daunting and overwhe…
Enjoy this extra episode of Alexandra being interviewed by Irene Weinberg of the Grief and Rebirth Podcast. Connect with Irene at her website: https://ireneweinberg.com/ Books: They Serve Bagels in Heaven: https://a.co/d/api…
This week, Alexandra gets to chat with podcast host and author, Irene Weinberg. Irene and Alexandra met when Alexandra was on Irene’s podcast as a guest. They hit it off immediately and just knew they were supposed to be in …
This week, Alexandra discusses her ideas about forgiveness, which is that it is a choice that does not involve the other person. This does not mean that when we forgive we condone what has happened or that no one involved ca…
This week, Alexandra chats about compassion. The moments that call for compassion are those when we feel called to negatively judge another. We don’t know what is happening before a scenario. We don’t know what the context i…
This week, Alexandra talks to Callie, one of the first people she was put in touch with after Shawn died. Callie also lost her partner to suicide and shares her story on Tom’s death and how she has found meaning and purpose …
This week, Alexandra jumps into the idea of love and what she feels it truly means to love others. It’s not just about romantic relationships or friendships. To truly love is to understand human connection and bridge the gap…
This week, Alexandra chats with her good friend Amy who made a decision on her own to start healing childhood wounds. Amy shares about the tools she uses to help her release and surrender old patterns and family dynamics. Sh…
This week, Alexandra talks about how to change a perspective when it feels like things are just not going well. She references the children’s book When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni. The idea is tha…
This week, Alexandra welcomes back one of her favorite people and guests, Advanced Certified Yoga Instructor Avery Rich. Alexandra follows up on her yoga practice, the benefits she is experiencing and what she has noticed em…
This week, Alexandra talks about the ideas around doing versus being. So often we fill our days up with doing and can miss opportunities for embracing our being. When we slow down and sit in quiet we can start thinking about…
How often do you describe yourself as busy? Life is just busy. The thing about busyness is that it can also be a tactic to avoid looking at ourselves, our feelings and events that have impacted us. It’s not necessarily a con…
This week, Alexandra dives into the differences between apathy and surrender. She has been working on surrendering more which led to questions around apathy. Apathy tends to have feelings of helplessness and hopelessness wit…
This week, Alexandra chats with Licensed Professional Counselor, Erik Petersen about the importance of emotional and mental wholeness when working through grief. All the thoughts and feelings associated with grief can be ver…
