Episodes

This week Alexandra talks about sadness in grief. Sadness requires time so we can grow around it. It will still morph and change. Often around sadness are other feelings such as anger, frustration and even joy. We can still use our other strategies to help us manage our sadness. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed. Lea...

This week, Alexandra chats about feelings of being a burden. Grief is isolating and it can be difficult to work through without a community. Grief is not something to take on alone. It is helpful and important to find a community to help you. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

This week, Alexandra talks about feelings of hopelessness and helplessness that are common when dealing with grief. Losing a loved one can make us question what our life’s purpose is and where to find meaning. Our trajectory changes which can make us feel helpless and hopeless. Finding a community and an anchor to help us take one step at a time, is essential. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this...

This week, Alexandra talks about the importance of working through anger. Referencing Dr. Hawkins’ book Letting Go , she discusses how anger can serve us and also limit us. Pick up Letting Go as an audiobook here. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Alexandra dives into the activating feelings that come with grief. Betrayal can be experienced in different ways. It is typical and necessary. It is also important to find ways through the feelings rather than stay with them for too long or to ignore them. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed. Learn more about...

This week, Alexandra talks about how when going through grief, the rules of what we have followed for the structure and trajectory of our lives changes. We get to make up our own rules when we take the blank canvas we become during grief and rediscover who we are and who we want to be. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if need...

This week, Alexandra chats about how she likes to bring in the new year and set intentions for the upcoming year. She reflects on things to leave behind in 2024 and what she would like to do in 2025 as an encouragement to all listeners. May this new year bring abundance, light and love. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if nee...

No matter where you are or what you are doing Alexandra wants you to know that you are not alone. No matter where you are in your process, it is right. Many blessings, joy and comfort in this holiday season. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed.

This week, Alexandra talks about the pressure to get over the loss of a close one. There is the idea of moving on, getting back to life, be grateful for what you have. And yet, after a major loss, there’s no getting over it. We move forward and can take steps to heal but that loss will always be felt in one way or another. Reach out to Alexandra at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com for a copy of You Should Be Over “It” ~ Thoughts by Sharon White Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com ,...

This week, Alexandra chats about triggers or activators. When we are activated by what others are doing, it can be a reflection of ourselves- something we need to heal and most likely is from our childhood. It can scary to look at ourselves especially when upset by the activation but it is an opportunity for more awareness. Books: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams Connect with Alexandra on her websit...

This week Alexandra dives into what does regulation mean, what are the different types of regulation and what is this thing called co-regulation? It is all so important and the first step is to become aware of when we are dysregulated. Once we do that, we can start taking steps for how to respond versus react. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional h...

This week Alexandra circles back to chat about the importance of understanding that we never really know what is going on for someone, especially children. Things can look great on the outside and yet, someone can still be struggling on the inside. Rather than compare, let’s work on true connection. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assi...

This week, Alexandra shares about a manifestation that came in and how it did in an unexpected way. We don’t get a say in how it will happen but we certainly set things in motion when we declare what we desire and it comes from an aligned place. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

This bonus episode has some tidbits from Alexandra in response to the US election. This is not an episode about who is right or wrong. This is an episode encouraging connection, love and finding ways to realize we are all humans just trying to figure out life. Jenna Zoe Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/human-design-with-jenna-zoe/id1637626050?i=1000675754686 Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or to...

This week Alena and Alexandra come back together and jump into their ideas about generational trauma. They share tips on how they have each started working on identifying their ancestral patterns and healing from them. It’s especially hard to realize what we have already passed on to kids and Alena and Alexandra talk about that as well. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering....

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 can still go wrong. It’s a harsh life reminder, but a good and necessary one. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or ass...

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 listener feel the emotional rollercoaster that loss can bring. Connect with Tara- simpsontarad@gmail.com Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek...

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 her recent experience and session. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed. Learn more about your ad ...

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 gained so much wisdom and shares it with the Forward to Joy community. Connect with Melissa: Instagram- @frugalmom Website: adventuresfrugalmom.com Facebook: Adventures of Frugal Mom Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@fo...

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 responsive. DABDA Info: https://rootrisetherapyla.com/blog/2022/5-stages-of-grief?format=amp Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help...

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 with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. All these things needed to be handled while also trying to start working through grief emotions. She felt like she was stuck in two different worlds. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or to...

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 and wants to ensure everyone knows that it is different for every person. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistanc...

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 loved ones are sending. Connect with Alexandra on her website, forwardtojoy.com , or send her an email at alexandra@forwardtojoy.com . Portions or topics on this show may be triggering. Please seek professional help or assistance if needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...