If you want a refresher on how to best support us and/or others on a similar journey, please revisit the posts below:
- What Does Support Look Like for You Right Now?by This Brutiful LifeOver the last 20+ years, I have learned that people are generally kind, and most people want to be supportive of others to the best of their ability. Most people have the best intentions. However, I have also learned that most people in our society don’t know how to support others who are going through… Read more: What Does Support Look Like for You Right Now?
- How to Support Usby This Brutiful LifeA few months ago, my husband and I started calling my doctor’s appointments “dates” in order to focus on what we appreciate about them. We are getting to spend quite a bit of time together in the car, so we are listening to podcasts together, having deep discussions only best friends & life partners will… Read more: How to Support Us
- Is Your Impact Hurting or Healing?by This Brutiful LifeRecently, I experienced some judgment for the choices I am making about my health. It was from someone close to us which always seems to hurt the most. One of the ways I know I am healing from the emotional trauma I have experienced is that I am not letting the judgment stop me from… Read more: Is Your Impact Hurting or Healing?
- Am I Listening or Problem Solving?by This Brutiful LifeSeptember is National Suicide Prevention Month. I consider myself lucky to have never been in a suicidal state, but I am very aware of how someone could get to that state. From my personal experience and perspective, I believe that we are lacking true connection to one another in this country. I think there are… Read more: Am I Listening or Problem Solving?
- Toxic Positivityby This Brutiful LifeEven though I am already a positive person, I have been told by countless medical providers for the last 20+ years that I just need to be positive. Without truly knowing me, they have told me that I just need to change my mindset. They have implied that being positive will take care of everything!… Read more: Toxic Positivity
- Everything Happensby This Brutiful Life“Everything happens for a reason.” I used to say this quite a lot to myself and others, and I have had it said to me quite a lot as well. I know how I feel when it is said to me, and I have read about — and heard others speak about — how it… Read more: Everything Happens
- 3 Thingsby This Brutiful LifeI have recently had a few people ask me how they can be of more support to us. If you are someone who considers yourself to be part of our support network, and you want to be of even more support to us, here are 3 things you can do for us today: 1) Reread… Read more: 3 Things
- Unsolicited Adviceby This Brutiful LifeI am always trying to learn as much as I can about myself and the world around me, so I have been doing an exploration into unsolicited advice over the last few years. It is a topic that is fascinating to me since my husband and I are on the receiving end of quite a… Read more: Unsolicited Advice
- Keep On Keeping Onby This Brutiful LifeOne of my uncles passed away yesterday. Even though it happened fast near the end, he was ready. He had not been well for most of the last year. Just a little over a month ago, we had our last email exchange. He had read a few of my blog posts that were published around… Read more: Keep On Keeping On
- Comfort In, Dump Outby This Brutiful LifeOne of the many things I have learned in the last 20+ years is that most people are not good at providing support to others who are going through difficult times. I don’t believe that this is because people don’t care. I believe this is because we have never been taught, as a society, how… Read more: Comfort In, Dump Out
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