The Inspiring Bee

Finding purpose in climate action.

Tag: grief

  • Surviving Grief

    Tweet When Marlene Hunt contacted me about using my quote in her book, “Twelve Steps of Hope,” I was honored and grateful. Writing is a creative way for me to disperse hope, healing and positive change. Through Marlene’s book, I get a chance to do that. She’s such an inspiration, which is why I asked…

  • When Gratitude Isn’t a Good Thing

    Tweet This week is Thanksgiving. While we’re inundated with everything food related, there’s something else that’s celebrated as much as a traditional turkey dinner and all its dressings. Gratitude. While being grateful has its place, there are times when gratitude is not only unwelcome, but can be a source of pain. Gratitude journals, saying, “Thank…

  • Being Grateful Regardless of Your Circumstance

    Tweet Today is my birthday. Usually when it comes around to the day, I’m worrying and anxious about what I’ll do. How will I make it PERFECT? Who will remember? How will I spend it? Or I’ll grieve over another year lost. How much time has passed. How I haven’t yet accomplished all the things…

  • Adjusting to a New Place

    Tweet Life is not supposed to be easy. We’re not meant to sit in hammocks and twiddle our thumbs. We’re grown to be both hard and soft, both strong and vulnerable. We’re built to withstand hardship and to be supple and weak. We know this as children. We know it inherently, which is why children…

  • The Surprising Thing That’s Causing You Suffering

    Tweet What’s causing you the most suffering in life isn’t the things you don’t have or even not being grateful for the things you do. The reason why most of us endure so much unnecessary pain is that we believe in the picture painted by another artist’s brush. To put it simply, understanding why you’re…

  • Being Okay With the Unknown

    Tweet I guarantee our ancestors were better at it than we are. They didn’t have smart phones back then, or tablets, or digital notebooks. They looked to the stars for guidance and their hearts for hope. And when it got really bad, they sat on the earth, lifted their palms up to the sky and…