by Brenda MacIntyre | Nov 9, 2021 | Grief & Loss
We have been fed a very big lifelong lie… that grief is bad and either we need to “get over it” (stuff it and pretend we’re fine way too early) or have people doting on us trying to “fix” us. It’s a vicious circle that stems from another big lie: that we are supposed...
by Brenda MacIntyre | Oct 13, 2021 | Grief & Loss
When it comes to pain, women are like cats. My cat Pixie has been dealing with a skin infection ever since May this year. At first I didn’t even know anything was wrong… because cats and women are similar in how they deal with pain. You will rarely know when they are...
by Brenda MacIntyre | Oct 15, 2019 | Grief & Loss
Grief and chronic pain can take you places. Places most people would never dare to go. Most of us spend our lifetime avoiding pain because of course, who wants to feel pain? But some of us don’t have that luxury because pain is part of our everyday lives, for months,...
by Brenda MacIntyre | Aug 12, 2019 | Grief & Loss
TODAY’S LYRICS: Feel the love Let the love bring the tears Let yourself take your time Grieve — Lyrics from “Grieve” by Brenda MacIntyre No wonder we human beings are barely breathing. We suppress grief over and over again whenever we have little or...
by Brenda MacIntyre | Jul 22, 2019 | Grief & Loss
TODAY’S LYRICS: Some of the songs on the album don’t have actual lyrics, but instead have “vocables”, sounds rooted in indigenous languages, in my case the Ojibwe language, Anishnaabemowin. — “Life After Loss Lullaby” by Brenda MacIntyre TODAY’S SONG...
by Brenda MacIntyre | Jul 15, 2019 | Grief & Loss
TODAY’S LYRICS: Freedom is within your soul There’s really nowhere else to go Gotta let yourself fall apart So you can feel it in your heart Love, nothing but love — Lyrics from “Nothing But Love” by Brenda MacIntyre TODAY’S SONG & MESSAGE OF HOPE: When I was at...
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