by Diane Holliday | Aug 24, 2024 | Relationships, Widowhood
If you have been in what you thought was a good relationship, and then your partner left you, the emotional pain is the same as bereavement, in fact, it could be worse. To be bereaved after years of life together being alone is always tough, and my programme for...
by Diane Holliday | Aug 11, 2024 | Relationships, Widowhood
I have been hearing about relationships over that couple of weeks, and those couples having a difficult time during the holiday seasons. We all get tense over things sometimes, if your time is now read on…. Recently I have been helping a couple who hate holiday times,...
by Diane Holliday | Jul 21, 2024 | a spiritual life, Later life
If you are a fan of the film Oliver, you will know this, sung by Fagin…. “A man’s got a heart, hasn’t he? Joking apart — hasn’t he? And tho’ I’d be the first one to say that I wasn’t a saint… I’m finding it hard to...
by Diane Holliday | Feb 26, 2024 | Later life, Relationships, Widowhood
Coping with widowhood can be an immensely challenging journey for women, marked by emotional turbulence and profound adjustments. I have been widowed twice and it does not get any easier. As most of my readers will know my partner of ten years passed away last July,...
by Diane Holliday | Sep 7, 2023 | a spiritual life, blessings
Did you know that we all have had a trauma at some point in our lives? You don’t have to be a combat soldier, a prisoner of war or have a car accident to have experienced trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is really all about the bad stuff and there are...