
Welcome to The Journey to Healing Blog
By Bren Bell (Coach & Counselor)
Expert Advice on Grief, Coping and Navigating LifeTransitions
On this blog, I share stories and insights on navigating loss, overcoming grief through transitional times, and moving through challenging seasons of life.
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Category
- 24 Hour Philosophy
- Aging & Mindset
- Anticipatory Grief
- Authentic Living
- Communication skills
- Deservability
- Difficult Conversations
- Emotional Healing
- Emotional healing
- Fear of Unknown
- Grief & Emotional Wellness
- Grief & Fear
- Grief Support Tools
- Growth mindset
- Happiness starts here
- Holiday stress
- Inner wisdom
- Intuition vs Intellect
- Living Authentically
- Living in the Present
- Living with Purpose
- Loss of Job
- Loss of Loved One
- Loss of Self
- Loss of identity
- Mental Health Awareness
- Mindfulness & Grief
- Mindset Shift
- Moving forward after Loss
- Myths and Beliefs
- Overcoming Fear
- Personal Growth
- Rediscover Yourself after Loss
- Rediscovering yourself
- Relationships & Connection
- Release Negativity
- SUD grief
- Self Acceptance
- Self refleciton
- Self-Compassion in Grief
- Setting goals
- Social Media and Connections
- Stuck in Grief
- True self
- Worthiness
- You are enough
- addiction grief
- articles
- distractions & grief
- family grief

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Age Is an Illusion: Embracing Life Beyond Numbers
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