grief/grief recovery | Well Beyond Ordinary

Transforming ‘Why Me’ Into ‘What’s Next’

by Tambre Leighn | Jul 21, 2014 | Grief Recovery

It’s not uncommon to ask the question, ‘why me?’ when things we deem to be challenges or losses occur in our lives. On the other hand, it isn’t often you hear a lottery winner, someone who has just received a job promotion or a clean bill of...

The Becoming of Me

by Tambre Leighn | Mar 6, 2014 | Grief Recovery

How did I get here? These days, it all makes sense. I can follow the trail of threads weaving into a pattern and I understand I am exactly where I should be. Awhile back, I would wake up some days and wonder how did I get here? So far from where I thought I would be....

Resilience Over Re-Solutions

by Tambre Leighn | Dec 31, 2013 | Grief Recovery

As I shared in my New Year’s post last year, “Just Say No to Re-Solutions,” I’m not a big fan of resolutions. They fall into thinking similar to hope, trying and wishing for things to be different than they are currently. Particularly when people are struggling...

Remembering With Purpose

by Tambre Leighn | Sep 11, 2013 | Grief Recovery

September 11th will long be a day that carries meaning here in the United States. Until 2001, it was just another day of the month. But that year, just four months after losing my husband to cancer, the towers came tumbling down. What had seemed to be an isolated...

Coaching: The Anti-Venom to Newton’s Laws of Motion

by Tambre Leighn | Jun 4, 2013 | Extraordinary Living

Bodies at rest stay at rest, and bodies in motion stay in motion, unless acted on by an outside force. People, like objects, become set in their paths, embedded in a constrained reality. As we travel our path, the possible futures, which were once infinite,...