Tom's Blog

Your Next Step

There is a next step.  For you to take. Did you know that? If you’re feeling stuck.Frightened.Confused.Unsure and unsteady.Blocked.Pa...

A New You Emerging

  My 18-month-old daughter Erin died in 1990. My 43-year-old wife Trici died in 1999. My 13-year-old son Rory died in 2005. I have l...

We Walk Through Fire

You are stronger than you think. You are stronger than you know. You are stronger than you feel ... right now. You have already walk...

Seeing with New Eyes

On more than one occasion, someone has said to me: "Before you suggested it Tom, it never dawned on me that I could be happy again. I didn't know ...

A new way to LIVE WITH your child's death

While reading through FB posts this morning, I came across this message shared with the 11,000+ people who follow a popular page for parents who ar...

How Do I Start to Heal?

In order to heal you must MOURN.  You must push all of your grief up and out.  Contrary to the old way of doing grief - denying, su...

Building Bridges of Reconnection When People Mourn Differently

I recently received this message from a mother who is feeling disconnected from her daughter one year after the suicide of her son.  Hello To...

Why Not Believe the Psychics and Mediums?

  “Surrender is the key that unlocks the door to grace.” ~Cheryl Richardson, The Unmistakable Touch of Grace I have seen a good number ...