Abandonment – Page 2 – Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

Mourning a Mentor – Remembering Susan Jeffers

Nov 15, 2012

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Susan Jeffers death has hit me pretty hard. If it had not been for her wisdom and mentoring, my first book may never have been published. Susan taught me to “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway!”

There Is to Be No Grieving

Oct 1, 2012

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Elayne Savage, PhD

When my mother and grandmother died in a DC-3 crash I was 12 years old. The rule in my family was “There is to be no grieving.” Incomplete or unresolved or complicated grieving has powerful long-term effects throughout our lives. As with others who have experienced significant childhood challenges, I’m repeatedly reminded that healing is…

Memorial Day: From Honoring the Dead to a Day of Dread – and Back Again

Jun 1, 2012

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Elayne Savage, PhD

When childhood unpleasant memories of Memorial Day turn it into a day of dread – what does it take to transform the day into a pleasant and valued experience?

Hope and Fear and Hunger Games

Apr 23, 2012

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Watching the Hunger Games movie lets us recognize how our hopes and fears are connected to expectations, disappointment, loss and rejection.

What’s Going to Happen to Me? Facing and Overcoming Fear

Sep 27, 2010

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Fear is in the air and it’s contagious and debilitating. Fear brings up helplessness, uncertainty, worry, apprehension and anxiety. Put fear in perspective and get it under control by understanding how and why you are affected by outside events and what steps you can take to overcome the fear.

Out of the Ashes – A Joyous Reunion of Grief

Feb 27, 2009

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Elayne Savage, PhD

A reunion of grief takes place as an Iowa farm community invites a brother and sister to join them in remembering the plane crash that killed their mother and grandmother – 55 years later.