This Week’s Listener Question:

My partner has Early Onset Alzheimer’s and every day feels like another challenge, crisis, or fire to put out. This is going to be a long journey. How do I not lose myself in it and find just a little bit of peace in the process?

SOUL Group Questions:

To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.

1. When have you faced a chronic problem, crisis, or challenge that went on for a long time or is still going on?

2. In the midst of many challenges, what are some of your coping mechanisms? Which ones help you? Which ones hinder you?

3. How have you noticed other people dealing with challenges or crisis’ differently than you? What helps you communicate with each other without judgment?

4. When you’re walking through a hard season in life, what are some platitudes that really make you angry when someone says them to you?

5. In what ways have you found peace in life’s biggest storms? Who or what do you cling to for anchoring support? By sharing your insights, you might be encouraging someone else to try new ways of anchoring their soul in the storms of life.

Resources:

Have a question for us? Send it to questions@soulenchilada.com

To sign up for one-on-one grief and/or faith support with Laura, visit griefandhope.org

To ask Laura to speak at your event – laurabusse.com

Learn more about Laura’s ministry The 3 O’Clock Wake Up Call – HERE

Learn more about Christine Ruth, counseling practice, and future retreats – HERE

This Week’s Listener Question:

I’ve been invited to a silent retreat. I’d like to attend but honestly every time I try to meditate or sit in silent prayer, my mind races and I feel restless and distracted. What’s the point of sitting still?

SOUL Group Questions:

To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.

1. How would you describe your comfort level with solitude and silence?

2. What comes up for you when you practice silence, meditation, or prayer?

3. What helps you drop into a quieter, slower mode? What benefits do you receive when you do?

4. Have you ever observed a “Sabbath”? What went well? What was hard? What did you learn about yourself or your faith?

5. Bonus – What’s the difference between solitude and loneliness?

Resources:

To sign up for one-on-one grief and/or faith support with Laura, visit griefandhope.org

To ask Laura to speak at your event – laurabusse.com

Have a question for us? Send it to questions@soulenchilada.com

Learn more about Laura’s ministry The 3 O’Clock Wake Up Call – HERE

Learn more about Christine Ruth, counseling practice, and future retreats – HERE

This week we interview Claire Allen, a survivor of the 2021 Marshall Fires in Colorado in hopes of supporting friends now enduring massive fires in Los Angeles. This podcast is for anyone who is walking through trauma, loss, and grief or lovingly supporting someone who is.

SOUL Group Questions:

To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.

1. When have you experienced a “fire storm” in your life?

2. In the early days of trauma or tragedy, how would you have described your body sensations, thinking, feelings, or responses? Did you speed up or slow down?

3. What have been your anchors during hard times? How have they helped or grounded you to stay standing in faith, health, or relationships during big storms?

4. Claire shared her unique reactions to trauma, loss, and grief after losing her home in the Marshall Fires. What are some helpful take aways or tools to support others or yourself in the most challenging seasons of life?

Resources:

Have a question for us? Send it to questions@soulenchilada.com

To sign up for one-on-one grief and/or faith support with Laura, visit griefandhope.org

To ask Laura to speak at your event – laurabusse.com

Learn more about Laura’s ministry The 3 O’Clock Wake Up Call – HERE

Learn more about Christine Ruth, counseling practice, and future retreats – HERE