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Twins Connected Beyond Life: The Unbreakable Bond After Death
At Thrivologie, I have spent years listening to people who are either one of the twins or had twin children. Their stories stay with me. Again and again, I hear the same quiet truth. The bond between twins does not end when life does. Through my work with emotional...
Twins Connected Beyond Life: The Unbreakable Bond After Death
At Thrivologie, I have spent years listening to people who are either one of the twins or had twin children. Their stories stay with me. Again and again, I hear the same quiet truth. The bond between twins does not end when life does. Through my work with emotional healing and reflection, I have sat across grieving twins, parents, and partners. I have listened as they tried to explain something words barely hold. What they describe feels deeper than memory and stronger than absence. It feels...
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Holding What is Hard: Lessons from the Precipice Trail
“We don’t need to know in advance that we can survive the whole journey. We only need to know that we can survive this moment.” Called by the Mountain The Precipice Trail had been calling to us each summer on our vacations to Acadia National Park. Each year, I would...
Expressive Arts Grief Healing: Transforming Loss Through Creativity
Grief is an intensely personal journey. It comes without warning and often leaves us feeling lost, numb, or overwhelmed. It is not always sufficient to talk or write. Here, expressive arts grief healing comes in. It works through grief through creativity, movement,...
Somatic Grief Healing: Transforming Loss into Life
Grief can feel overwhelming. It is heavy, confusing, and isolating. Many people try to move past it quickly, but true healing requires presence. Somatic grief healing offers a gentle, embodied approach to process loss. Unlike traditional methods, it focuses on the...
Art Therapy Activities for Grief: Creative Paths Toward Healing
Grief touches every corner of life. It transforms the way you feel, think, and even move day by day. The process of healing might not be a linear process, but creativity can assist. Art therapy activities for grief provide you safe ways to process emotions without...
Summer Fruits and an Onion
Aisles of Unexpected Emotion It had been a long time since I had found myself in the baking aisle of the grocery store, crying. On Sunday, I had chosen that aisle, as I often had, because it is closest to the produce section and also because it was, thankfully,...
Rediscovering Connection: Honoring My Son Through the Foods We Loved
In early 2011, I was sitting on the couch nursing my youngest son, Owen, watching Nigella Lawson's show Nigella Feasts on Food Network with Oliver. He had come home from school, and in that late afternoon energy lull before dinner, he snuggled in next to me to visit...
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Hi, I’m Jen Ripa
I’m a grief guide, life coach, artist, and writer, but really, I help women rediscover hope and a powerful version of themselves.
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