by Karen Strang Allen | Jan 29, 2025 | Recovering from loss & heartbreak, Thriving as a single woman
“The cure for loneliness is connection—not just to others, but to yourself.” – Unknown While few of us like to admit it, we all feel lonely sometimes…it’s part of the human experience. It often happens after a break-up, a move or retirement, or the...
by Karen Strang Allen | Oct 1, 2021 | Finding your soulmate
When I became a widow at 22, I didn’t know how to grieve. I didn’t know what to do with the feelings of sadness, or the shock and disbelief that the man I loved and had just married only 6 weeks earlier was now gone. I knew when we got married that he was dying, but I...
by Karen Strang Allen | May 5, 2021 | Thriving as a single woman
I have had a love-hate relationship with solitude for most of my life. When I was a child, we lived in (very) rural New Brunswick, down a long laneway in a small red bungalow surrounded by maple and birch trees. I loved the privacy of where we lived, the freedom to...