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Category: Grief

Daily check-in and gratitude exercise

Daily check-in helps me find hope after husband’s suicide

“Michael?”

I moved closer to my husband. He was on his stomach, his face a mottled purple. It was morning and I thought he might have passed out drunk the night before. Maybe he had alcohol poisoning.

“Michael.”

I shook him. Nothing.

Again. Still no movement.

His body was stiff, arms stretched overhead.

I checked his neck for a pulse and it felt warm, but I couldn’t detect a pulse. Still, his neck was turned toward his shoulder — maybe I just wasn’t feeling for it in the right place.

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Getting over the idea that ‘men don’t cry’ unleashed freedom and happiness

Mike Biles is one of the most emotionally evolved men I know. He exudes a quiet confidence as a successful entrepreneur whose company handles insurance claims

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Mike Biles, author

for companies and individuals whose roofs have been damaged in storms.

 

As he goes about his work arranging construction crews and fighting insurance companies to make sure his clients get what they’re owed, you’d never know he’s also the author of the book The Spiritual Prescription for Transforming Relationships and holds a master’s degree in spiritual psychology.

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