Cheryl shares how her resilience and deep enjoyment of life kept her going through some very challenging life experiences. Her story is a journey of healing. Cheryl shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: - offer ourselves to others - focus out on someone else - it's a choice to keep our hearts open or to choose bitterness - there's a light within us - fan the light and keep it alive - we need to matter to ourselves - ask yourself "what matters to me?" - we can create ourselves anew - as long as we're alive, we can shift, grow and change - give yourself space - be compassion and kind to yourself - authentically heal from your grief tags: Cheryl, Krauter, psychotherapist, writer, speaker, Odyssey, of, Ashes, Memoir, Love, Loss, Letting, Go, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,