Sophia Dembling

About

Sophia is author of The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World and Introverts in Love: The Quiet Way to Happily Ever After.

Sophia also is the author of 100 Places in the USA Every Woman Must Go, The Yankee Chick's Survival Guide to Texas and co-author of The Making of Dr. Phil: The Straight-Talking True Story of Everyone's Favorite Therapist and I Can Still Laugh: Stories of Inspiration and Hope from Individuals Living with Alzheimer's. Her essays and articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines nationwide.

Photo by Manuel M. Pecina

Books by Sophia Dembling

Recent Posts

Finding Purpose After the Loss of a Spouse

A Personal Perspective: Among the losses that accompany the death of a spouse might be the loss of your sense of purpose. But maybe grieving itself is your purpose right now.

Why You Can Ignore Advice About Grief

People tend to be full of well-meaning advice for grievers. You don't have to listen to any of it.

A Widowed Introvert and the Social/Solitude Balance

An introvert might encounter challenges in balancing solitude and socializing in grief.

"How Are You?" Don't Ask, but Definitely Ask

Personal Perspective: "How are you doing?" is a question fraught with subtext for grievers.

Grief and the Passage of Time

The passage of time can bring relief from the most searing stage of grief, but it can also bring sadness.

The passage of time can bring relief from the most searing stage of grief, but it can also bring sadness.

Getting Through the Holidays in Grief

A Personal Perspective: Grievers may anticipate the holidays with dread. Getting through them requires self-awareness, mindfulness, and a plan.

A Personal Perspective: Grievers may anticipate the holidays with dread. Getting through them requires self-awareness, mindfulness, and a plan.

3 Things Widows Need

Advice for supporting widows from the founder of the Modern Widows Club.

Advice for supporting widows from the founder of the Modern Widows Club.

Pushing Past Trauma

If trauma is part of your grief, EMDR could help your brain process intrusive memories.

If trauma is part of your grief, EMDR could help your brain process intrusive memories.

Suicide and a Mother's Grief

Personal Perspective: A mother traces her journey through pain after the suicide of her son.

Personal Perspective: A mother traces her journey through pain after the suicide of her son.

Processing Grief When the Waves Hit

A Personal Perspective: Between moments of peace come periods of painful processing, all moving us forward through grief and growth.

A Personal Perspective: Between moments of peace come periods of painful processing, all moving us forward through grief and growth.