Blog | A Heart’s Journey with Eileen Crispell

I’m a private person by nature, but I don’t believe in gatekeeping the things that might actually help someone. So this is where I share my story: the healing, the hard parts, what I’ve learned along the way. I’m a storyteller at heart, but these stories aren’t really for me anymore. They’re for you, to relate to, to learn from, and to hold you up when you need it. New posts go up regularly, so come back often.

Know the Game You Are In

In my humble opinion, one of the hardest parts of navigating chronic health issues through the medical system is that you don’t know what you don’t know. And not knowing can have heartbreaking consequences. But before I dive into my candid and hard-earned POV, I want to make something clear. I am not a doctor, and this is not medical advice. I am not telling anyone what tests or treatments to accept, reject, start, stop, or delay. I am sharing what I learned through my own experience about discernment and navigating the process without handing

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Part 2: The Sunday Ritual

The Sunday Ritual This post is part two. For complete context, please see the first post, “Ridiculously Small Steps and the Sunday Ritual: The Practice That Put Me Back Together.” During my self-prescribed 8-week program — the one I wrote about in my last post, where I made my daily and weekly goals so small that I could not fail — I did something else too. I called it my Sunday ritual. I didn’t know it at the time, but what I had set up for myself was pure soul healing. I never even thought

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Ridiculously small steps and the Sunday ritual: The Practice That Put Me Back Together

When I was in my early thirties, life took a turn sideways. Up until that point, everything looked on track — college, a career going well, an exceptional group of friends, living in a city I loved. I was even in love, and headed off to grad school. Then my father died — suddenly, unexpectedly — and right in my hands as I tried to resuscitate him after a heart attack. It was a true before and after moment in my life, and everything changed. I found myself living away from what felt like home,

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