<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Heart's Renewal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heart's Renewal]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:14:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When Someone Else’s Addiction Becomes Your Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life After Complicated Loss™: Loving Someone You Cannot Recover For By Lisa Franco Alexander Maybe your phone has a different sound now. Not literally. It rings the same way it always has, but somewhere along the way, hearing it became something different. You see their name on the screen and before you even answer, your stomach tightens. What happened this time? Are they okay? Do they need money? Is the story they are about to tell you true? Is someone hurt? Is this finally the call you have...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/when-someone-else-s-addiction-becomes-your-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aaca1e6a365c011f9ceb650</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:38:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_80f43a2bf89e44e8b0ec7c0a25666152~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Everyone Deserves to Hear Your Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cost of Silence, the Power of Safe Connection, and Life After Complicated Loss™ By Lisa Franco Alexander Maybe you remember the conversation. You finally told someone what was happening. Not everything, of course. Just enough to admit that things were not okay. Maybe you told them your adult child was no longer speaking to you, or that you were no longer allowed to see your grandchildren. Maybe you tried to explain how a family that had once been the center of your world had somehow...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/not-everyone-deserves-to-hear-your-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aaae91cd5d2d87df00b23ad</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:00:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_fa46ab0fd1e9400a90af2f36f267f74a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BEFORE I WAS GRAMMIE, I WAS A GRANDDAUGHTER]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Our Grandparents Hand Forward Without Ever Knowing How Far It Will Travel By Lisa Franco Alexander Before I was Grammie, I was a granddaughter. Long before I ever stood in a kitchen making bread with my grandchildren, there were generations of hands before mine. They prepared the foods our family knew by heart, welcomed people through the door, made things meant to last and created traditions that became so much a part of family life that nobody thought to call them traditions. When I...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/before-i-was-grammie-i-was-a-granddaughter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa6c023d587b0fb46acb093</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_d2392a777f754f9fbac0197f6c0c4c89~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_392,h_754,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FOR THE GRANDPARENTS WHO WON’T GET A CARD THIS SUNDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Grandparents Day Hurts More Than Anyone Knows By Lisa Franco Alexander Tomorrow, families will post photographs. Grandchildren will make cards with crooked letters and too much glue. There will be phone calls, breakfasts, hugs, flowers and photographs of grandparents surrounded by the little people who made them Grandma, Grandpa, Nana, Nonna, Papa, Grammie, Avó—or whatever beautiful name a child gave them. And somewhere, a grandparent will see one of those photographs and have to put the...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/for-the-grandparents-who-won-t-get-a-card-this-sunday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa58693dd58bcb58cb79351</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:28:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_6ef253bc51684436a13d72c2d83ef1ca~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_830,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Know What I Gave]]></title><description><![CDATA[When You Stop Putting Your Love on Trial By Lisa Franco Alexander There comes a point in some estranged relationships when you realize you have spent an extraordinary amount of time trying to prove something you already know. That you loved them. That you cared. That you tried. That you were there. Were you perfect? Of course not. Neither were our parents. Neither will our children be. None of us gets through decades of loving another human being without making mistakes, saying the wrong...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/i-know-what-i-gave</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa494a66b6b040961d9f97a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:32:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_c6836cb86a0c4a7cade9a67c82b7c78e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Things That Shouldn't Hurt]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Ordinary Things Become Doorways to the People We Still Love                                                                                  By Lisa Franco Alexander Yesterday, I went to a Todo a Dollar store here in Panama to pick up a few little things for an upcoming trip. I was standing at the register when I saw it. An orange Hot Wheels car. Nothing extraordinary. Just a tiny toy car displayed at eye level beside the cash register. And suddenly, tears were running down my face....]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/the-things-that-shouldn-t-hurt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a91e9c4c7f0c93b39f1a425</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:01:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_34eea9a141d442d8a2b51e8452785c1e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_653,h_528,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Love Like No Other.                    A Loss Like No Other.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Unimaginable Pain of Grandparent Alienation By Lisa Franco Alexander A grandmother responded today to something I had written about grandparent alienation, with four simple words: “It is so cruel.” I knew exactly what she meant. There was no explanation necessary. No background story required. No need for her to convince me that what she was experiencing was unbearable. I answered her almost instinctively: There is no pain like this. None. And then I realized something. There is only one...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/a-love-like-no-other-a-loss-like-no-other</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8a0e8e4e12adafbf7b2388</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:05:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_90230de79e104594b6f1b9b3f81e2f61~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_781,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Don't Have to Stop Loving Them to Start Saving Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Complicated Grief of Loving the Person Underneath the Addiction By Lisa Franco Alexander There is a backyard here in Panama where I am beginning to learn how to be alone. I did not choose it as a place of healing. I did not walk through the gate one day and decide that this would be where I would begin rebuilding my life. It simply became that place. The owner picks me up and brings me there because, right now, I do not have a car. When I am home alone, people from this circle bring me...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/you-don-t-have-to-stop-loving-them-to-start-saving-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e1c2ad791ff6850b561f3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:12:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_9cdb3f91178e40d490582fc652f87edd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Still Love the Person Beneath the Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Lisa Franco Alexander There are losses that happen when someone dies. And then there are losses that happen while someone is still standing in front of you. Addiction can create that kind of loss. The person you love may still be there physically. You may still recognize the face, hear the familiar laugh, feel the arms that have held you a thousand times. And sometimes—sometimes—you see them. The person you remember. The person beneath the disease. A familiar expression. A moment of...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/i-still-love-the-person-beneath-the-disease</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a86534e9f08191bca9bee66</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:31:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_246831e81b7645cfb15ce799ca0f2a2f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_643,h_429,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Did Discomfort Become Danger?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boundaries, Emotional Safety, and What We Lose When Family Cutoff Becomes the Answer By Lisa Franco Alexander There was a time when families were expected to stay together almost regardless of the cost. Sometimes, that expectation was terribly wrong. People remained in abusive homes. Children were told to forgive behavior that should never have been excused. Adults were expected to tolerate cruelty because “that's your mother,” “that's your father,” or simply “family is family.” Silence was...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/when-did-discomfort-become-danger</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a86307c6c395e7dcc39c638</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:01:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_4d2e39034851442c9f61187ca8ed3552~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roots and Ripples                                 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[What We Inherit, What We Carry, and What We Choose Not to Pass On By Lisa Franco Alexander For most of my life, I thought healing required me to decide which version of the story was true. Was my father a loving father, or was he the father whose punishments sometimes left marks on my body and memories that never left me? Was my husband a loving husband, or was he the man who lashed me and caused me serious harm? Were they wounded people shaped by what happened to them, or were they adults...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/roots-and-ripples</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7f9de1204f6d08e07eb543</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:39:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_2bb4ef3230c74ba19d14b1a8723f9025~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Did Estrangement Become the Answer?                                                                              ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Therapy, Social Media, Family Erasure—and the Voices Missing From the Conversation By Lisa Franco Alexander There was a time when having a difficult relationship with someone did not automatically mean the relationship itself had to end. Families argued. Parents disappointed children. Children disappointed parents. Generations disagreed about values, choices, relationships, parenting, money, religion, politics, and all the other things human beings have managed to disagree about for...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/when-did-estrangement-become-the-answer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a790798421979b2d9783fa5</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:09:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_f945bb9fb7a94880ba6682c47b08ecb6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_410,h_512,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Living Death of Grandparent Alienation]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Love Continues When a Grandmother Is No Longer Allowed to Love Her Grandchildren By Lisa Franco Alexander There is a kind of grief that has no funeral. No obituary. No sympathy cards. No flowers. No one gathers to acknowledge what has been lost. Yet every morning, you wake carrying the weight of a life that feels as though it has already ended. It is the grief of loving children who are still alive...while no longer being allowed to love them in the ways your heart still longs to. People...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/the-living-death-of-grandparent-alienation-how-love-continues-when-a-grandmother-is-no-longer-allow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a76b8e67e238b0b8adf626d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:46:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_9c693bc9ebec4e278bcece4bd58a896e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come Sit Beside Me                                                                                                     ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to Heart's Renewal,   Where No One Has to Carry Complicated Loss Alone There are some losses the world knows how to recognize. When someone dies, people gather. They bring flowers. They send sympathy cards. They sit beside you while you grieve. But there are other losses that have no funeral. No obituary. No casseroles on the front porch. No one tells you how to survive loving people who are still alive, yet no longer part of your life. I know that kind of loss because I have lived...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/come-sit-beside-me-welcome-to-heart-s-renewal-where-no-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a72398e2b9f850aae0035d5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:37:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_1915fc5636834ebca6c50fe2537c7154~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_383,h_393,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Healing Power of Peer Support After Family Estrangement: Why Being Truly Understood Matters]]></title><description><![CDATA["Sometimes the deepest wounds are not those we can see,  but those we feel we must carry in silence." Family estrangement is one of the most painful and least understood experiences a person can endure. Whether you are the parent of an estranged adult child or an alienated grandparent separated from your grandchildren, the loss often extends far beyond the relationship itself. It can affect your identity, your sense of belonging, your confidence, and your emotional well-being. Unlike...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/the-healing-power-of-peer-support-after-family-estrangement-why-being-truly-understood-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a64d85c532301fe59fbf988</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:44:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_fcf85c9122f74d5296ffc0a9ca471a99~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Heart of Family: Grandparents, Our Anchors in Uncertain Seas]]></title><description><![CDATA[How grandparents help carry memory, belonging, and connection across generations In times of uncertainty, families often look for something steady to hold onto. Grandparents can be part of that steadiness—not because they have all the answers, and certainly not because every grandparent is perfect, but because they carry something no younger generation can manufacture overnight: history. They remember who came before us. They know the stories behind the photographs, the recipes, the sayings,...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/the-heart-of-family-grandparents-our-anchors-in-uncertain-seas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a4c205329f38dcec75303</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:06:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_ba6b02a14363468081547f547dee0a0d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_313,h_311,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Holiday Peace Amidst Family Separation: A Guide for Grandparents]]></title><description><![CDATA[The holidays are traditionally a time for family gatherings, laughter, and joy. When the Holidays Hurt The holidays are traditionally described as a time for family gatherings, laughter, traditions, and joy. For grandparents who are separated from their adult children or grandchildren, however, the season can magnify grief that is already difficult to explain. An empty chair can feel louder at Christmas. A familiar song can bring back an entire childhood. Walking past the toy aisle can hurt...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/finding-holiday-peace-amidst-family-separation-a-guide-for-grandparentsthe-holidays-are-traditional</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a3cf4cd8d822ee179ff63</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:55:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_18ce96120a6347df9ad90a87500b11e8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_383,h_252,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rethinking Therapeutic Narratives: Embracing Forgiveness &#38; Family]]></title><description><![CDATA["Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner."— Max Lucado Imagine sitting across from a grandmother who has not seen her grandchildren in years. Her voice carries both heartbreak and hope as she quietly asks: “How can words like ‘toxic’ and ‘narcissist’ help heal a family when all I want is the opportunity to love them again?” It is a question that deserves thoughtful reflection. Across today's mental health landscape, conversations about...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/rethinking-therapeutic-narratives-embracing-forgiveness-family</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a3898cd8d822ee179efd7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:34:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_2019cf14498f423cbfb566f4e8f7f7d9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_377,h_678,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inner Peace through Ho'oponopono]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finding Inner Peace in Times of Estrangement Through Ho'oponopono In the complex journey of life coaching, few topics are as heart-wrenching as Grandparent Alienation and Adult-Child Estrangement, combined with In-Law Alienation. For those who find themselves in these challenging situations, where reconciliation seems impossible, finding inner peace becomes not just a wish, but a necessity. Embracing Ho'oponopono for Healing Ho'oponopono, an ancient Hawaiian practice, offers a pathway to...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/inner-peace-through-ho-oponopono</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a3edf5329f38dcec727b6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_b0afbc82f3894795bf704622490bea20~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_297,h_224,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Announcing: "Embracing Love and Loss: A Ho'oponopono Guide for Parents and Grandparents Through Grief and Distance"]]></title><description><![CDATA[EMBRACING LOVE AND LOSS   Prepare to embark on a global journey of healing and transformation with my newest release, "Embracing Love and Loss". This book is a lifeline for anyone navigating the stormy seas of grief and distance, equipped with the ancient wisdom of Ho'oponopono. As a certified Master Life Coach specializing in family estrangement and a certified Ho'oponopono Practitioner, I've poured my heart into crafting a raw and transformative guide that addresses the universal human need...]]></description><link>https://lisa62143.wixsite.com/my-site-4/post/announcing-embracing-love-and-loss-a-ho-oponopono-guide-for-parents-and-grandparents-through-grie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a48fccd8d822ee17a27d8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af1419_2652e459f82b4bef931d0402332e760c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_808,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lisa62143</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>