About Me
My name is Lisa O'Leary. I am a lawyer-turned-reluctant-blogger in search of peace of mind and a sense of purpose after losing my beloved husband Patrick to brain cancer in July 2015. Prior to this traumatic loss, I always used the written word as my outlet and it was my greatest aspiration to become a writer. When Patrick died, for quite some time so, too, did my love of writing. Something about committing pen to paper made the whole experience far too real. Losing my greatest creative channel made an already painful situation intolerable.
I am using this site to regain not only my love of this medium but my sense of self. I hope to learn who I am while letting go of the pain of the past, knowing that freedom will never come until I surrender completely and accept life exactly as it is. That is what living from a place of surrender is all about. It is learning to stop clinging to the people/places/things I identify as the cause of being okay, and to stop resisting that which I think I don't want. It is releasing all of the things I identify as "me" - my career, my relationship (or lack thereof), the number on the scale - and learning to relax into the present moment, exactly as it, with no attempt to manipulate it. It is about abandoning what I think life "should" look like in order to appreciate what is. It is about untethering the soul enough to allow the light of the Universe to flow all the time, and not judging the seemingly good and the seemingly bad.
I hope my experience can help you find your way to letting go of the things that are holding you back from living your best and happiest life.
Click here for my latest blog post.
I am using this site to regain not only my love of this medium but my sense of self. I hope to learn who I am while letting go of the pain of the past, knowing that freedom will never come until I surrender completely and accept life exactly as it is. That is what living from a place of surrender is all about. It is learning to stop clinging to the people/places/things I identify as the cause of being okay, and to stop resisting that which I think I don't want. It is releasing all of the things I identify as "me" - my career, my relationship (or lack thereof), the number on the scale - and learning to relax into the present moment, exactly as it, with no attempt to manipulate it. It is about abandoning what I think life "should" look like in order to appreciate what is. It is about untethering the soul enough to allow the light of the Universe to flow all the time, and not judging the seemingly good and the seemingly bad.
I hope my experience can help you find your way to letting go of the things that are holding you back from living your best and happiest life.
Click here for my latest blog post.
My PhotosI love taking pictures. I'm far from a professional, and probably barely an amateur, but pretty photos make me happy. I share some of my favorites here, in hopes that they'll make you happy, too.
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