blog – Page 3 – Jo Betz Grief

Jul 18, 2020

The world has changed, everything has shifted

Dear friends, The world has changed. Everything has shifted. There’s no doubt COVID-19 has changed all of us, in a myriad of ways and our brains, emotions and bodies are struggling to keep up. Feeling punched in the guts, foggy...

Jul 18, 2020

Grief - the most painful kind of love

It was while scrolling social media that I came across some news that made my stomach lurch. An accident on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway tragically took the lives of four police officers, resulting in the single biggest loss of police lives...

Jul 18, 2020

Ridin' solo - what it's like being a solo mother

If you ever asked me if I like being a solo mother, the simple answer is, no. I don’t like it at all. In fact there have been times I have hated it. When my husband Craig and I decided...

Jul 18, 2020

Strategies for coping with change

“The only constant in life is change” – Heraclitus, an Ancient Greek Philosopher who clearly knew what he was on about. Last week our Premier, Dan Andrews, announced some school children would be heading back to Primary School next week, including my...

Jul 17, 2020

This is me

Hi, my name is Jo Betz. I figure if you’ve popped over to this side of my website, you’re curious about me and my life. So here goes, this is me. I’m a marriage celebrant, and have been since early...