--- title: Blog | family description: family | Read stories about my journey with careers, motherhood, and mental health. --- [![Rowena Winkler logo](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/hs-fs/hubfs/New-Project-4.png?width=937&height=618&name=New-Project-4.png "Rowena Winkler logo")](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/) Open main menu Close main menu - [Home](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/) - About Open the submenu - [Meet Rowena](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/about-rowena) - [Press](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/press) - [Partnerships](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/partnerships) - [Merch](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/merch) - Services Open the submenu - [Career Coaching](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/career-coaching) - [Astrology](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/astrology) - [Coaching Bundles](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/coaching-bundles) - Community Open the submenu - [Masterclasses](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/masterclasses) - [Free Resources](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/resources) - [Blog](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog) Open the submenu - [Letters from My Postpartum Psychosis](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/letters-from-my-postpartum-psychosis) # Blog Select Category mother motherhood anxiety mental health mental illness postpartum postpartum psychosis postpartum support international mindfulness reflection Lindsay Mack Sheppard Pratt academia birthday career change career pivot evolution family fertility issues infertility leaving academia theater 8 affirmations career coaching dancing fertility clinic loss magic manifestation meditation musical theater new years goals numerology pregnancy rituals seasons spoken word tarot yoga CBT DBT Haloperidol Trazodone akathisia alignment art therapy astrology authentic alignment authentically aligned messaging authenticity avatar: the last airbender breakthrough cancer communication communication student community building creativity day hospital death delusions employee spotlight entrepreneurship fall father hallucinations highly sensitive person integration intention setting intern internship intuitive marketing leo season lion's gate portal marketing messaging music therapy new moon new year oracle cards parenting partial hospitalization program postpartum psychosis recovery recovery reframing spiritual awakening storytelling team member introduction tedx tedx talk university of maryland virgo season Posts about: ## family ![Dad's Death Anniversary Blog | Dr. Rowena Winkler](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/hubfs/Blog%20Posts/RBW%20Feature%20Images-1.png) [family,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/family) [loss,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/loss) [Lindsay Mack,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/lindsay-mack) [numerology,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/numerology) [8,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/8) [cancer,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/cancer) [father,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/father) [death](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/death) ### [Death, the Number 8, and Embracing Life](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/death-the-number-8-and-embracing-life) My dad passed away [8 years ago today](https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/roberto-briones-obituary?pid=179133100). It's wild how quickly time flies, and yet...it feels like he was just here, being his charismatic, funny, jolly self.  [Dr. Rowena Briones Winkler](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/author/dr-rowena-briones-winkler) [Read More](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/death-the-number-8-and-embracing-life) ![](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image-1.jpeg) [career pivot,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/career-pivot) [birthday,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/birthday) [leaving academia,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/leaving-academia) [family,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/family) [career,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/career) [meditation,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/meditation) [career change,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/career-change) [mindfulness,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/mindfulness) [yoga](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/yoga) ### [3 Ways I Gained Perspective in My 30s](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/2019/03/26/3-ways-i-gained-perspective-in-my-30s) ICYMI, I turned 33 years old exactly 10 days ago (you can check out highlights from my [Lady Gaga-themed birthday party here](https://www.instagram.com/p/BvHuWuUFkWy/)). Some folks in my position would be sad to be officially out of their 20s, but in all honesty, I kinda love my 30s. [Dr. Rowena Briones Winkler](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/author/dr-rowena-briones-winkler) [Read More](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/2019/03/26/3-ways-i-gained-perspective-in-my-30s) ![](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/img_2357-4.jpg) [spoken word,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/spoken-word) [family,](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/family) [loss](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/tag/loss) ### [Lessons Learned from Missing Dad: Year 3 Edition](https://www.rowenawinkler.com/blog/2016/10/08/lessons-learned-from-missing-dad-year-3-edition) ### Today is October 7th. Three years ago, I was getting ready to teach a social media class at my first “real job” post-graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University when my sister called. 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