Healing Heart Bears

11/19/2025

Let’s multiple Acts of Kindness❣️

06/03/2025

Healing Heart Bears, LoJoyve, has been showing people of all ages that someone cares with Bear Hugs since 2022. And, this year even a pot belly pig named Big W***y got a Hug.

If you received a Healing Heart Bear, and would like to share a photo, or your story of how it helped Shift Your Perspective to bring Joy, please contact me. In order to respect privacy, I am creating cartoon or artistic images of the photos. Your photo or story may even appear in a video on my YouTube channel (with your permission).

If you would like to make a personal or corporate contribution to give someone a Bear Hug, visit my website, https://www.lojoyve.com/ or contact me. Thanks❣️

05/18/2025

On the three year Anniversary of my passion project, Healing Heart Bears, I decided to create a YouTube channel to bring people together to find JOY❣️

The name of my channel is…..
“LoJOYve”
Choose Love - Find JOY

It will include videos of:
Healing Heart Bears Stories
Shifting Perspectives to Find JOY
Conversations with Karen
Bear Hugs for JOY
And, much more!

Everyone needs a little bit of JOY daily!
Hopefully, LoJOYve will bring you some, too❣️

Choose LOVE - Find JOY❣️ Shifting Perspectives to Find JOY Healing Heart Bears Conversations with Karen

10/05/2024

🐻Bear Hugs Needed❣️

Our Family and Friends in NC, and the surrounding area, are suffering!!

Healing Heart Bears would like to donate over 100 Care Bears next week to help with their healing…. "We Heal Broken Hearts One Bear at a Time.” Children, and adults, have lost everything and could use soft, warm Bear Hugs!

I would greatly appreciate your donation (individual or corporate) to help me make this happen. I currently have a small inventory but not enough to meet this tremendous need.

Let’s bring a little JOY to those hearts that need healing at this difficult time❣️

DIRECTIONS: To Feel the Joy Place Bear over
Your Heart and Give it a Big Hug❣️

Healing Heart Bears show
You Someone Cares!

When feelings start to tug
Give Your Bear a Hug!

Joy may feel so far away,
but Healing can begin today………

We believe Healing Heart Bears provide comfort to children and adults who are struggling. They are companions while healing and provide loving hugs. Broken heart begins to heal when loved.

06/12/2023

A Healing Heart Bear Share❣️🐻

Over the weekend I was struggling with whether or not my passion project, Healing Heart Bears, was the path I was supposed to be taking. I was feeling more like Grumpy Bear, not Funshine Bear.

It was a beautiful day so my husband decide to take me out for our favorite pizza to cheer me up. As we were eating, I noticed a woman looking at her phone and crying. I saw some of her friends coming over to comfort her but she was struggling to smile. Carlos left the table for a few moments, and I tried to eat my pizza and respect her privacy, but I kept being drawn to what was going on. (Those who know me well, and my little secret😉, will understand what happened next.) It was at that moment I saw this beautiful Angel surrounding this woman as if it was giving her a bear hug. I looked away because I didn’t trust what I was seeing. When I looked back it was still there, and the energy surrounding it was so strong it was making me teary so I was compelled to say something. I knew she spoke limited English so I told her friend to please tell her what I saw, and she was not to give up because they hear her. I wasn’t sure how she would react but the woman came over to me crying and gave me a big hug. Carlos returned just then in time to be our interpreter. She said she really needed to hear this message today. Her daughter, who was living in another country, was not in good health, and she couldn’t be there for her. It was breaking her heart!!! She said this morning she was struggling with her faith because she felt no one was hearing her prayers. This message let her know that they are listening and things will be okay. I told her the message wasn’t from me but from her loved ones who are still with her and looking over her. She then told me her brother was one of those Angels. I gave her a big Healing Heart Bear hug, and we went on our way. The Universe was reminding me to stay on my path and set aside my fear of speaking up for those who don’t have a voice (even when they speak a different language). I needed a reminder that day just as much as she did❣️

Healing Heart Bears show you someone cares and we can Heal Broken Hearts one Bear (Hug) at a time!

We believe Healing Heart Bears provide comfort to children and adults who are struggling. They are companions while healing and provide loving hugs. Broken heart begins to heal when loved.

06/08/2023

What would your name be????

06/07/2023

It has been one year since I created my passion project, Healing Heart Bears!

We have been able to gift Bears to families who have had losses due to Covid, cancer, premature sudden death, auto accidents and loss of fur babies, just to name a few. They were grieving the loss of mothers, fathers, children, husbands, wives, siblings, grandparents and best friends.

A Bear Hug is something we can do to help them find a little Joy at this difficult time!

If you would like to help someone heal their broken heart, please donate at www.healingheartbears.com.

If you are interested in corporate sponsorship, please contact me.

Your donations are greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Karen

11/13/2022

I created Healing Heart Bears so we can shift perspectives on grieving! Talking about your loved one who has crossed over should not make others uncomfortable. It is an opportunity to heal and share their wonderful life. Allow your tears of pain to one day become your tears of Joy from the beautiful memories of how they lived!

https://www.libraryoflinda.com/healingheartbears

If you feel abandoned in your grief process, you’re not alone. Bereavement can be deeply isolating, made worse when we feel those we love don’t understand.

said succinctly that the first year after loss, many feel support that they don’t receive by that second year. There’s an expectation by society to move on. Equally, compassion fatigue sets in and people don’t know what else to say.

People understand that a first birthday or Christmas is hard, but what about year 2? Or year 5? Grant yourself the permission to grieve, no matter how long it has been. Check in one those you know who have experienced loss - whether recent or long ago, a kind word is immensely more helpful than awkward silence.

In validating those we know grieve, I truly believe we prepare ourselves to better deal with loss. Communication is everything in this realm and the next.

11/13/2022

Another perspective on grieving❣️

A different approach on grief from my friend . Sometimes spiritual people feel pressure to find the lesson in every challenge. While this is a noble goal, we don’t learn what grief has to teach overnight. Be gentle with yourself through your process. My wish is that you find peace as you grow through what you go through… in divine timing and without expectation. 💖