emotionally intelligent grief support
. Today’s post lives over on Huffington Post. When you click “continue reading” down below, you’ll be taken to the post on that site. Do be sure to come on back here, though – the toolbox page has some cool stuff, as does the resource page. If you’re living intense grief, I bet you’ve…
Continuing my slightly cranky rant against the typical response to grief, a repost, friends: The butterfly: such a common symbol of transformation. All wiggly dark parts, all mysterious and hidden, erupting from its safe cocoon into the bright, winged world. Its wings like stained-glass windows. Its antennae cued in to the higher worlds. Transcending the limitations of…
This is a test post for the private community.
. Most people don’t know what to say. Your grief, your stunning, shocking life – it’s too much for them. Sometimes, they stutter and scramble for something to say because they love you so. Sometimes, they make stuff up because they are irritated and annoyed, tired of this whole subject of grief. Regardless, platitudes and…
. It’s our Wednesday love list post today. This Wednesday, or whenever you come to this page, please hold the following people in your hearts. Send them whatever good wishes, warmth, & blessing feels right.
. There’s been a lot of discussion in our community the last few weeks on the ways grief changes your friendships: people you thought would hang beside you in anything turn dismissive, unable to hold their gaze on your pain. People you thought would have no capacity for stillness turn out to be consistent witnesses.…
. There’s been a lot of discussion in our community the last few weeks on the ways grief changes your friendships: people you thought would hang beside you in anything turn dismissive, unable to hold their gaze on your pain. People you thought would have no capacity for stillness turn out to be consistent witnesses.…
It’s our Wednesday love list post today. First, I want to share this passage excerpted from a longer Rumi poem, just because it’s beautiful. The list of those needing your love and encouragement come after the poem: “Spring, and everything outside is growing, even the tall cypress tree. We must not leave this place. Around the lip of…
The new PBS documentary Speaking Grief is out now.
Check listings here and contact your local PBS station to request an air date!
