#MondaysMoments
June 25 2018
We invite you to engage in creative expressions. Write a story, create something, listen to music and/or whenever you see something that expresses how you feel, take a picture of it. The options ar...
Monday, June 25, 2018
June 18 2018
If you’re interested in the science behind creative expression and healing, see this research summary:
In 2010, a review of existing literature on the benefits of the arts (music, visual arts, dan...
Monday, June 18, 2018
June 11 2018
As we continue with our theme of The Artistry of Grief, below are some reasons why creative expression is healing:
Creative expression is engaging
Positive Psychologist Martin Seligman suggest...
Sunday, June 10, 2018
June 4 2018
June’s theme is The Artistry of Grief. When you’re grieving, you may not feel like an artist, but the movement of the grief through you and your expression of it can be a creative process. Grief is...
Monday, June 4, 2018
May 28 2018
In addition to safe communities, there are countless other ways to nurture yourself and others. We hope you too find many gifts along the way. As I said in the first blog post this month, you begin...
Monday, May 28, 2018
May 21 2018
Before and after a loved one’s death, nurturing yourself is critically important.
Nurturing can come in a variety of forms, so where do you begin? As is evident in the story of the patriarch we sh...
Monday, May 21, 2018
May 14 2018
As we continue with our theme of Nurturing, Where Do You Begin and the story of the patriarch who died, the gifts from nurturing continued. All of the patriarch’s grown children had returned home t...
Monday, May 14, 2018
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I wasn’t always comfortable with the concept of, “Dare! Silence.” I grew up in a house with five kids and two parents, so silence was not something that happened often. When I began to practice a s...
December 4 2023
This month’s theme is “Dare! Silence.” Silence is very important throughout our lives, especially on our grief journeys. Silence can be intimidating, and we often try to fill it when we encounter i...
November 27 2023
To close this month, please read Anne Hillman’s poem, “We Look With Uncertainty” as you notice “something new is being born in” you while making new treasured memories.
We look with uncertainty
be...
November 20 2023
My favorite holidays is Thanksgiving. In terms of the meanings behind other holidays, I’m all in. But I can do without their hype and commercialization. So as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, ...
November 13 2023
As I was writing this month’s posts about our theme of “Memories Become Treasures,” the song “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac started to play. When our youngest child went off to college, this song mad...
November 6 2023
This month’s theme is “Memories Become Treasures.” In a recent grief education and support group I was leading we talked about looking at old photographs of deceased loved ones and how those pictur...
October 30 2023
To close out this month, read these words of poet John O'Donohue:
The dead are not distant or absent. They are alongside us. When we lose someone to death, we lose their physical image and presenc...
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