#MondaysMoments
March 14 2022
As we continue with the topic of “Feeding Your Soul,” grief touches our souls and transforms us. This transformation takes energy so feeding all of our dimensions – physical, cognitive, emotional a...
Monday, March 14, 2022
March 7 2022
This month our theme is “Feeding Your Soul.” I’m a big believer in French philosopher and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s quote, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. ...
Monday, March 7, 2022
February 28 2022
I leave you this month with a powerful quote about stories of the heart from author and physician Lissa Rankin, M.D.:
Because telling your story—while being witnessed with loving attention by othe...
Monday, February 28, 2022
February 21 2022
As we continue to discuss the powers of sharing our stories of the heart, below are four more:
Their ability to provide metaphors for us – Stories can become metaphors for our life circumstances...
Monday, February 21, 2022
February 14 2022
Here are the first five powers of sharing our stories of the heart:
Their ability to arouse strong emotions – We heal best when we’re powerfully engaged. When genuine emotions heat up and come t...
Monday, February 14, 2022
February 7 2022
This month our theme is “Stories of the Heart.” I’m continually surprised by the healing power of sharing our stories of the heart. I see it time and time again as I facilitate support gatherings f...
Monday, February 7, 2022
January 31 2022
Here’s a poem by David Whyte I like to share about nurturing one step at a time:
Start close in,
don’t take the second step
or the third,
start with the first
thing
close in,
the...
Monday, January 31, 2022
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December 11 2023
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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