In early 2020, the world and everyone in it had their lives changed. When COVID hit our country, we took it one step at a time to work towards the safety, health, and wellbeing of ourselves and our neighbors. The last pandemic of this magnitude was before our time, leaving us to all do our...
Kids: Kids need help understanding death and grief in tangible, culturally relevant ways. If this is their first experience of loss, they may not understand what death is like or the emotional ramifications of grief. Some may feel a deep sadness, others may be confused, and others may brush it...
Grief can be misunderstood; it’s often limited to the aftermath of the death or loss of a loved one. We live in a society where other types of loss are less understood and given less attention. We are often expected to be happy, excited, motivated, and ready for a new change, and less...
Since the beginning of the pandemic and shelter-in-place order we have been in a constant state of adapting. We, as humans, have adapted to being stuck in a new environment, following new routines and for some taking on new roles. All these adjustments have happened under the...
Death is something that is inevitable and yet we as a society do a good job at avoiding any thought of it. When we are affected by grief and death it can make us feel helpless and powerless. It sometimes feels harder to go through when we see it affecting our loved ones. This is something that...
Today is the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, still ringing loudly for some and bringing up old feelings. Any time there is an anniversary of loss, there will be a range memories, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. People may move right past dates of past...
Grief is a word that people use to describe the mourning period after a loss. Widows go through grief, as does anyone who loses a loved one, even if the death was anticipated and the person was ready to let go. Many people don’t realize what grief can encompass or how it presents...
C.S. Lewis wrote, “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear”. Unfortunately, Grief is not a tidy nor orderly process. As each person is unique, so is the grieving process. In the midst of the holidays, a wide range of emotions may arise therefore; it is helpful to talk about...
C.S. Lewis once stated, “I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state but a process”. In the midst of expressing grief I believe it is often best understood as a process. C.S. Lewis later explains that “the death...
I recently heard a fascinating podcast about the human mind as it pertains to consciousness. At one point, the speaker abandoned his train of thought for an intentional digression on nostalgia and its effects on the human body. He went on to divulge that the experience of nostalgia- and its...
