Remembering a Favorite Aunt as Part of the Art of Grieving Well

The Fourth of July fireworks always remind me that summer has arrived, no matter what a struggle the spring weather had getting us here. Their nosy beauty also reminds me that my favorite aunt’s birthday is coming right behind. Aunt Dote died in 2004, shortly after...

The Well-Lived Life

  As we near the end of Women’s History Month, you simply must meet a path-making woman who, like me, you may not have heard of. Doctor Gladys McGarey, MD’s life and achievements have so far eluded the history books, but that’s about to change as her upcoming...

The Woman Who Didn’t Get To Grieve

After many years of accompanying clients through episodes of loss and grief, all the while experiencing significant losses in my own life, I’ve come to see grieving as an art we need to get good at to experience a rewarding life. And much of what people are taught...

Music as Medicine

I was looking for the right word to describe where we want to get on our grief journeys. Hopefully most people now understand that the goal is not to “get over it” and “move on.” Some talk about “healing” our grief, but since grief isn’t an illness, the word healing...

TOUGH INTO TRIUMPH

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