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Eulogy for a Particularly Significant Teacher

by Sheila Collins | Mar 9, 2023 | Personal Stories, Self-Care, Story-telling, Women, Girls & the Feminine, Writing

I met Ilana Rubenfeld in Nebraska in 1975 when she was one of the stars of a Human Potential Movement presentation that toured university campuses under the sponsorship of Esalen Institute. The most well-known member of the group of innovators was Warner Erhard, the...

The Woman Who Didn’t Get To Grieve

by Sheila Collins | Mar 2, 2023 | Uncategorized

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...

Grief and the Season of Lent

by Sheila Collins | Feb 23, 2023 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Christianity, Community, Family, Gatherings

Last Wednesday was known as Ash Wednesday to Christians familiar with its rituals. Ashes are created by burning the palms used in the prior Sunday’s celebration of Jesus’s triumphant arrival in Jerusalem at the height of his acceptance in his own community. Words from...

Mass Shootings and Support for Those That Grieve

by Sheila Collins | Feb 16, 2023 | Community, Environment, Gatherings, Grieving, Institutional Loss, Our Children, School Shootings, The Art of Grieving

In my online classes with people from across the country and beyond it, I have participants check in by mentioning “What ‘s Up?” for them, what’s top-of-mind? Could be a snowstorm headed their way, celebratory feelings of a project going well, or a mishap that...

What’s Love Got to Do with it? (grief)

by Sheila Collins | Feb 9, 2023 | Celebrations, Grieving, History, Past Events, The Art of Grieving

Valentine’s Day, the one day on our yearly calendar set aside to mark and express the emotion of love has been celebrated for over 1500 years. Begun by the church to replace a February fertility festival, the feast of St. Valentine honors the brave monk who defied the...

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Eulogy for a Particularly Significant Teacher

The Woman Who Didn’t Get To Grieve

Grief and the Season of Lent

Mass Shootings and Support for Those That Grieve

What’s Love Got to Do with it? (grief)

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