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Gratitude for It All

by Sheila Collins | Dec 29, 2022 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Celebrations, Duality, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Past Events, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized, Writing

In a few days the ball will drop on this present year, igniting flashing lights and celebratory songs to welcome in the new year. Some people will be relieved that 2022 is over. For them the challenges have been frequent, the struggles heavy and difficult. Perhaps...

How to Handle that “Merry and Bright” Time of Year

by Sheila Collins | Dec 22, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Christianity, Community, Duality, Family, Gatherings, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Rituals

Articles on “getting through the holidays” proliferate this time of year in newspapers, magazines, and online newsletters. Their appeal is to those who have lost someone special in the past year and who now must face familiar family rituals that will seem anything but...

From Embodiment to Ensoulment

by Sheila Collins | Dec 15, 2022 | Art & Life, book promotion, Dances, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Personal Stories, Stillpoint, Story-telling, Women, Girls & the Feminine

I have journeyed with and ecstatically followed Cynthia Winton-Henry for over 30 years. It was an image of Cynthia on a poster designed by her graphic artist colleague Phil Porter that literally stopped me in my tracks. It was the spring of 1991, and I was in...

Music as Medicine

by Sheila Collins | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

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...

Being on the Health Care Team

by Sheila Collins | Dec 1, 2022 | Environment, Health, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories

“You’re 7 minutes late,” the man at the front deck at my doctor’s office told me this morning. “We have a no more than 10-minute late rule or we must reschedule. This is close, so I’ll have to ask the doctor if it’s ok to check you in.” He returned to the...

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Gratitude for It All

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