Art & Life | Sheila Collins

A picture’s worth?

by Sheila Collins | Sep 9, 2021 | Art & Life, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Our Children, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving

I’ve been going through the photos on my computer–talk about a rabbit hole in which to lose an afternoon. My siblings and I are getting together soon to remember and honor our sister Pat who died last month, and I’m asking all who gather to bring their photos of her...

Consolation in the Early Days of Loss

by Sheila Collins | Sep 2, 2021 | Art & Life, Community, Duality, Family, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Self-Care for Caregivers, The Art of Grieving

To live in this world you must be able to do three things; to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. Mary Oliver, In Blackwater Woods In the ten days...

Living at the Speed of the Body

by Sheila Collins | Jul 22, 2021 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care

My friends and I who practice InterPlay, a system based in the body, often remind one another to “go the speed of the body.” This isn’t just another way of saying “slow down, you move too fast, gotta make the moment last,” like in the song Feeling Groovy. The speed of...

Parents and Parenting

by Sheila Collins | Jul 8, 2021 | Art & Life, Duality, Family, Health, Our Children, The Art of Grieving

As a mother of young children, when I would mention to my mother or mother-in-law an issue I was having with one of my children, they often quoted the expression, “little children, little problems, big children, big problems.” This was often followed by a mention of...

Gifts That Keep On Giving

by Sheila Collins | Jun 24, 2021 | Art & Life, Community, Duality, Family, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care for Caregivers, Spirtuality, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

Last week, on the first day of summer known as the summer solstice, thoughts and memories of my youngest son, Kenneth were close at hand. Friends and family members know this day as the anniversary of Kenneth’s death from complications of AIDS at age 31. They send...

How To Be Smarter Than I Am

by Sheila Collins | Jun 17, 2021 | Art & Life, Dances, Gatherings, Improvisation, Personal Stories, Play, Technology, The Art of Grieving

I was literally dancing in my kitchen last Sunday morning, clutching a newspaper article to my chest. I was celebrating that there is finally a name for what I’ve been doing for half a century. As a teacher and therapist, as a college professor, and more recently, as...

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A picture’s worth?

Consolation in the Early Days of Loss

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Gifts That Keep On Giving

How To Be Smarter Than I Am

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