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Being in Gratitude

by Sheila Collins | Nov 23, 2023 | book promotion, Community, Dances, Health, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Publications, Technology

To introduce the theme of celebrating gratitude to our online class for caregivers this past Tuesday, my co-author and I Christine Gautreaux decided to read the two acknowledgement pages that the book we use as our syllabus contains. There are two because we kept the...

To Change Our World

by Sheila Collins | Nov 2, 2023 | Art & Life, book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Dances, Duality, Gatherings, Grieving, Personal Stories, Rituals, Songs, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving, Women, Girls & the Feminine, Writing

When I was in high school, I read a newspaper article about a new kind of therapy. What I knew about mental health therapy at that time was that it was an expensive individual process, often taking years, where a person worked on their own behaviors and attitudes with...

Another Visit From a Butterfly

by Sheila Collins | Oct 12, 2023 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Environment, Gatherings, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Women, Girls & the Feminine, Writing

I only had one assignment from my writing coach when I left Pittsburgh last week to spend 5 days in Belize at a women’s retreat. My intention was to step away and have some time for reflection, but our project is at the place where we need to establish a launch date...

Using the Arts to Grieve – It’s a Brain Thing

by Sheila Collins | Apr 20, 2023 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving, Writing

In the early to mid 90s, when my youngest son Kenneth was living with AIDs, and I was in the role of his primary supporter, I had a personal physician who offered a unique perspective. An appointment with Dr. Mary Anne began with her listening attentively as I...

Beginning Anew While Being Aware of the End

by Sheila Collins | Jan 12, 2023 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Celebrations, Family, Good Will Come, Grieving, Resilience, The Art of Grieving

Here we are in January, the first month of the new year in our solar based calendar. Named after one of the oldest of the Roman gods Janus, the god of temporal transitions, he is venerated for being able to see both past and future. As women in this week’s online...

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...

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Being in Gratitude

To Change Our World

Another Visit From a Butterfly

Using the Arts to Grieve – It’s a Brain Thing

Beginning Anew While Being Aware of the End

Gratitude for It All

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