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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...

Poetry and Grief’s Gift

by Sheila Collins | Aug 30, 2023 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Gatherings, Grieving, the Big Body

Yesterday was National Grief Awareness Day in the U.S. It’s goal–to encourage open communication on loss and bereavement, and better inform the public on the facts of grief. As a grief advocate, I am always on the lookout for art tools that help us understand grief...

How the Arts Help Us Grieve

by Sheila Collins | Aug 24, 2023 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Personal Stories, Rituals

I’m in that stage of life when family gatherings are more likely to occur around funerals and memorial services than weddings, holidays, or birth celebrations. We family members promised one another at the recent gathering for my sister’s funeral that we’ll plan and...

How the Spiral is a Perfect Model for Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Jul 20, 2023 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Environment, Grieving, Meditations, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Spirtuality, The Art of Grieving

Spirals are found in every aspect of nature. They are seen in the unfurling of fern leaves, the shape of snail shells, the arrangement of flower pedals, the cochlea of the inner ear. Not just a simple circle, the path of the spiral changes levels as it grows or moves...

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

by Sheila Collins | Jul 6, 2023 | Celebrations, Community, Duality, Family, Grieving, History, Past Events, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized, Women, Girls & the Feminine

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...

It’s Not Over Till It’s Over

by Sheila Collins | Jun 29, 2023 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Dances, Family, Gatherings, Health and Wellness, Improvisation, Personal Stories, Play, Story-telling

Last week was the first in person Leaders’ Gathering for the InterPlay organization I have been a member of for over 30 years. Nearly 50 people from across the country, and a few from across the world, (Africa and Australia) met in a conference center in Greensboro...

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Another Visit From a Butterfly

Poetry and Grief’s Gift

How the Arts Help Us Grieve

How the Spiral is a Perfect Model for Grieving

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

It’s Not Over Till It’s Over

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