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Art of Grieving – Love

by Sheila Collins | Jul 7, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Our Children, ReImagine, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

“What’s love got to do with it (grief)?” Tina Turner sang the answer to this question in this song from her 1984 album, “Private Dancer.” “Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?” It’s said that grief is the price we pay for love. Since we are destined to...

Grieving Personal Losses and Those in our Cultural Body

by Sheila Collins | Jun 30, 2022 | Community, Duality, Environment, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, History, Personal Stories, social justice, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body, Women, Girls & the Feminine

The 8 x 8 ft POD was dropped off in my Pittsburgh driveway early Friday morning. Filled to the brim with what I had deemed essential “treasures,” from the California house we were selling, I knew the drill. We had till Monday to empty the container and find a place...

The Physicality of Grief: A Dancer’s Reflections on the Art of Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Apr 21, 2022 | Art & Life, Dances, Duality, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving

Grieving and dancing share a similar status in popular mass culture. They are both to be avoided so as to maintain one’s dignity and composure. The song, “I won’t dance, don’t ask me” expressed a theme that was prominent for my first husband, and common for white men...

Grief and the Great Resignation

by Sheila Collins | Apr 7, 2022 | Community, Duality, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Institutional Loss, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body

This morning at the hospital, as I was being prepped for my second cataract surgery the nurse asked me, “Are you getting your surgeries in before your doctor retires? When I nodded yes, she said, “We’re sure gonna miss her around here.” Several months ago, when my...

Abilities and Disabilities

by Sheila Collins | Feb 24, 2022 | Duality, Environment, Family, Health, Health and Wellness, History, Noteworthy men, Our Children, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Story-telling, Technology

I’ve heard recently of several friends and acquaintances suffering the effects of serious falls. This is probably not unusual at my time of life, since falling is considered a major health risk for elders, and the risk of serious injury or death increases with age....

In Honor of

by Sheila Collins | Jan 20, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Duality, Family, Good Will Come, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Spirtuality, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

This Saturday, January 22nd will be the first anniversary of my sister Pat’s birth since her death last fall at 78 in a memory care facility. As part of my own Art of Grieving practices I try to remember and honor a deceased loved one in some special way on their...

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Art of Grieving – Love

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