Grieving | Sheila Collins

How Celebrating Religious Holidays Help Us Grieve

by Sheila Collins | Apr 25, 2024 | book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, History, Rituals, Uncategorized

I overheard a Christian neighbor ask a new Jewish neighbor, “Should I wish you a “happy” Passover celebration?” A discussion ensued over understanding the correct way for non- Jewish people to recognize the current religious holiday that Jewish people are...

Grieving Our Covid Losses

by Sheila Collins | Mar 28, 2024 | Art & Life, book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Duality, Grieving, Health and Wellness, History, Institutional Loss, Past Events, Personal Stories, ReImagine, The Art of Grieving

Like many other writers during the Covid pandemic shutdown I decided to use the time I was being given to write a new book. For a grief advocate the situation was offering continuous, unprecedented, multiple examples of losses in need of processing. And, at the bottom...

The Art of Dancing on Behalf of Peace Part 2

by Sheila Collins | Feb 29, 2024 | Celebrations, Dances, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Self-Care, social justice, Songs, The Art of Grieving

“What is she doing? My 3-year-old grandson William’s voice echoed throughout the large meeting space at my 31-year-old son Kenneth’s memorial service. Hearing that voice, and the question that I imaged many other people were asking themselves, I stopped what I was...

The Art of Grieving in Service to Love

by Sheila Collins | Feb 15, 2024 | Art & Life, book promotion, Celebrations, Duality, Grieving, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Women, Girls & the Feminine

It’s the day after Valentine’s Day and perhaps the day didn’t go as well for you as the commercials and love songs promised. Your loved one may have spent too much money on flowers that will die rather than a plant you would...

Grief and the Element of Space

by Sheila Collins | Jan 18, 2024 | Art & Life, Family, Grieving, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, pets, Story-telling

Recently several people I know have had a loved one die in their home. This has caused me to think about grief and its connection to the element of physical space and objects that surround us. When my daughter Corinne was battling breast cancer and losing, she had...

Finding Joy Amidst Evidence to the Contrary

by Sheila Collins | Dec 21, 2023 | Celebrations, Duality, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Past Events, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go.” The saleswoman in the consignment resale shop turns the music off, or down so low we can’t hear it. I’m fine with that because rather than get me in a holiday mood, the music seems to remind me of all I...

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