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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...

Grief Is Not Depression. It’s an Honoring of Sorrow. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman Shows Us the Difference.

by Sheila Collins | Apr 6, 2023 | Duality, Health, Health and Wellness, Noteworthy men, Resilience, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving

The field trip I organized last Saturday to visit artist Amanda Filippelli’s public art installation, The Remembering Room had fewer participants than expected. The exhibit space was designed by the artist as a way of honoring and grieving the loss of her father a...

From Embodiment to Ensoulment

by Sheila Collins | Dec 15, 2022 | Art & Life, book promotion, Dances, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Personal Stories, Stillpoint, Story-telling, Women, Girls & the Feminine

I have journeyed with and ecstatically followed Cynthia Winton-Henry for over 30 years. It was an image of Cynthia on a poster designed by her graphic artist colleague Phil Porter that literally stopped me in my tracks. It was the spring of 1991, and I was in...

Being on the Health Care Team

by Sheila Collins | Dec 1, 2022 | Environment, Health, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories

“You’re 7 minutes late,” the man at the front deck at my doctor’s office told me this morning. “We have a no more than 10-minute late rule or we must reschedule. This is close, so I’ll have to ask the doctor if it’s ok to check you in.” He returned to the...

When Great Trees Fall

by Sheila Collins | Nov 3, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Family, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

Last Friday shortly after noon eastern time, I got the news I was expecting, though no one ever can accurately predict the time of someone’s coming into this life or leaving it. I had lit a candle in my office a couple of days before when I heard that George was...

Anticipatory Grief and the need for Sanctuary and Belonging

by Sheila Collins | Aug 17, 2022 | Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, History, Our Children, Past Events, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body, Women, Girls & the Feminine

There is advice we give one another, in InterPlay classes and practices – “Never underestimate the body’s need for reassurance.” When I’m directing the physical warmup, I like to time this comment to accompany a movement we’re doing which I’d describe as a self-hug....

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

Grief Is Not Depression. It’s an Honoring of Sorrow. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman Shows Us the Difference.

From Embodiment to Ensoulment

When Great Trees Fall

Anticipatory Grief and the need for Sanctuary and Belonging

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