Institutional Loss | Sheila Collins

Revisiting The Power of Anniversaries

by Sheila Collins | Oct 30, 2019 | Art & Life, Good Will Come, Grieving, Institutional Loss, Past Events, Personal Stories, Resilience, Rituals, Self-Care for Caregivers, social justice, Spirtuality, The Art of Grieving

When I awoke last Sunday morning I knew it was the day – the one year anniversary of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in my hometown of Pittsburgh PA. Eleven people lost their lives and several others were seriously injured in the worst...

Grief, Trauma and My Sense of Humor

by Sheila Collins | Oct 2, 2019 | Art & Life, Environment, Grieving, Institutional Loss, Our Children, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body

My husband is a light-hearted fellow at times and this morning was one of those times. He tried to tell me a joke and, hearing just the first part of it, (it had to do with politics) I told him I didn’t want to hear it. He persisted and so did I, so separating...

As We Wrap Up 2018

by Sheila Collins | Dec 27, 2018 | Grieving, Institutional Loss, Publications, Resilience, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers, Stillpoint, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized, Videos

As the end of the year is approaching there’s a tendency to look back to make some sense out of what has occurred, both in our personal lives and in the life of the big community body of which we are a part. It’s said, that though we must live our lives forward, to...

Truth: Mine, Yours and Ours

by Sheila Collins | Oct 4, 2018 | book promotion, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Institutional Loss, Noteworthy men, Self-Care for Caregivers, social justice, The Art of Grieving, Women, Girls & the Feminine

I’m sitting at a coffee shop a couple of doors from the Apple Store, waiting for one of the geniuses to become available to get the malware off my computer. This morning, with a loud continuous message of dire...

Grieving BIG Societal losses

by Sheila Collins | Jul 5, 2018 | Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, Institutional Loss, Our Children, Past Events, Resilience, School Shootings, The Art of Grieving

The pubic conversation around grief and loss has been improving in recent months. Rather than the usual practice of avoiding the topic of death and other losses, we seem to be recognizing that there is such a thing as grief and as community members we grapple with how...

Cultural Brilliance Radio: The DNA of Organizational Excellence with Claudette Rowley: The Gifts of Resilience with Richard Citrin and Sheila Collins

by Sheila Collins | Jun 9, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Institutional Loss, Resilience, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized

Did you catch the radio show that our host Claudette Rowley describes as: thought provoking conversation with Richard Citrin and Sheila Collins, partners in work and life, and authors, speakers, and consultants in the field of...

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