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Making Visual Art to Help Us Grieve

by Sheila Collins | Sep 21, 2023 | Art & Life, Grieving, Personal Stories, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving

Visual art is what people usually think of when they hear the word “art.” Arts that are categorized as visual art; painting, sculpture, film, drawing, ceramics, crafts, print making, photography, video, and architecture, are appreciated primarily through our...

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...

Dying of a Broken Heart?

by Sheila Collins | Jun 8, 2023 | Family, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, Past Events, Personal Stories, Self-Care

“He died of a broken heart.” That’s the way my dad’s family always referred to my grandfather’s death. My dad was only 5 years old at the time, so he had little memory of that year when his dad died in the fall following his mother’s death that had occurred...

Designing Environmental Supports for Our Grieving

by Sheila Collins | May 10, 2023 | Environment, Good Will Come, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, Rituals, Self-Care

In 1987, when my husband and I were founding Iatreia Institute for the Healing Arts, a group practice mental health clinic in Texas, it was my responsibility to design and arrange the physical space to best serve what was to transpire there. I met with a design...

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...

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Making Visual Art to Help Us Grieve

How the Spiral is a Perfect Model for Grieving

Dying of a Broken Heart?

Designing Environmental Supports for Our Grieving

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.

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