Music as Medicine

I was looking for the right word to describe where we want to get on our grief journeys. Hopefully most people now understand that the goal is not to “get over it” and “move on.” Some talk about “healing” our grief, but since grief isn’t an illness, the word healing...

The Arts and the Queen’s Funeral – Part Two

In honor of Queen Elizabeth II, the world experienced how the arts can be used to celebrate life, and in this case, perhaps unite the world — even for a moment.   A funeral’s purpose is to create an experience for the participants and witnesses. The arts are...

Feelings, Emotions, and the Art of Grieving

The classroom poster chart of multicultural feelings illustrated by emoji faces asks children the question, “How are you feeling today?” Not just for children, versions of this chart are frequent handouts at behavioral health care clinics, or takeaways for clients...

We and Our Shadows

Today I am visiting what I wrote last year. I was curious to see where we are now in comparison to when the calendar turned from 2020 to 2021.  Cleaning my workspace the other morning a line from a song kept playing on a loop in my inner ear, “Me and my shadow, all...

Grieving the death of our Heroes and Heroines

One of my favorite artistic heroes, the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim died recently. When I heard the news, a wave of grief washed over me. I’d admired his work for many years, but I’d never met him so why did I feel like I’d lost a dear friend? I read and...

Children and Grief

“My friends are all moving,” my nearly 9-year-old granddaughter Kyra tells me when we are on our bi-weekly zoom session. I’m thinking, “Of course, things are opening up after Covid, and the “new normal” may be more new than “normal.” I listen and get more details–one...

TOUGH INTO TRIUMPH

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