Food for Thought – The Storm Clouds of Our Hearts
“When after heavy rain the storm clouds disperse, is it not that they’ve wept themselves clear to the end?” Ghalib Grief is a natural response of the heart. Grieving,…
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Food for Thought – Who Am I Now?
Many of us are experiencing our own personal grief over the death of a loved one, along with the collective grief during the pandemic. In my private counseling practice, I…
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Food for Thought – The Three C’s for Holiday Grief
Holidays can be especially difficult while mourning the loss of a significant person in your life, and we may feel shut down. When that happens, it sometimes helps us to…
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Food for Thought – The Griever’s Holiday Bill of Rights
People often ask us “What are you doing for the holidays?” When we’re mourning the loss of our loved one to death, the question often feels like a stab in…
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Food for Thought – Light a Candle
“Death rituals such as funerals not only help you truly acknowledge a death and express your necessary feelings, but they also bring friends and family together to support one another”…
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Food for Thought – Feelings in Grief
When I think of the many feelings associated with grief, I picture a rubber band ball. It is as if, at any given time, you could pull on one of…
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Food for Thought – One Brick at a Time
The pain of grief is real. The pain of losing someone you love is intense. It can be like losing a part of yourself. Or that self is in pieces…
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Food for Thought – And Now… I Will Be Kind to Myself
Let’s spend our time together this month looking at ways to help yourself in this time of fear, grief and loss. We can call it self-care or showing yourself compassion.…
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Food for Thought – Together in Grief, Together in Hope
At the end of my “Food for Thought” in May, I invited you to stay connected to yourself and others during this pandemic time. I was thinking about how it’s…
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Food for Thought – The Pandemic of Grief…And HOPE
Dear Friends, I, too, am going to chat for a while with you, following in the footsteps of the compassionate and thoughtful Food for Thought from April 2020 written by…
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