Companioning Philosophy Dr. Wolfelt’s 11 Tenets of Caring for the Bereaved by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. www.center-for loss, com Companioning the bereaved is not about assessing, analyzing, fixing or resolving another’s grief. Instead, it is about being...
I thought I was helping a friend over the phone when he interrupted me abruptly. I didn’t mind the interruption. I didn’t mind the abruptness. But the tone of voice was harsh, almost angry, and definitely impatient – and I felt hurt. My solar plexus hurt. I did the...
This past holiday season, I walked into a store and listening to their holiday jazzy songs piped over their sound system, I waited for the clerk to help me. Waiting half-an-hour, the energy drained from my body. I craved to do nothing for a long time. Nothing. It...
Your voice has the power to heal. Your voice has the power to invite energy and create. Your voice has the power to bring you into a deeper silence. Your voice has the power to connect you to your miraculous Self. Earlier this year, I met a man in a hot tub—where many...
When I was a young girl I started to purchase and blend my own oils because I wanted a natural and healthy perfume alternative that didn’t involve toxic substances that made me sneeze, close my throat, cough or get sick. I know now that I was probably always...
This article was originally posted on www.createwritenow.com Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’er fraught heart and bids it break. ~William Shakespeare~ Grief is grief and loss is loss....
