Self-Help
June 30, 2021
Last month I wrote about how “resurrection doesn’t mean reversal” (quoting the fabulous Nadia Bolz-Weber). It occurs to me that the navigation of re-entry that we […]
May 26, 2021
Myth of “Back to Normal” after COVID We keep talking about “back to normal” and it sounds so wonderful. I so badly want to see and […]
October 21, 2020
The holidays are always stressful. Always. But, that stress generally pays off with special gatherings, joyful present giving and tasty food. But when you are grieving […]
September 16, 2020
This week my husband sent me a short video produced by the BBC entitled, “The man teaching Japan to cry.” I had goosebumps just a few […]
January 23, 2019
Perhaps you’ve seen the new show on Netflix, Tidying Up or you’ve heard of Marie Kondo and her philosophy of how to go through your home deciding […]
May 19, 2016
The word “closure” is a tricky and usually misused word. Taken from it’s Latin root “clausura,” literally meaning “to close,” the word is often used to signify what […]
February 3, 2016
We all want to know how long something terrible is going to last, knowing gives us a sense of control over the unknown and comforts us […]
October 21, 2015
One of the biggest concerns people have when they encounter a bereaved individual isn’t (strangely enough) how the bereaved person is doing, but “what do I say to […]
June 25, 2015
Getting rid of someone’s stuff after they die is tough. It is an admission. For some people, it is the ultimate act of reconciling the permanence […]