Last year I was really pleased to connect with Sean Hanish, Director of the recently released independent film, Return To Zero. This is the first Hollywood film (starring Minnie Driver and Paul Adelstein) where the core storyline is about stillbirth. I’ve been really excited about the role that a film like this could play in…
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Understanding The “Shameless Grief” Model
Big thanks to all of you who attended our live call yesterday. As usual, we were unable to contain ourselves to the 1-hour we’d planned and we ended up with a 90min call! The call was for folks considering taking our Creative Grief Coaching Certification program, but I wanted to share it here too, because…
When People Tell You That You Haven’t “Dealt With” Your Grief…
Open Call: “Grief Support 101” With The Creative Grief Coaching Studio Tomorrow (15 January 2013, at 2pm EST), Kara and I will be doing an open call about the core themes in the approach to grief support that we teach in our Creative Grief Coaching Certification Course. It’ll be a sort of “Grief Support 101”…
A Creative Activity For Families Grieving Over The Holidays
Below is a creative activity that grieving families can do over the holidays to help them through grief and to have a creative way to share favorite memories and bless the coming new year with their truest values and intentions. Click here to download a full-size PDF with the instructions for the creative activity. …
Grieving Newtown (And Everything Else We Grieve Deeply For)
Grief is designed for slowing us down and turning us inward to reflect on our beliefs and values, so that we can integrate new ways of being that are closer to our deepest truths. I’m not suggesting that this is *why* losses happen – just that *when* losses happen, we have EVERYTHING we need inside…
What Makes You Feel Powerful, Even Through The Pain?
I had a wonderful conversation about grief and shame with someone really smart a few weeks ago (yes, I’m funny like that – I love to talk about grief and shame!). She shared with me a distinction that really pulled together a few of the different paths of research, reflection and practice that I’ve been…
