This morning we held a workshop on coping with loss. I know, it’s a very broad topic, but we planned to let the session take us wherever the participants wanted to go. We began the group by writing a simple question on the board: “What are you coping with?” Immediately, […]

It’s winter.  It’s cold.  It’s dark.  I’ve been socially isolating.  There, I said it. I’m guessing I might not be alone.  Social isolation in grief is oh so common.  Social isolation in winter is oh so common.  Conversations about social isolation?  Not so common.  We reference social isolation a lot […]

This isn’t the first piece I’ve written. I used to contribute on a variety of topics that, for one reason or other, piqued my interest – light-hearted banter for a Sunday morning: parenting, consumerism, travel. Now all I’m interested in is death, how we react to it, and what it […]

Although many of us are able to speak frankly about death, we still have a lot to learn about dealing wisely with its aftermath: grief, the natural reaction to loss of a loved one. Relatively few of us know what to say or do that can be truly helpful to […]