Monday's Moments
January 28 2019
The fifth and final preferred way for grievers to receive support is Experiencing Physical Touch. These people benefit from hugs, walks alongside one another and leaning in conversations. Always re...
Monday, January 28, 2019
January 21 2019
We’re continuing with a third preferred way to support grievers who have the love language of Hearing Words of Affirmation. For these people, kind words of encouragement are helpful. These words ar...
Monday, January 21, 2019
January 14 2019
How Do You Speak Grief? As we discussed last week, based on Dr. Gary Chapman’s five love languages, Dr. Alan Wolfelt believes we each have one of five preferred ways for others to support us in our...
Monday, January 14, 2019
January 7 2019
Our theme this month is How Do You Speak Grief? According to Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages book, we each feel most loved by others in one of these five ways:
Receiving Gift...
Monday, January 7, 2019
December 31 2018
We wish you a Happy New Year’s Eve! As you navigate this holiday, here are the P’s of our BERP tips:
Plan ahead with several options
Participate or Pass, it’s your choice and only for now, it c...
Monday, December 31, 2018
December 24, 2018
For those of you celebrating, Merry Christmas Eve! For those of you grieving a loved one, we hope you find some Meaningful Moments and make new Memories today. To help you find healing, we’ll conti...
Monday, December 24, 2018
December 17 2018
Moving to the E of the BERP Tips for healing through the holidays we have:
Expect hope, love, light and life to appear, if only briefly, AND different experiences for yourself and others
Setti...
Monday, December 17, 2018
Previous Posts
May 6 2019
Our theme this month is “Loss. What Never Changes?” In the Voices of Grief: Honoring the Sacred Journey documentary we share in the community, author, retreat leader, and speaker, Paula D’Arcy, tal...
April 29 2019
Last week I asked you where you find light, your light that helps you find the path by walking it. An instructor in my spiritual direction training, Nancy Bieber, talks about carrying a lantern as ...
April 22 2019
As you find your path by walking it, it is helpful to take light along the way. In the documentary Voices of Grief: Honoring the Sacred Journey, Paula D’Arcy says, “There are many lamps, there’s on...
April 15 2019
There are as many ways through grief as there are people. To find your unique path by walking it, you allow yourself to grieve. Three skills that can help are:
Noticing – Attending and surrender...
April 8 2019
Just as we shared last week in Marilyn McEntyre’s “What to Do in the Darkness” poem, you find your path through grief by walking it. How do you do that? We each do it in our unique way by experienc...
April 1 2019
Our theme this month is “Find the path by walking it.” The idea for this theme came from a poem entitled “What to Do in the Darkness” by Marilyn McEntyre:
Go slowly
Consent to it
But don't wallow ...
March 25 2019
Death. Makes Life Real. Not long ago I attended the memorial service for a sweet, loving elder in our community. While there I spoke to a wise member of clergy about safe places for people to take ...
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