by HeartLight Center | Nov 12, 2024 | HeartLight Center Blog
How to Have a Grief-Related Holiday Planning Discussion with Family Members By Genna Reeves, Ph.D. Having a conversation about how holidays and traditions will change after a family member’s death can be emotionally challenging. Here are some gentle approaches to...
by HeartLight Center | Nov 7, 2024 | Heart to Heart
Dear Hospice Heart, I started volunteering for hospice when I was in college, at age 19. I found such meaning in spending Sunday mornings with hospice patients and continued to volunteer for a children’s hospice when I moved to Kansas City for graduate school. I was a...
by HeartLight Center | Nov 7, 2024 | Signature Series Presentations
Healing Communities Centering Families to Support Bereaved Youth A special presentation for Hospice Professionals who support children and work with bereaved youth. When pandemic restrictions interrupted our grief and mourning practices, we saw clearly how community...
by HeartLight Center | Oct 10, 2024 | HeartLight Center Blog
Finding Healing and Compassion in Nature By Courtney DiMattia The transition from one season to the next invites us to slow down, reflect, and take notice of nature’s cycles. We may notice a sharper chill in the air, leaves changing colors and texture, the shortening...
by HeartLight Center | Oct 1, 2024 | HeartLight Center Blog
Meet Me Where I AM – A ReviewGrief On Screen By Genna Reeves, Ph.D. Watching Meet Me Where I Am, a new documentary about the lived grief experience (now available on Amazon Prime) felt like being welcomed into a conversation with people I’ve learned from,...