by HeartLight Center | Aug 9, 2024 | HeartLight Center Blog
I was on an Instagram Live earlier this week with my friend Kera Sanchez, the editor-in-chief of Get Griefy Magazine, a beautiful publication that explores death and loss through the lens of personal and professional experience with grief; a heartfelt magazine for...
by HeartLight Center | Aug 1, 2024 | HeartLight Center Blog
If I tell you that I’m Asian and I’m grieving, what do you now know that you can apply to supporting me with grief and loss? Sorry, it’s a trick question of sorts! In my view, you would know two things: I am Asian I am grieving It’s important for me to state what...
by HeartLight Center | Apr 23, 2024 | HeartLight Center Blog
Mindfulness Practices for Self-Care By Sarah Sanner In our fast-paced, result-driven, and productivity-centric world, our brains are constantly trying to make sense of what is going on around us. It is, after all, a big part of a brain’s purpose. But when we are fed...
by HeartLight Center | Mar 11, 2024 | HeartLight Center Blog
How Relationships Change After Loss By Amanda McKoy Flanagan, LMSW Everything changes when a loved one dies, especially relationships. The dynamics of a family change incredibly, even more so when the person who passed was the matriarch or patriarch. Underlying issues...
by HeartLight Center | Jan 11, 2024 | HeartLight Center Blog
By Karen Karvonen Having dreams about departed loved ones is quite common. According to one study 75% of people had dreams of a departed loves one, and most felt those dreams helped them with their grief. Dreams come from our subconscious, an inner knowing that...
by HeartLight Center | Dec 11, 2023 | Heart to Heart, HeartLight Center Blog
How can grieving people still find peace and joy during the holidays? Something that can feel meaningful, connected and peaceful to integrate into the holidays is a sense of ritual – be it the lighting of a candle, a meditative walk, saying a prayer, going to a...
