by HeartLight Center | Mar 13, 2023 | HeartLight Center Blog
There are hundreds, if not thousands of articles, blogs and lists of what to say and what not to say to someone who is grieving. In nearly every grief group we facilitate the topic of, “I can’t believe he/she said that…” comes up. Why is it that when we are supporting...
by HeartLight Center | Feb 10, 2023 | HeartLight Center Blog
Tending to Grief with Yoga When grief lands in our lives, our bodies feel it all. Everything we have lost, our bodies have lost. Our nervous system often regulates our emotions into waves – reaching our capacity of how much we can feel and helping us, over time,...
by HeartLight Center | Jan 5, 2023 | HeartLight Center Blog
On Seasons of Grief and Hope and its conception: “We all carry a suitcase of grief. Whether we work caring for the sick and dying, tend to a dying relative, or find ourselves suddenly exiled from our everyday lives and faced with serious loss, illness or...
by HeartLight Center | Dec 12, 2022 | HeartLight Center Blog
Self-Compassion and Grief In my early 20’s, my grandmother died of lung cancer. She was 58 and we were a young family that had not experienced any deaths. My grandmother, who was truly our matriarch, had opted for hospice and the nurse who was with us that day – she...
by HeartLight Center | Oct 25, 2022 | HeartLight Center Blog
Question: When offering groups, is it better to have groups based on “type of loss (spouse, parent, sibling etc)” or general groups that include people who have experienced different losses? Answer: HeartLight has a variety of support groups, based on the relationship...
by HeartLight Center | Oct 24, 2022 | HeartLight Center Blog
On Friday, October 21, 2022 HeartLight Co-Founder, Jennifer McBride was recognized as a Corn Mother: Inspiring Woman of the Southwest at the Colorado History Museum. What is a Corn Mother: From Taos, New Mexico to the Hopi mesas of Arizona, the oral traditions of...
