by HeartLight Center | Jun 1, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Grieving Heart, Next to my husband Dan, my dad was my second-best friend. When told that dad had six months to a year to live, the news tore my soul. I silently suffered anticipatory grief. Even though I was trained as an end-of-life doula a year prior, I was...
by HeartLight Center | May 8, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Fellow Human, May is “Mental Health Awareness Month” and I am grateful to take a moment to talk about mental health. (Especially because how we tend to ourselves and each other deeply matters to our overall wellbeing!) In sharing from personal...
by HeartLight Center | Apr 3, 2023 | HeartLight Center Blog
by Harold Ivan Smith, DMin, FT It used to be that to know about, understand or appreciate grief in other countries, you had to go and see for yourself. I learned that when I went to Hanoi to lecture at Bach Mai Hospital. Every day funerals take place in its inner...
by HeartLight Center | Mar 22, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Fellow Griever, I found some voice through haiku as I was processing some of the depths of my grief. The cadence of 5-7-5 worked for me. I wanted to share in case haiku may be useful to you, too. Lovingly, Mary April 4, 2022. The day after Jim died....
by HeartLight Center | Mar 14, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Social Worker Heart, March is Social Work Appreciation Month, and it is the perfect time to thank social workers for all they do. I want to offer a sincere thanks to all of my fellow Social Workers. It can be hard to thank someone for doing so much, and difficult...
