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 | Feb 10, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Fellow Griever, I thought that I was prepared for my mom to die…she had fallen and broken her hip, had a stroke after the surgery to repair the fracture, went to rehab and worked her way back to her assisted living facility but was never the same. Her health...
by HeartLight Center | Jan 10, 2023 | Heart to Heart
Dear Grieving Heart, Do you feel mad about your grief? I’ve felt so mad. Mad that I’m in this space. That I’m navigating a “new normal” that I didn’t ask for. Angry that my person is gone, my world crumbled. I don’t always feel safe, I feel exposed and raw. I hate the...
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...