But you’re not. Surviving the holidays when you’re living with a painful loss is difficult. For anyone living with a painful loss, regardless of your culture or faith, the expectations […]
At the age of 48, after 28 years of being a high school teacher, a mother and a wife, my mother was alone. She jumped into redecorating our house and […]
Each person in a family may feel shattered when a loved one dies, but death can also shatter a family. People grieve very differently. Some may be highly emotional. Others […]
A day-long exploration, exploring issues of particular interest to older adults. The Keynote by Kim Mooney will be on Understanding the End-of-Life Landscape and Resources in Colorado. Other sessions offered […]
Kim Mooney – Boulder County’s Thanatologist-in-Residence Dying to Be Whole. Most people will not have an NDE but we can all work toward having a more present death experience that […]
Why should we turn an eye to grief as a formal study? Grief is the most universal human experience, and we live with it every day in many forms. You’ll […]
People often say careless or ignorant things that they hope will help people in loss, but instead they make it harder for those who are grieving to feel cared for […]
What is a Death Café? I’m honored to be quoted in the Considerable.com article, How to die the way you want, by Randi Hutter Epstein. What is a death café, you ask? Death […]
Understanding the Grief of Being Human. Life is a process of letting in and letting go, and grief is the roadmap. We all stumble through significant losses throughout our lives, […]
Throughout history, grief and death rituals have been critical in sustaining individuals and societies during tragedies. Ritual reaches ‘below the threshold of the mind’ to bring our minds, spirits and […]
Employers have come to realize that in order to support and retain employees and to maintain attractive and productive work environments, it is important to appropriately address issues of grief […]
Supporting the Grief of Caregivers When we are caregiving, there are many things we must do every day for the person we are caring for. But recognizing and honoring our own process […]
