Reflections of a Parent Support Group
I once again realized the importance of some basic human needs we all have. This came to me upon reflection of the support group meeting of moms of special needs children that I facilitated a few days ago. We were an intimate group sitting comfortably on a soft, thick-pillowed, fall-into circular couch; the kind from […]
Dancing Beyond Dis-Ability
“It’s about emotion. It’s about how you feel when you move and how that movement makes you feel.” I’m still feeling the warm and uplifting feelings of last week’s event. What was that, you ask. A film followed by a dance. Not just any film and not just any dance. “Musical Chairs”- a film about […]
A Simple Prescription for Natural Healing
I am very pleased to share with you my guest post featured yesterday on Lori Deschene’s fabulous site, Tiny Buddha. When my daughter, Nava, was critically ill, on a ventilator in a drug-induced coma for three months, one of the ICU doctors called me in after a couple of weeks to tell me that […]
Growth From Loss
How do we grow beyond our loss? As I wrote in my previous post, loss demands change. We are not the same after a loss. It’s not so much what happens to us, as it is how we respond to what happens to us. Some of us respond with bitterness (as I did initially after […]
Too Connected to Your Gadgets? 5 Ways to Disconnect Right Now
I am pleased to share with you my guest post featured today on Alex Blackwell’s wonderful blog, The Bridgemaker. While we’re advancing in our technological abilities and skills, we are regressing in our real, authentic and meaningful connections with one another. We’ve gained in technology and lost in humanism. Can we embrace both or must […]
Positive Losses
Loss is a theme that runs throughout our lives. Death is the most obvious and recognized type of loss. However, loss goes way beyond death. Look at some common everyday events that {surprisingly} connote a loss. Weaning – where the baby loses the breast and moves on to the cup. Toilet training – where the […]
The Expression and Sharing of Grief
“When my middle daughter, Nava, was diagnosed as having developmental disabilities, I went through this grieving process intensely; and I could not have done it alone. I had the help of a wonderful grief therapist, Dr. Ken Moses. “ I ranted over and over again, I emoted intense feelings of rage, jealousy, bitterness and the Why […]
Grief – A Normal Part of Life
This is a follow-up to my previous post on Loss. Before we can let go of what was and move on to the reality of what is, we first have to grieve the loss. It is the confronting and working through of the painful feelings that eventually enables the freeing up of the bond to […]
Loss – A Prelude to Growth and Change
As you know, I am fascinated with how people respond to adversity. We all have our share of ‘stuff’, some seemingly more than others, but it’s in the How we go about living through it that is of great interest to me. As I once read in a book called Why Me by Pesach Kraus, […]
Life’s Reminder
Death waves its hand in my face. It’s a reminder, a pointer – “are you living well while you can?” Three weeks ago, I eulogized my father. Today I listened to eulogies of a friend’s mother at her funeral and burial. I have to admit, I like hearing eulogies. I like hearing the mark people […]