Tending to My Garden of Grief

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

March 14, 2022

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving self

Grief, Breastfeeding, and Care

September 30, 2024

In this essay, I share a bit about my story of grief and breastfeeding. I also share some thoughts about the cultural grief some people are carrying about the lack of support afforded to lactating families whose goal it is to feed their baby from their body. I use some gendered language throughout this essay…

Jean – Grief resources and self care

April 1, 2022

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Janice – “Grief and the whole relationship”

December 10, 2018

Janice uses a personal story to talk about how loss can be related to the whole relationship not just the death.

Keith – “How can you help”

December 10, 2018

Keith explains that by imagining being in someone’s position can show you practical ways of helping them.

Reflections on Mother’s Day

May 8, 2023

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

Jacqueline – You don’t have to be an artist

August 26, 2022

Jacqueline discusses how in art therapy we tap into that child in all of us that is not concerned about what is right or wrong

Madelyn – My story

July 8, 2021

Madelyn tells her story and how she became a music therapist working in palliative care

Keith – “Timeframe for grief”

December 10, 2018

Keith explains it is never too late to grieve and there is no timeline.

Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

November 6, 2022

Cara explains that people living with intellectual disabilities are growing to older ages, much like the rest of the population. And as folks are aging what we’re seeing is the need for families more so than ever, to do some advanced planning for who will take over any caregiving decision making or where that person may live, what sort of support they may need and what that’s going to look like after the parents or the guardians die so that this doesn’t become a crisis situation.

Rev. Sky – “If you have experienced sudden loss”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky discusses things you can do to help navigate emotions.