by Tom Wilson | Mar 23, 2019 | Grief and healing
By their nature and definition beginnings are the start of something new. Long ago there was the beginning of my hearing loss which has progressed to the point of limiting earlier pleasures of concerts and public events. For those impacted by a workplace tragedy there...
by Tom Wilson | May 22, 2018 | Books, movies, music, Grief and healing
Option B (by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant, Knopf 2017) grew out of Sheryl Sandberg’s experience with grief following the tragic death of her husband in 2015. (The end of her Option A). For we who have been thrust into grief following a workplace tragedy the details...
by Tom Wilson | Nov 18, 2015 | Grief and healing
“Our emotional reaction also signals our need as grievers for empathy, for someone to sit with us…” Photo by Tom Buchanan, Tom Buchanan Photographics Responding to well-meaning (but frustrating) people In Part I of these posts, last week, we...
by Tom Wilson | Nov 11, 2015 | Grief and healing
Promoting understanding between those who “get it” and those who don’t When a workplace tragedy occurs a whole cast of characters appear. In our context the first will be the harmed loved one; then immediate family members; next, members of the...
by Tom Wilson | Sep 29, 2015 | Grief and healing
On a Saturday afternoon in mid-September I attended a service of worship in memory and celebration of the life of a Facebook friend. She was more than that. She was a part of my life by our both belonging to the same congregational community. An accomplished musician...