by Karen Lapierre Pitts | Nov 26, 2020 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help
Our first major online event The National Virtual Family Forum was a huge learning curve for all of us! Threads of Life staff learned how to coordinate a big online event, with sessions spread over weeks. Facilitators learned how to engage participants virtually....
by adminThreadsofLife | Nov 12, 2020 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help
“Gratitude is like a supplement; it is a balm for the heart and soul.” Johanna LeRoux presented this idea as a facilitator for the “Giving Gratitude & Finding Hope in Loss” Zoom session during the National Virtual Family Forum. Johanna, a fellow family member and...
by Susan Haldane | Nov 4, 2020 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help
Loss is never a simple matter. Each person’s experience of grief and loss is different, and understanding our own responses makes us better able to cope and maintain mental wellness. Loss applies not only to death, facilitator Karen Simmonds explained during her...
by Susan Haldane | Oct 29, 2020 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help
When you throw a boomerang, it comes right back to you every time. “Boomerang grief” comes back to you too, and it’s one of the types of grief very common to those who’ve experienced a serious injury, illness or a death related to work. Boomerang grief was one of the...
by Sandy Prong | Aug 12, 2020 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help
No answers, but memories and healing after 35 years. I awoke in such a fright! I rose straight upright in bed that morning and jumped up to look out the window. Was I too late? Too late for what? I wasn’t certain what it was I was fearing? But I watched my mom pull...
by Roy Ellis | Jul 16, 2020 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, How We Help, Self-care
While grief styles may shift for both men and women, exploring our own style of grieving can provide insight into how we as individuals need to work through the messy part and feel supported. How we care for ourselves as grievers can also give focus and attention to...
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