Writing through Grief
Grief Reflection: The Personal Blog
Grief Reflection is a term used in the Storybooks for Healing program for the process of writing, listening and sharing the stories of life, grief and finding meaning after loss. Follow the personal journal of Joan Hitchens, founder of SFH, as she navigates grief in context to her life while caring for her husband with terminal cancer, her work as SFH owner and her musing as a hospice volunteer.Read now...
reflection Archive
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On Writing: Being Purposeful
Posted on April 4, 2011 | No CommentsWriting is discovery. Writing is a path to our inside voice. In fact, all forms of creative expression can help us reflect on what we really think and feel. Writing, dreaming, painting, music, and movement are all forms of creative expression. Through a conscious effort... -
12 Healing Words for the New Year
Posted on December 30, 2010 | 3 CommentsIf healing from grief after loss is in your 2011 New Year's resolutions, start with your vocabulary. Words can have a powerful affect on our well-being. Words of love and encouragement heal. Words of bitterness and pain destroy. Here are 12 Healing Words to inspire steps for a healthy and memorable new year from Storybooks for Healing. -
On the Same Page
Posted on September 2, 2010 | No CommentsFinding support to help you through grief may be as close as family and friends. But are they really on the same page as you? Being "on the same page" is a conversation with others who really “get” what you are going through in your grief. Here's why meeting strangers in a support group can be more effective in helping you cope. -
Borrowing Rituals: Bon Odori
Posted on August 25, 2010 | 2 CommentsDo you commemorate your loss through any kind of ritual? From burial and funerals to family traditions and community events, rituals help people in grief connect with with their loved one. How do you fell about borrowing rituals from other religions or cultures? Would you join the dancers of Japan in Bon Odori? -
Book Review: A Lifetime of Secrets
Posted on August 18, 2010 | No CommentsSecrets lose their power over their holder once they get released - they are no longer secret. Through anonymous postcards, thousands reveal their grief, pain, memories as well as hope. In the PostSecrets series compiled by Frank Warren everyone now has access to the recesses of human experiences good and bad. -
You Are the Expert on Your Grief
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 4 CommentsOne premise of the Storybooks For Healing (SFH) program is that grief is universal, yet loss is individual. Through Grief Reflection, there are three layers about your grief to understand: The universality of grief; the bond with someone who experiences the same type of loss; and your own personal, individual loss. -
Perspectives
Posted on July 6, 2010 | 1 CommentThe hard work of processing your pain of grief may require a change in perspective. Can loss become gain, and sorrow become joy through conscious efforts to see these options? I think so, as optical illusions show us.
