by griefcenterweb | Aug 19, 2020 | Articles, Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Resources, Self Care, Uncategorized
Among other challenges, the coronavirus calls us to reorganize our consciousness about death and dying. Perhaps the sudden plunge into mortality forced upon us by the pandemic can inspire new ways of being helpful and useful to each other, even while we grieve and...
by griefcenterweb | Jun 10, 2020 | Articles, Communal Grief, Resources, Self Care
Despite the anguish of grief, under normal social circumstances most people move through its demands well enough. We are resilient despite our losses and the upheaval they generate. However, things are different now under Covid-19 conditions. Usually friends can...
by griefcenterweb | Jun 3, 2020 | Articles, Communal Grief, Notes from the Center, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Resources
“The Greek word “apocalypse,” as you may have heard me say in On Being interviews of recent years, does not mean a catastrophic undoing. It means an uncovering — the lifting of a veil. The Covid-19 virus — a product of the natural world, spread by human contact...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 9, 2018 | Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Resources, Self Care
At a mental health provider training that I attended not long ago, at one point the facilitator was attempting to communicate how survivors of trauma often feel frighteningly out of control even in the most secure and benign situations. In a tone that suggested he...
by griefcenterweb | Nov 7, 2018 | Articles, Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Resources, Self Care
I can’t say I love feeling helpless. The underlying fear keeps haunting me, its tendrils reaching into my thoughts, pointing me darker, deeper. I can say I love myself when I’m feeling helpless – or more specifically, I’ve learned to let myself receive what I need....
by griefcenterweb | Nov 7, 2018 | Articles, Communal Grief, Grieving Adults, Resources, Self Care
The last Sunday of October, I attended a local vigil held in honor of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. The sanctuary in which it was held brimmed with worshippers and neighbors from all walks of life. The majority in attendance were non-Jewish; I...
