Grief Counseling
Being with Grief: Recovering from Natural Disasters
Not long ago I found myself pondering what being with grief really means. I’d just made some Earl Grey tea in one of my favorite mugs, bought years ago at Chloe’s French cafe in Santa Rosa. The sense of being with grief, being in the midst of it, arrived soon after I pulled the little…
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What They Don’t Tell You About Grief and Guilt and Regret
Grief and guilt and regret often come into our lives as an uninvited threesome. And that can be so hard when you’re in the midst of them, because we humans don’t exactly embrace guilt and regret. Instead, we mostly live during times that encourage you to push your guilt down while at the same time…
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After the fires: Letting go in order to create what comes next
The poppies are back. Their bright orange faces are everywhere right now, but they enchant me most when I see them cascading down a wall in the Fountain Grove neighborhood. Sadly, Fountain Grove was hit hard by the Santa Rosa firestorms, and I remember the first time I drove through and saw the destruction. I…
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Writing Through Grief and Loss
Is it time to explore the process of writing through grief? You have untold stories inside you. We all do. And one of the most nurturing things you can do during times of loss is to give space to these stories, by writing through grief. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story…
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