Personal rituals to carry us through grief
'Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come.'Rabindranath Tagore I hesitated to use the word 'ritual' in this blog post. I've noticed…
A Nun with a Sense of Humour
Someone who died local to me earlier this month and whose funeral I led was described as having a 'wicked sense of humour.' She was also someone who was in…
Healthy Grief: How Do You Feel About Bowing to Someone Who’s Died?
Bowing to someone who has died can feel rather unnatural to those of us raised in the West. We’re not used to bowing in daily life. We might associate it…
Grief: Does Time Really Heal?
Grief can be felt as a wide variety of different bodily and emotional sensations. According to the American psychotherapist, Dave Richo, grief arises from a combination of 3 emotions -…