April 2025

The Conversation We All Avoid…End of Life Plans

How to Talk With Loved Ones About End-of-Life Plans   We tend to dance around it. We find polite ways to change the subject, to promise “another time,” to chuckle uncomfortably and pivot. But the truth doesn’t bend: every one of us, at some point, will leave this world. And those we love will feel […]

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Power Of Rituals And Memorialization In The Grieving Process

by Melissa Calvert A ritual is a ceremony of meaning, a continued observance of ceremonies which are repeated routinely are known as rituals. Rituals can either be done in an isolated manner or by gathering lots of people; it varies from person to person. Rituals are held to mark important events in one’s life, for

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Eulogy or Remembrance…the Value of Remembering Backward

Eulogy or Remembrance: The Importance of Educating the Family About the Value of Remembering Backward   While teaching a recent workshop for mental health clinicians, a participant raised his hand and asked, “Is the eulogy all that important to a funeral?” His question reminded me that when people question the value of funerals (or a

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Educating Families About the Value of Music

“Don’t Play Music, We Might Cry” Educating Families About the Value of Music Sadly, I frequently have families experiencing grief state some variation on the following: “Don’t play music, we might cry.” Of course, when they say this I remind myself that I have the opportunity to teach them why music is often an important

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