The goal of this exercise is to create within yourself and experience a similar body response to what a client who is afraid of grief feelings may experience. I encourage you to try to practice this from a place of curiosity about your internal body responses. Since we are mammals, there are predictable […]
Cowichan Hospice Strategic Guidance
Along with our financial statements and annual reports, Cowichan Hospice is also proud to share our Strategic Guidance that highlights our vision, mission and values. Everything we do and every service we offer reflects these values. You can find the full document here.
Guidance Through Grief: Resources For Blue Monday
Today is Blue Monday, known as the saddest day of the year. The third Monday in January was reportedly chosen based on dreary weather conditions, credit card bills following the holidays, time since Christmas, failing new year’s resolutions and decreased motivation. When you add in the looming pandemic, this can be an especially blue Monday. […]
Good Grief!
Originally published by Arborcare’s Growing Through Grief Series by John Kennedy Saynor. © Genesis Bereavement Resources, 2001. There is a good chance that, when you have given any thought to grief, it is usually in negative terms. A woman said to me recently, “I hate feeling this way!” Most people do. Grief is such […]
Cowichan cyclists raise almost $38K for Hospice
Originally published in the Cowichan Valley Citizen on August 11, 2021 The Cowichan Life Cyclers raised $37,959 for Cowichan Hospice during the annual Cycle of Life Tour. Due to COVID-19, the event had to go virtual, with cyclists simultaneously riding in at least 10 communities across Vancouver Island for those in need of hospice […]
