Originally published by Dignity Memorial. Written by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. This is directed at caregivers who companion dying and bereaved people. You may be a hospice staff member, clergy person, funeral director, social worker, nurse, counsellor, physician or volunteer. Regardless of your title, good self-care is essential to truly being present to […]
Mindfulness Exercise
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 […]
