All Saints Sunday
The Sunday closest to October 31st of each year is called All Saints Sunday. This year, All Saints Sunday is on November 6th. On this...
Simple Pleasures
Throughout life we pass many milestones, graduation, marriage, a job promotion, children, and maybe grandchildren. Certainly these...
Mindfulness Reduces Loneliness?
What if I told you that actively participating in an 8 week mindfulness program could reduce loneliness? Dr. Steve Cole of UCLA, and...
Spirituality at the End of Life
For many people, spirituality and/or association with a particular faith can be quite comforting at the end of life. In my experience as...
The Loss Before the Loss
Anticipatory grief- the feelings of loss experienced before the physical loss of a loved one. The grief that occurs when someone you...
The Elephant in the Room
Elephant in the Room by Terry Kettering There's an elephant in the room. It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it. Yet...
Grief
I recently watched the TED talk by Nancy Berns. In her talk, Nancy discusses the difficulty we have within our society in discussing and...
Death Anxiety in Dementia Patients
There are 47.5 million people living with dementia; each year there are 7.7 million new cases. People living with advanced stage...
