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I often walk in nature… it is often some of the deepest parts of my spiritual practice. This practice is rooted in noticing what flows toward me. What stories are unfolding and what lessons might be revealed. I find that the envi

Nature always can overturn the layers of expectation that we have over what to expect…

Kim GosneyJanuary 11, 2021

When death is sudden and unexpected people can experience trauma and that can be even harder during a time of great upheaval - like the times we are in in 2020. We run several grief groups, but we realized a need for specific support for

COVID-19 Peer Support for the Grieving

Kim GosneyMarch 26, 2020

God only gives us what we are strong enough to handle.   God works in mysterious ways. Stop living in the past. Everything happens for a reason. At least you … At least they… fill in the blank there. These are som

When What They Say Shuts You Down

Kim GosneyMarch 28, 2019

So the question that I asked my friend - is one that I will ask you - how many deaths do you recall from your childhood? From your young adulthood? How many people within your larger social circles may have passed away within

Death Is All Around - No Need To Fake It

Kim GosneyMarch 13, 2019

Rilke on the Need of Praise in Grief

Kim GosneyMarch 7, 2019

My First Three Encounters with Death

Kim GosneyMarch 3, 2019

Locked Out

Kim GosneyMarch 3, 2019

Evolving Bonds

Kim GosneyFebruary 21, 2019

They may have discussed marriage or been engaged. They may have been life partners because they could not formalize a legal arrangement. They may have made a heart contract. They may have been together months or decades;

The Widow's Gates Part One of Two

Kim GosneyFebruary 15, 2019

Fast forward to Medieval Europe. The legalities of marriage had actually changed very little. Again, the most common kind of marriage was understood simply by the couple's living together for a time period.

The Widows Gates - Part Two of Two

Kim GosneyFebruary 15, 2019

It is true that you can never go back and re-write the days you had with your loved ones - and this certainly includes regrets over not taking photos at key moments.  Once you have made peace with this fact, there are many ideas for

Possible Remedies for the Photos You Never Had

Kim GosneyDecember 16, 2018

I was speaking with a gathering of people who had experienced the premature loss of loved ones. These were not the kinds of deaths due to old age, the losses were of young people, people who had been taken far too early. The subject of p

Photos and Grief

Kim GosneyDecember 16, 2018

In 1596, while writing the history play King John, Shakespeare's 11 year old son, Hamnet, died of the plague. Shakespeare's grief can be seen in the play. In the words of Constance, mother of Prince Arthur, who, believing him to be dea

A Grief As Old As Our Ancestors

Kim GosneyNovember 23, 2018

Where Culture Fails The Dying and the Grieving… It Fails Us All

Kim GosneyFebruary 10, 2018

INGRID GOES WEST - a review through the eyes of bereavement “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” - Joan Didion SPOILER ALERT The script earned Smith and Spicer (who also directed) an award at the 2017 Sundance Festival.

"Ingrid Goes West" - a Review with Grief in Mind

Kim GosneySeptember 2, 2017

Story of a Grief-Addled Brain Studies have shown that grief can cause havoc in cognitive functioning, memory and concentration. I wanted to share a bit personally about this. Here is the backdrop. I had been on a roller coaster. I

Story of a Grief-Addled Brain, or Why We Have Grief Brain Fog

Kim GosneyAugust 8, 2017

Four Truths That Grieving People Wish You Knew During Any Event or Holiday

Kim GosneyJuly 25, 2017

The Empty Bowl The metaphor: a bowl. empty. waiting to be filled. it's only true contents the cool air that spans the distance between its curved walls. the light and shadow that are broken from its shape. The empty bowl implies the pos

A Poem by Kim - The Empty Bowl

Kim GosneyJuly 21, 2017

If you are having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) you may fall into one or more of three categories:   intrusive memories avoidance and numbing increased anxiety or emotional arousal (hyperarousal) You may have someo

Post-Traumatic Stress? Consider EMDR Therapy...

Kim GosneyJuly 21, 2017

The smallest diaspora begins creeping in the souls of those weakened in the hearts of those suffering in the mourning and the grieving. This one whose hands are aching and whose hold is slipping onto anything anyone will never return to t

Poem by Kim - "The smallest diaspora"