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bethhewett
Jun 214 min read
Just say their names. Please?
Consider today’s post a public service announcement: Say the name of the person who died—as often as you can and to the people who most care
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bethhewett
May 35 min read
Gates of Grief Continued: Mourning actions in response to global sorrow
In Part 2 of this blog, I begin by sharing some of the truths that I learned from Abbot Aidan, a Benedictine Monk who I cited in Part 1.
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bethhewett
Apr 154 min read
Gates of Grief: Living in the Face of Global Sorrow
Mexico City is close to running out of water; much of what they do have is undrinkable. Water is trucked in with armed guards. Intense...
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bethhewett
Mar 314 min read
Falling into the Rabbit Hole of Grief
Grief can lead us into a rabbit hole of pain. More precisely, what we see around us that reminds us of our loved ones can send us into...
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bethhewett
Mar 147 min read
The Loss of a Pet (Part 2)
In my last blog post, I featured an interview with pet mom, Jackie Burke, whose precious kitty Timmy died unexpectedly from lymphoma....
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bethhewett
Mar 16 min read
Unconditional Love, Overwhelming Grief: the Loss of a Pet
There’s no doubt that the death of a precious pet can lead to ongoing grief for many pet parents. People we call pet parents may be...
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bethhewett
Feb 1612 min read
Children’s Love, Children’s Grief
When a family death occurs or when the family suffers a loss such as a health crisis or moving from one home to another, the children may...
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bethhewett
Feb 15 min read
Grieving the Body's Betrayal
Do you always like the way your body feels and looks in your clothes? Do you ever wish you could have different hair or just more of it?...
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bethhewett
Jan 53 min read
Possibilities for Using a Word of the Year
In my last blog, I explained what a Word of the Year is and urged you to take up this practice as one way to see life through new...
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bethhewett
Jan 14 min read
Here's My Word. What's Yours?
Happy New Year of 2024! The new year always brings a sense of anticipation, and we hope that the things we’ve grieved in the past...
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bethhewett
Oct 20, 20235 min read
My Precious Pet Died. Should I Get a New One?
Many of us love our pets like they’re little children. For some people, our pets are our children in that we don’t have human children to...
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bethhewett
Oct 4, 20234 min read
The Passage of the Seasons
When we were little children, we learned about the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Depending on where we...
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bethhewett
Sep 10, 20233 min read
Grieving the 343—and More
In everyone’s life, there are incidents that are completely unforgettable. They are so stunning that they mark a before and an after that...
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bethhewett
Sep 1, 20233 min read
Why We Celebrate Labor Day: Honoring Those Who Came Before
Labor Day originated as a federal holiday in 1882 to honor working people. Its inception was part of a movement to give people an...
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bethhewett
Aug 18, 20233 min read
Moving Your Body for Traumatic Grief
Yoga, acting, and other body movement work can be good for grief, especially griefs that stem from traumatic experiences. Some...
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bethhewett
Aug 4, 20236 min read
Mary Todd Lincoln: A Bereaved Parent's Nightmare
I’ve had many opportunities to support bereaved parents, who suffer greatly from the unnatural losses of their children. Sometimes their...
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bethhewett
Jul 21, 20232 min read
When the Dying Belongs to All of Us
There are times in our lives when we strongly feel the deaths of others around us, the deaths of people we never knew but of whom we...
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bethhewett
Jul 14, 20234 min read
Motivation to Help: Grief and the Environment
As Dr. Francis Weller points out, we also grieve for our world—for the hurt done to others, for unnecessary pain, for war, for human-caused
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bethhewett
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Grief is Like . . . an Old Pair of Jeans
I like to share with other bereaved people different ways to think about their grief. One way to look at grief is to compare it with a...
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bethhewett
Jun 23, 20234 min read
Finding Hope through Near-Death Experiences
In my work as a bereavement facilitator trainer, I get to meet a lot of interesting and loving people who have a real passion for working...
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