Death of a Child

Healing Through the Holidays

The holidays approach. “Holidays” meaning Thanksgiving, then Advent, Hannakah, Solstice, but ultimately Christmas, and then New Year’s. ‘Tis the season…to be jolly. Increasingly it is a commercialized, consumer event of […]

Death of a Parent

Improv artist Marc Herson on Vision Quests for Mourners

improv artist Marc Hershon

Fasting on water, chanting his heart out and beating a drum for 4 solitary days  in a pine valley opened a door to the afterlife for Marc Hershon. This and more when memory artist, Nancy Gershman talks […]

Death of a Parent

Mourning Mother

Exactly a month after my mother’s death, I’ve boarded a plane for Toronto, Canada to train with the cancer center there in their protocol, CALM (Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully). […]

Open to Hope

Never Give Up

When things are bad and don’t seem to be getting better, don’t give up hope. There is always a better way if you are willing to keep looking until you […]