Healing is slow; it hurts; it unfolds in a nonlinear fashion. Grief is the time signature of that slowness, the wisdom resulting from the pain, and the optic perspective afforded from the haptic experience of nonlinear movement.
Read MoreIn this piece, originally written for Still Standing Magazine, Joanne explores the Danish concept/practice of “hygge” and wonders about its applicability to grief. She offers ideas for bringing the warmth and light of a Danish winter into our homes to remember our beloveds during particularly griefy times.
Read MoreJoanne discusses why and how cultivating a creative grief work could help us to attend to our own personal healing and to extend this healing outward through connection. Grief can move us in so many surprising ways if we invite in the learning, healing, and growing that can accompany it.
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