Understanding the social nature of shame At our Creative Grief Studio, we’re wanting our work to support shame resilience. So we try to always remember that we, as grief support professionals, are making contributions to the social discourses and ideas out there...
The experience of agency is so varied, and always present You may have already noticed how varied people’s experiences of agency after loss can be across different areas of their life. In some ways a person might be feeling quite immobilised by grief, doubting so much...
“The Creative Grief Studio course has helped me develop new skills for my professional and personal life. I have learned ways to be more compassionate, to accept and respect emotions and feelings, and to learn how to help others through difficult challenges in...
Practitioners, not coaches There’s a reason why we’ve chosen to call our alumni “Practitioners” rather than coaches … it’s a great reminder of the nature of our profession. We’re always in practice. There’s the old adage, “Practice makes perfect.” Though we doubt...
Today’s conversation is with Creative Grief Support alumni, Julee Gell and Amber Jacoby of the CenterForCreativeGrief.com in Tucson, AZ who have launched a creative grief support group program called Creative Grief Exploration 101. They are offering their group...
Modern Western approaches to grief There are of course many different approaches to counselling and coaching out there, each seeking to understand and support through their own lenses or set of theories about how the world is, what causes different problems, and what...
