Writing to you from my new desk in NY. I am looking out at the yellow leaves turning over in the wind on this Halloween Day. This year I went in with “full size over fun size” for the new neighbors. For some, Halloween can bring up some grief (people decorating with tombstones and ghosts), memories of childhood with your folks, or your children. For others Dia de los Meurtos can be a lovely time of remembrance and reverence. The notion that loved ones can “never really die” if they are remembered, brings me peace.
Have you listened to the Anderson Cooper podcast, “All There Is” yet? It is one of the best I have ever heard.
It is a seven-episode series that started with him recording him rifling through his Mom (Gloria Vanderbilt’s) belongings after she died at 95. He also experienced the loss of his father as a young boy, his brother as a teen and his beloved Nanny who helped him make sense of the world without his father and a busy and grieving mother. This article in The New Yorker shares all about it, along with reflections of the writer who is widowed with a one year old. They talk about how difficult the self-help books can be – to be honest I rarely recommend them to clients or friends. They are often filled with platitudes or some sense of right or wrong that just makes the process more grief-y if you ask me!
I am thrilled to be settled back into my East coast roots. Moving back “home” made the leaving of friends and memories and a home that I adored, a little easier. I am proud to have settled into a new community in Bedford, NY. When I approached The Yoga Loft about a workshop called Living with Loss at The Loft, they invited me in warmly and with curiosity. If you are in my neck of the woods, I would love to see you there. Just an hour outside the city, on Saturday, November 19, 2-4pm. You can register here.
If you wish to work with me 1:1, here is a link to my schedule
