Hospice News
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Research has shown that these substances can aid in treating pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief and other medical conditions and existential crises. The temporary telemedicine regulations allowed for virtual exceptions to this in-person rule.
Elaine Mansfield
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Brilliant and beautiful, Elaine Mansfield’s essay, “Wild Nights: Grief Dreams, Mythology, and the Inner Marriage,” delves into the depths of sorrow through the lens of dreams, mythology and poetry. My essay “Wild Nights: Grief Dreams, Mythology, and the Inner Marriage” had all the ingredients for the competition: C.G.
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Elaine Mansfield
MAY 10, 2022
Vic died on June 3, 2008— many years ago and oh so recent. I’ve learned to carry the grief of death near the love that still supports me every day. This time of year awakens the grief I felt in Vic’s last month when he was clearly dying. The grief is accompanied by a burst of spring beauty in Nature.
Hospice News
MAY 19, 2023
She began as a nurse at the hospice in 2010, and started her career at Berkeley Medical Center in 2008 as a primary nurse and charge nurse in the progressive care unit. Proceeds from the stores fund its grief program, Wings of Hope Family Bereavement Camps, and also help support hospice patients and families with special needs.
Elaine Mansfield
AUGUST 27, 2024
Dedicated to Vic Mansfield (1941-2008) Do you have love stories to tell? I wrote Leaning into Love: A Spiritual Journey About Grief about the joy and sorrow of our time together. . …Death felt far away. I’ve told so many, but I’d like to hear yours if you’ll share a few.
GeriPal
MARCH 13, 2025
I think that was from a point of view of how do you cope with sadness and grief, is that you find a funny bone somewhere and you have. But what might be helpful is, I think it was 2008, in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Balfour Mount, with Pat Boston and Robin Cohen, published a paper called Healing Connections.
Elaine Mansfield
MAY 23, 2023
Vic died on June 3, 2008 and his ashes were the first to go in the forest. My heart aches for the companion and friend who walked beside me through my hardest years of grief, but it was her time. For a post about creating a grief ritual for Leo who died in 1995, see How My Dog Taught Me the Art of Ritual.
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