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Announcing the Launch of Healing Rituals online course

19/11/2017

 
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Rituals help you to connect to your heart and ease your pain. 


Today, I am happy to announce the launch date of the Healing Rituals online course.


Learn to create rituals that help you cope with your unique grief
and the overwhelming feelings of pain.



The Healing Rituals course will launch on January 19, 2018. 


Creating your own personal rituals to remember your loved one allows you to access and work through your grief in a safe and constructive way.


While working with several clients, I realized that I suggest rituals often and how they can help with the chaotic and overwhelming feelings of grief. I am in the process of finalizing an online course that will give you creative ideas how to create rituals that resonate with your heart, honour your loved one, and at the same time support your healing process. 


Interested to get early access? Sign up here. 
(You don't buy anything at this point.)


Let me know if I can be of help in any way. 


Take good care,
Jacqueline

Rituals for your grieving heart

1/10/2017

 
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Next weekend, we will celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada. It is a time of harvest, gratitude, and a time of family gatherings.


Stepping into the upcoming Holidays is not easy when you have lost a loved one. A place at the table will be empty. It will be difficult at moments. Fill this seat with memories, stories of their life, or a gentle minute of reflection. Laughing and crying with others will help your broken heart. 

I have talked many times about rituals. The coming Holidays might be easier on you, your family, and friends if you plan something special for these days.

Rituals help to connect and heal. 💜

The following I suggested last year here it is once more: 


Go for a walk together and take some colourful ribbons with you. Chose a tree and hang the ribbons on it.



  • One ribbon for your love to the person that died.
  • One ribbon including a wish for yourself or your family/friends.
  • A third one filled with gratitude for this day together or...

Hang as many ribbons as you wish. Share your thoughts out loud or just hang your ribbons in silence on the tree. 

This is also a ritual that you can do by yourself if you feel more comfortable this way. 

Another ritual is to ask everyone to bring some candles to the festive table.

Have a big bowl filled with sand in the middle of the table. 

Each guest lights a candle and shares a short memory or story of your loved one while adding the candle to the bowl. Don’t force anyone. Some might just want to light the candle in silence.

Tell your friends and family how you want to spend the Holidays. Be open to change your mind at the last minute.

I am wishing you a gentle step into this new season.

If you want to create more rituals and the many ways you can honour your loved one join the Healing Rituals online course. 

Click the link to find out more at Healing Rituals. 


Take good care,
Jacqueline

PS: Ribbon ritual: If you don’t have any ribbons at home you might be able to find some at a local thrift store. Make sure you use fabric ribbons and not plastic ones. Nature will thank you. (smile)

PSS: Give me a call. I am here for you. ☎️ 


Are you wondering how you can cherish your memories and honour your loved one?

2/7/2017

 
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Are you wondering how you can cherish your memories and honour your loved one?

A friend of mine shared the following story last week on Facebook. 

When my father passed away quite a few years ago my mother asked us if we would like to have something of his to remember him by. 

I chose his dress shoes as they remind me of when he would take each of my siblings and I out to dinner separately. Wonderful conversation while dining and having him all to myself for an evening. 

I keep the shoes on a beam above my head in the studio where I paint . I have only taken them down once when our son Jack needed to wear them for a play he was in ( he has since out grown them).

I took them down again last weekend and polished them up for our daughters prom date to wear. Not only did my dad get to be at his granddaughters prom but he got to dance with her as well. ❤️



Just in case you wondered. I asked her if it would be OK to share her story with you. 

This was her answer: My father was a lovely man who loved and supported his four daughters in every way. I am and know he would be honoured if you shared this story.

If you have a similar story that you would like to share get in touch.
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If you want to create rituals yourself and the many ways you can honour your loved one join the Healing Rituals online course. 

Click the link to find out more at Healing Rituals. 


Shame, Loyalty, Rituals and more...

14/3/2017

 
Asking for help and surrounding yourself with supporters is sometimes necessary to reach a new peak. HealingForGrievingHearts.com
Today I was looking through my blog posts. I realized that there are some great ones. (smile)


You might have missed them.


I leave it up to you to dabble in them or just ignore these pointers. 


How Shame can stop you on your Healing path.
Grieving brings up many overwhelming feelings. Shame can be one of them. I share thoughts inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert.  


Does the Feeling of Loyalty keep you from Healing?
This post is about loyalty and what it can mean to your healing process. 


Do I need art therapy/counselling?  
Most of us don’t need outside help from an art therapist to get through the grieving process. So when should you look into it? 


What is your life’s calling?
I am giving a short overview how it came about that I chose my profession/calling as an art therapist. 


Special Days in your life: My mother’s birthday.
It is just that a look at my mother’s birthday and the rituals that I created to honour her and heal my broken heart.  I would like to inspire you to create your own rituals. 


Wisdom Grows in Quiet Places 
This is a post about stillness. 


I hope you will find something in this list that will make you feel less overwhelmed and more connected to your own unique healing path. 


Like always you can get in touch if you want to speak or have questions. I am happy to answer your call or email. 


Take good care,
Jacqueline




PS: If you like to talk to someone outside your inner circle about the grief you experience click on the phone and make an appointment for a free call. ☎️ 
This free offer is open to former Healing for Grieving Hearts clients too. 

Thanksgiving Ritual for your Grieving Heart

27/9/2016

 
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Summer has moved on and Fall has started in earnest today or at least it was cold enough to remind me of what will come.

In two weeks we are celebrating Thanksgiving in Canada. It is a time of harvest, gratitude, and a time of family gatherings.

Stepping into the upcoming Holidays is not easy when you have lost a loved one. Their place at the table will be filled with memories, stories of their life, or a gentle minute of reflection. 

I have talked many times about rituals. The coming Holidays might be easier on you, your family, and friends if you plan something special for these days. Rituals help to connect and heal.

Perhaps you all go for a walk together and take some colorful ribbons with you. Chose a tree and hang the ribbons on it.

One ribbon for your love to the person that died.
One ribbon including a wish for yourself or your family/friends.
A third one filled with gratitude for this day together or...

Hang as many ribbons as you wish. You could share your thoughts out loud or just hang your ribbons in silence on the tree. 

This is also a ritual that you can do by yourself if you feel more comfortable this way. 

I have done it by myself and with my family and both moments have their own unique calming feel to it, even when the tears are streaming. 

Important is that you tell your friends and family how you want to spend the Holidays and be open to change your mind at the last second. (smile) 

I am wishing you a gentle step into this new season.

Take good care,
Jacqueline

PS: If you don’t have any ribbons at home you might be able to find some at a local thrift store. Make sure you use fabric ribbons and not plastic ones. Nature will thank you. (smile)
PSS: If there are children involved you could add glass beads to the ribbons to add more colour. 

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