Posts by Paul Nelson
College of Hope Talk
I am delighted to be facilitating a workshop for the College of Hope on Tuesday, February 15 at 6pm. Grief and Loss is the subject and participants will be learning how to cope with grief and how to identify and navigate the stages of grief and loss. I hope you will join me. I love…
Read MoreCrystal Cannon Flores Testimonial
This wonderful testimonial came in last week from colleague Crystal Cannon Flores and posted on Facebook and Instagram:
Read MoreTrue to Life
True to Life Group “People aren’t looking for the meaning of life, they are looking for the experience of being alive.” Alexis Sheppard, paraphrasing Joseph Campbell Planning what we want to be surrounded by at end of life is all well and good, but what do we want to be surrounded by right now? Living…
Read MoreGrief Collage: Guide Card for Unknowing
This is a collage I made last week. I call it my guide card. The solidity of the bus and the certainty of the maps contrast with the unknown in the upper left-hand corner. That unknowingness is where we are right now in this pandemic. Not knowing is really where we always are. We just…
Read MoreExperience Magazine Profile
Experience Magazine published an essay highlighting the work of Bhakti Watts: Many times, doulas solicit anecdotes and shared memories from people in the patient’s life so the patient can see their impact on others. Bhakti Watts, a Seattle-based death doula, is frequently asked to help set up reconciliations so that a dying person can make amends…
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