Grief and Ritual Healing
This conversation covers a host of topics, including grieving, mourning and healing at a distance, rituals for pregnancy loss, and creating new cultural models for meeting grief and loss.
My Healing Journey – May 25 2020
I really appreciate the generous response to my last post. Social media is a complex beast, but when it’s good, it’s very good, and it’s been very good to me in many ways. Thank you. Part of my healing journey around cancer has been to get clear on who I am, and to shift my…
My Healing Journey – May 19, 2020
Hello Friends I’ve been quietly back in social media land for a bit, but I wanted to make a post to really arrive here after my hiatus. July 9th will mark one year since my diagnosis of breast cancer, and it’s hard to believe that I’ve almost made a full cycle of the seasons with…
My Healing Journey – February 4, 2020
Hello Friends (There’s an explanation for the fuzzy photo, read on.) I’ve been under the radar for a few months, as I navigate this journey with breast cancer. Here’s a quick update before I disappear again. I’m happy to announce that I’m finished all my treatments, and I’m officially no longer a “cancer patient” in…
A Ritual to Help Move Your Grief
Rituals are a powerful healing tool for shifting the energetic pattern in a situation or in a space. A ritual can help you move that energy of grief so it doesn’t get bogged up inside you.
My Healing Journey – November 30, 2019
Hi Friends, I’ve been quiet for a few weeks, incubating in the healing process as I move through my journey with breast cancer. I’ve decided to take a break from active work with Soul Passages while I do this. I’ll keep sending newsletters and updates, but will be re-posting old videos instead of making new…
My Healing Journey – November 5, 2019
I spent part of this afternoon in a new patient orientation class for cancer patients. I spent the rest of the afternoon prone on the couch, recovering from the intensity of the class. The content of the class was great, the instructor was wonderful, and the array of resources and support available (all for free)…
The Healing Power of Funerals
A heartfelt conversation about why funerals matter, and how rituals are important for both the living and the dead, and why funerals need to make space for tears and laughter.
My Healing Journey – October 21, 2019
Many thanks for your patience with my silence as I’ve been recovering from surgery last month. I needed to take a complete break to let myself heal, and it’s been well worth it. I’m feeling healthy and strong again, although I still tire easily. This is a marathon not a sprint. The good news is…
The Problem with Being Hopeful
We don’t want to “give up hope,” but if a diagnosis is terminal, what exactly is it we’re hoping for? Miracle recoveries happen, it’s true, but they’re rare.
My Healing Journey – September 16, 2019
Recovering from anesthetic is harder than I expected! I’ve been off the radar for a few days, but have been very well cared for by Julie Kerr and others. I can finally keep water and food down, I’m able to have marginally creative conversations, and today I’m contemplating a shower. These are huge improvements, and…
My Healing Journey – September 13, 2019
It’s Friday the 13th, tonight is a full moon, and I’m beginning the process. I’m in pre-op now, with surgery at 9:50 Mountain time. Many thanks for all your love and support. I’ll see you on the other side.
My Healing Journey – September 13, 2019
Hello Friends, Sarah’s sister Julie here with a status update from the recovery room.Sarah is doing great. Surgery went well, and she’s had a 1/2 a turkey sandwich and a couple of Tylenol 3’s and is resting well. She needs to rest and recuperate, but the worst is over and we’re all on the other…
My Healing Journey – September 13, 2019
I’m out the other side, and very grateful for the kind and skillful care I received all day. I’ve never had this much experience with the provincial healthcare system, and I knew we were lucky to have it, but I’m even more convinced of that now. Many thanks for all the wonderful love and support…
My Healing Journey – September 12, 2019
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It’s hard to find words to express my gratitude for the incredible response to my video yesterday. The love and generosity that’s flowing towards me is filling me in ways that I didn’t know were possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The timing is perfect, because…
My Healing Journey – September 11, 2019
Good News! I just got the results of the biopsy on my right breast, and the lump there is not cancerous. It still needs to be removed, but it’s a less complicated procedure, and they’ll do it when they do the left-side lumpectomy this Friday. What a relief. Also, here’s a video I made this…
My Healing Journey – September 3, 2019
Many thanks to all the dear ones who gathered around me yesterday in an amazing healing ritual. The intention was to prepare me for surgery (a lumpectomy) next week, and to help my confused cancer cells come back into health and balance. 50 of us gathered on a sunny September afternoon, and shared prayer, singing,…
My Healing Journey – September 5, 2019
I had a needle biopsy on my right breast today, to explore a suspicious spot that showed up on an MRI last week. It wasn’t the most fun way to spend an afternoon, but I’m OK. This is my second biopsy (the first discovered the tumor in my left breast.) I found this one much…