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Our VideosBefore we decide where we’re going, we have to understand and accept where we are. Author Bill Cushnie poses the questions: How we navigate our way during our journey? How do we reevaluate and set our new courses? What can we learn from where we are now?
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Bill Cushnie, M.Div., & retired president & owner of Strategic Solutions, a group dynamics/adult education consulting firm.
Patti Cox, Bereavement counselor and children, teen and adult grief support group facilitator.
Jill Fitzgerald, LCSW, private grief therapist and founding board member for Comfort Zone Camp.
Alisha Krukowski, National Program Coordinator for Comfort Zone Camp.
Pete Shrock, National Program Director for Comfort Zone Camp, specializes in children with life traumas.
Author: Bill Cushnie
Memory Anchors
It’s fairly common to fear losing memories of a loved one after they’ve died. Bill Cushnie talks about memory anchors and how they can keep us connected to our loved ones.
Read More...Poetry Heals and Inspires
Poetry often has a unique way of speaking to and from the heart. Author Bill Cushnie shares some reader responses to his previous article on poetry, and invites all readers to share their own poetry and thoughts on grief and healing.
Read More...Guilt and the Emotional Collage
When the opportunity to seek forgiveness or make amends is lost, such as when a person dies, guilt can become a (if not the) dominant feeling in your loss. Author Bill Cushnie shares ideas to help cope with guilt in grief.
Read More...Faith and Grief: Challenges and Questions
Author Bill Cushnie shares his take on the different spiritual dimensions in the ways we respond to the death of someone we love, whether we consider ourselves religious or not.
Read More...Not All Losses Are The Same
The death of someone we love is always difficult. The circumstances surrounding the loss however are seldom the same. Author Bill Cushnie explores the differences between anticipated and sudden loss, the loss of a young or older loved one, and stigmatized loss.
Read More...Poetry as a Healing Power in Grief
Author Bill Cushnie talks about the healing power of poetry in the grief process, and share excerpts from some of his favorite grief and healing related poems.
Read More...Delayed Grief
Sometimes after a significant loss, we are so busy taking care of others or surviving day-to-day, that we don’t allow ourselves to grieve. Author Bill Cushnie talks about when grief finally catches up to us in what some call “delayed grief.”
Read More...Music and Grief
The teens author Bill Cushnie has worked with at Comfort Zone Camp have taught him the power of music and song in navigating the grief journey. He shares a playlist of songs he and his campers made to use as a part of remembering and healing.
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