Your Heart Has Been Broken Open
Does Anyone Else "Get it"?
YES!
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Those of us who have walked in the fire of Grief do indeed 'get it'. We know how important it is to be witnessed, and heard as well as be seen as Whole by others, even as our hearts are in pieces.
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Grief does not disappear. It does not 'go away'. BUT! It does change. It does shift. It does offer us a way to lean in to the life before us. It does come with the invitation to say "Yes." to life and know that the love we continue to hold in our tender hearts will always be a part of us.
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Offering mindful attention, resources, workshops and support not only as a Certified Grief Educator currently training with Francis Weller, well-known psychotherapist, author and soul activist to become a 'Grief Tender' in Grief Rituals. Patti also works in collaboration with Maya Etienne, The Widowed Warrior.
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Wherever you are in your grief...You are welcome.
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In Service to the "Yes"
~Rev. Patti Shaffner
Creating Space For
Grieving Hearts
Reverend Patti Shaffner, Certified Grief Educator, CZT, CST
OFFERINGS
PEER Grief Support
INFORMATION ON WHAT PEER GRIEF SUPPORT IS AND ISN'T
MUSIC
AS A SINGER/SONGWRITER MUSIC HAS HELPED ME PROCESS GRIEF.
FIND MY MUSIC HERE.
Wisecracks
MY GRIEF JOURNEY BEGAN WITH A DAILY FB BLOG.
I INVITE YOU TO EXPLORE THERE.
Rituals
GRIEF RITUALS INFORMATION
BOOKS, WEBSITES, EXPERTS THAT I HAVE FOUND HELPFUL
As Wisecracks Evolves I Have Begun To Use Substack As A Vehicle For Wider Reach
Explore As You Feel Called
Rumi
Walking In Grief
The "What Now?"
I have an app on my phone that counts my steps in a day.Of course it only counts steps IF I happen to have my phone on me.Also... it only counts steps that have been physically taken by moving my body.What is does NOT count...The steps I have taken in any given day to face my reality...The steps of making phone calls to address the business of death...The steps I have taken in meditation...The steps I have taken in watching emotions rise and fall and walking my mind and heart and body back to the moment....The steps I take in dreams...The steps I take into the past that my person and I shared...The steps I take into the future that is unfolding before me...The steps I have taken away from my center...The steps I take back to myself...More than the 8,000 or 10,000 that is said to maintain my health......More than anyone can count...More than anyone knows.... not even me....And I just keep walking....
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