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Grief Counseling and Retreats
Grief. The thing we share, the thing we dread, the thing we cannot avoid in life. Grief is not a condition, a diagnosis, or an illness. Grief is the natural physical and emotional reaction to loss...loss of a loved one, loss of health, loss of opportunity, loss through dementia. So many inevitable transitions.
Because we are not taught how to navigate this journey, we often miss the chance to transform our own journeys through grieving those people and circumstances that land on our path. Blue Lotus offers day and overnight retreats to explore the many events of life the bring us sadness: death of family, death of friends, death of pets, tragedy of suicide, the horrible inconceivable loss of a child.
Individual counseling is also provided on occasion by request.
Grief Counseling and Retreats
Grief. The thing we share, the thing we dread, the thing we cannot avoid in life. Grief is not a condition, a diagnosis, or an illness. Grief is the natural physical and emotional reaction to loss...loss of a loved one, loss of health, loss of opportunity, loss through dementia. So many inevitable transitions.
Because we are not taught how to navigate this journey, we often miss the chance to transform our own journeys through grieving those people and circumstances that land on our path. Blue Lotus offers day and overnight retreats to explore the many events of life the bring us sadness: death of family, death of friends, death of pets, tragedy of suicide, the horrible inconceivable loss of a child.
Individual counseling is also provided on occasion by request.
In the end, people do not want to view their lives as merely the average of all its moments...
it is a story.
Atul Gawande
Consultant and Navigator Services
Most people are familiar with the concept of birth doula...someone who helps a mother as she welcomes a new baby into the world. An end-of-life doula, what we refer to as a CONSULTANT or NAVIGATOR, is one who accompanies a patient on his or her way out of the world and often assists the family at the same time.
We as certified doulas provide consultation, medical and social navigating, vigil planning, and offer practical, emotional and spiritual guidance when caregivers, family, and the patient are overwhelmed by the multiple complexities of an often confusing system. We in this culture are not trained in how to "do death." Navigators can help pave the way.
In choosing an end-of-lfe navigator, you are selecting someone to walk the path with you, to hold your hand when you feel lost, and to understand where the journey leads.
Navigators are not traditional caregivers. They do not take the place of the medical staff.
We are midwives, advocates, traveling companions.Our roles can also include logistical matters, helping with funeral plans, and guiding family in the roles and responsibilities. Most of all, we are present and mindful of the story...the story called life.
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