Issue # 105 - October 2023 | |
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October 13 - 16
Omega Institute,
Rhinebeck, NY
Making Peace with Loss
with Terri Daniel, Heather Stang
and special guest
medium Suzane Northrop
(see story, below)
CE CREDITS AVAILABLE!
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Oct. 6 - 8, London UK
The Conference for Consciousness
& Human Evolution
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Nov. 1 - ONLINE
Managing Loss and Grief
During the Holiday Season
with Terri Daniel
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SAVE THIS DATE!
Saturday Jan. 20 - ONLINE
Death and Bereavement Across the Spiritual Spectrum
CE CREDITS AVAILABLE
See story below
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Happy Autumn Equinox!
As the days get shorter and colder, I go into overdrive preparing for winter workshops and teaching Fall university classes. This year I'm adding something new... learning how to bake sour dough bread as a new winter hobby (thank you Cynthia for inspiring me).
But what I'm really excited about this season is our fourth annual Symposium on Death and Bereavement Studies (see related story below). We've got some incredibly interesting and unique presenters this year, including the great progressive theologian and former Domincan priest, Matthew Fox. We'll also be talking about psychedelic therapy, dreamwork for dying,the spiritual worlds of dying chidlren, and many other fascinating topics. And as always, there are CE credits available!
Dr. Terri Daniel, CT, FFGT
Clinical Chaplaincy, End-of-Life Educator
Bereavement and Trauma Support
office@deathgriefandbelief.com
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NEWS, ARTICLES AND EDUCATION | |
The Dual Process Model for Bereavement | |
As some of you know, one of today's most important theories in bereavement care is "the dual process model." You can find a simple explanation of it HERE, and in this video, Dr. Daniel shares a hand-on process that helps you track how your energy moves between loss and restoration orientation. A very helpful tool! | |
How Effective is Counseling? | |
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"The U.S. has reached peak therapy. Counseling has become fodder for hit books, podcasts, and movies. Professional athletes, celebrities, and politicians routinely go public with their mental health struggles. And everyone is talking—correctly or not—in the language of therapy, peppering conversations with references to gaslighting, toxic people, and boundaries." READ MORE...
Explore psychedelic therapy as an alternative HERE.
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The Radical Inclusive Religion
of Burning Man
| "Zvika Krieger never intended to go to rabbinical school. But each time he led the Burning Man Shabbat service... dozens would line up to thank him. For some, it was their first religious service in decades." READ MORE... | | |
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Maya Spirituality
Finds New Footing
| “Maya spiritual practice never died because the elders did the ceremonies in a clandestine way — very private, very closed off, very secretive,” said Xiquín, who recently published a book on Maya persecution.” READ MORE... | | |
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More on Religious Scholarship...
The Telephone Game
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In Bart Ehrman’s remarkable book, Jesus Interrupted, he describes how the stories that formed early Christianity were spread through the Roman empire and beyond. A merchant in a village in a village meets a traveling stranger who preaches about the life, death and miracles of a man named Jesus, and how belief in the new religion surrounding Jesus will lead to peace and salvation. The merchant decides to follow this religion, and converts his wife and children. His wife tells the neighbors, and they convert too, and then one of the neighbor travels to a nearby town and tells those people about it. At the same time, the followers of Paul and later evangelists are traveling to dozens of villages and telling the same story, which gets re-told again and again by the new converts. READ MORE... | |
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Competitive Grieving
by Larry Patten
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. Are we judged by the absence or presence of tears?
. Are we judged for how quickly it takes to return to “normal?” (What is “normal?”)
. Do you admire (or resent) the colleague who apparently dealt with a loved one’s death by plunging back into the pressures of a job? Our cultural values celebrate those who work hard, right?
. Are you bothered by (or even angry at) the friend moping around the house: the one who can’t “get their act together” a week/month/year after the death? Don’t most companies give employees three bereavement days (or maybe a full work week) . . . and therefore isn’t that a sufficient period of time for mourning?
Which death is the most difficult for the living grievers? Which person, a year after a loved one has died, should be in “better shape” and “moved on” in their life?
READ MORE...
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Save This Date!
Death and Bereavement
Across the Spiritual Spectrum
A full-day, Online Educational Symposium
Saturday January 20, 2024
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This is our fouth annual Symposium on Death and Bereavement Studies, and we're super excited about this year's lineup of stellar presenters!
In this unique online seminar, you'll learn from some of today's most respected leaders in the field. Our unique content focuses on unique, contemporary topics in loss, death and grief, covering critical issues not generally addressed in traditional counseling or support group settings. CE CREDITS FOR COUNSELORS, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS AND MORE!
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Terri Daniel, Heather Stang and Suzane Northrop
at The Omega Institute Oct. 13 - 15
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If you are mourning the death of a loved one or a loss of any kind, including divorce, job loss, pet loss, health loss, or any major life transition, this workshop provides a rare emotional learning experience via interactive processes and sacred rituals for navigating the grief journey.
Join us in beautiful Rhinebeck, NY for a weekend of natural beauty, supportive community and deep healing as you shift the focus of your grief from external events to internal transformation. Find comfort and wisdom through an array of healing practices and multicultural traditions including yoga, guided visualization, art therapy, music therapy, and sacred ceremony.
Special presentation on Saturday evening...
audience readings with medium Suzane Northrop
CE CREDITS FOR COUNSELORS, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS AND MORE!
Click HERE for CE details
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Interested in a Career in Death and Bereavement? | |
Recordings from
the 2023
Conference on
Death, Grief and Belief
are now available!
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