MOON BALLOON JOURNEYS
Author Joan Drescher, A Journey in the Moon Balloon: When Images Speak Louder than Words, shares highlights from her home in Hingham, Massachussets after a…
Tag: grief
How to support grieving college students – Part 2
Between 35% and 48% of college students have lost a family member or close friend within the last two years. Grieving college students can often feel…
The Story Behind Luna’s Red Hat
Featuring suicide in a picture book may sound like an unlikely combination to some people, which is why we’ve asked Emmi Smid, author of Luna’s…
‘Contact with Nature can be immensely healing.’
Caroline Jay founded and runs the Seeds of Hope Children’s Garden, a national charity which aims to promote the use of nature in helping children manage…
Breaking the final taboo – a talk with Dying Matters.
Final Chapters: Writings About the End of Life is a moving collection of short stories and poetry pieces originally written for a competition run by the…
Helping people through the holidays.
In this blog post, John Wilson, bereavement counsellor and author of Supporting People through Loss and Grief, shares some thoughts on how grieving people can cope…
The comfort of music at the end of life – an extract from Musical Encounters with Dying
While teaching piano to an adult student, an unexpected diagnosis led Islene Runningdeer to explore how music could provide a deep sense of comfort and…
What do you say to someone who is bereaved? JKP author Judy Carole Kauffmann advises
In every Bereavement and Loss workshop that I have facilitated over the years, regardless of the role of the participant, the question of universal interest…
Celebrating What Does Dead Mean? at the House of Commons
JKP Commissioning Editor Caroline Walton and Marketing Executive Claudine Harris were delighted to attend an event at the House of Commons on Wednesday 6th February…
Bereavement support groups and creative writing – a conversation between Dodie Graves and Jane Moss
In this conversation, bereavement service co-ordinator Dodie Graves and creative writing tutor/bereavement group leader Jane Moss talk about their experiences of facilitating bereavement groups and…