Hindsight always offers a broader, deeper perspective. We’ve been “Covid-ing” for over a year. What do we know now that we could not have foreseen

A NEW NORMAL with CELENIA DELSOL
M.A. Counseling Psychology & Grief Recovery Specialist
Hindsight always offers a broader, deeper perspective. We’ve been “Covid-ing” for over a year. What do we know now that we could not have foreseen
When we experience loss, it often offers us an opportunity to reassess our priorities, to view them through a different lens, and to become more
I’m someone who feels my feelings. I don’t run from them. I name them and confront them and sit with them. I’ve learned to be
We don’t like it. We find it unsettling. Anxiety-provoking. Nerve-wracking. Uncomfortable. We like patterns. Patterns allow us to predict. To plan. To count on a
Earlier this week I was sitting in my living room watching on live TV as a cruise ship, with 21 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus,
Post-traumatic WHAT? “Trauma doesn’t result in growth!” you might protest. “Trauma results in stress and distress and ruined lives. For goodness sake we even have
Why do we gather when someone dies? It’s a major milestone in both the deceased’s life and the life of his/her survivors. It’s often too
The 3 of us, my first sisterhood: I was 7 and 9 when Camelia and then Claudia (we called her “Nikki”) joined the family. I
When my son died in 2010, in those first few weeks and months, I had a hard time feeling as though my life still had
This year began with death. On January 8, 2019 I witnessed my “baby” sister take her last breath after two years of battling ALS. In
The holiday season can be a horror show for those who have experienced loss of a loved one, especially if the loss happened during this
You’ve got to take a deep dive into the center of the pain, immerse yourself in it, the way you would immerse yourself in a