A NEW NORMAL with CELENIA DELSOL

Instructions For A Tragedy

June 1, 2018 Celenia Delsol

Today marks the 8-year anniversary of my son’s suicide. Julian was 20 years young when he died. This story is dedicated to him, and everyone

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I Remember You

June 1, 2017 Celenia Delsol

I don’t remember what your favorite color was. I don’t know that I ever knew. But I do remember the day we shared raspberry popsicles that

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An (Un)Easy Solution

January 21, 2015 Celenia Delsol

I remember the call from my son’s therapist. Julian had recently turned 19, and had been in residential psychiatric treatment for a month. His therapist

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To The Parents Embarking On Their Journey Into Grief

January 18, 2015 Celenia Delsol

Recently, someone asked me how grieving my son is different now (four and a half years later) than it was during the first year he

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There You Are

August 8, 2014 Celenia Delsol

That boy holding the door for his mom, the kid waiting in line at Starbuck’s, the teen weaving his bike through traffic, the man leaning

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No Words

July 25, 2014 Celenia Delsol

There are words for those whose spouses die: “widows” and “widowers.” There is a word for children, even adult children, whose parents die: “orphans.” Although

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Podcast: “A Mindful Approach To Loss”

March 9, 2020 Celenia Delsol

Season 2 of my podcast “Beauty In The Breakdown: Living & Loving Life After Loss” now includes Episode 8: “A Mindful Approach To Loss.” In this

Closure

March 6, 2020 Celenia Delsol

clo·sure | ˈklōZHər | noun an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed: hospitals that face

Podcast: “Move It!”

March 2, 2020 Celenia Delsol

Season 2, Episode 7 of my podcast, “Beauty In The Breakdown: Living & Loving Life After Loss,” is now available. In “Move It!” I talk about

Inquests

February 28, 2020 Celenia Delsol

An inquest is a legal proceeding, a judicial inquiry, sometimes with a jury and sometimes without, to ascertain the facts relating to a death. My son’s

Podcast: “Memories”

February 25, 2020 Celenia Delsol

Season 2, Episode 6 of my podcast, “Beauty In The Breakdown: Living & Loving Life After Loss,” is now available. In “Memories” I talk about how

Things To Do In Jail

February 21, 2020 Celenia Delsol

Two years before my son died, he spent a little over three months in jail, first awaiting extradition from Chicago back to California, and then

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