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GriefSPEAK: A stroke of genius – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer, grief and grieving She said she was grieving due to a loss of words. Not voice. Words. Her name is Rosetta, aptly named after the stone. Whether hieroglyphics or shorthand, the stone “represents a crucial key in the process of encoding information.” Rosetta is a stunning 60-year-old woman,…
Read MoreGriefSpeak. Technology in Death and Grief – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer, grief and grieving Names and Places have been changed to ensure confidentiality. The fact that technology is ubiquitous can present both advantages and disadvantages in the field of Thanatology (Study of Death and Dying). Take Diana, a single mom of three teenage sons. The boys, Jack, Jim and…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Larry’s Lament – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD – contributing writer The story of an unsuccessful suicide attempt Larry was tired. Tired of living. He was 55 years old, and his successful 33-year-old business was going downhill, there were problems at home and alcohol wasn’t the solution anymore. But Larry had a plan – a plan to end…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Dumpster diving for memories – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer “Memory is a funny thing. Makes you remember things that did not really happen and forget things that did” (Nicole Blackman, Blood Sugar). She began the session with a phlegmatic statement: ‘What you think and remember is more important than what is true.” This seemed like a cognitive…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Death ends a life, not a relationship- Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer By: Dr. Mari Dias “The Waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Hard Promises, 1981) (Names and locations changed to preserve…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Grieving the loss of empathy – Mari Nardolillo Dias
Grieving the Loss of Empathy by Mari Nardolillo, Dias, EdD, contributing writer “This girl is on fire, this girl is on fire…. She’s walking on fire, this girl is on fire…” (Alicia Keys) Yes. Like Key’s quote above, I am on fire. I have been teaching empathy to budding therapists at both the undergraduate and…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: The Mortician’s Daughter – Mary Nardolillo Dias, EdD
By Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, NCC, FT “…..But February made me shiver, with every paper I’d deliver, bad news on the door step. I couldn’t take one more step….., (American Pie, Don McLean”) With February 2025 almost in the rear-view mirror, I would be remiss if I did not reprint the iconic story of my…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: The Emperor’s New Clothes – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo, Dias, EdD, contributing writer The grief associated with the loss of freedom in free speech causes a great deal of anxiety and uncertainty, analogous to a death. At this time of agitation and lack of respect for differences of opinion it seemed time for a reprint of this popular article We are…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: A Love Letter of pet loss on this Valentine’s Day – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer on grief and grieving As told to Mari Dias by Maggie Dias: Hi! I’m Maggie. I also answer to: Mags, Maggie Mags, Magadoo and Magster. I am 9 years old. I crossed the rainbow bridge this week. My cousin Gracie greeted me at the gate, and there are so…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Collectively, we grieve – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer We board a bus we board a plane. In some cases, we have only a name. Of the one behind the steering wheel. With only a voice we know that they’re real. On faith we’re in their capable hands Not really knowing all of God’s plans. Safe travels…
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