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GriefSPEAK: A plan to “keep on keeping on” – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer Claudia, a 50 year old woman, tells me she has spent several days in the recent past standing on the shore of the beach in Hyannis, contemplating her death. A lover of water, and a widow of 3 weeks, she tells me she has no reason to live. Her…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Happy belated Birthday, America! – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias “…What’s that I smell in the air? The American Dream” (Miss Saigon) Happy Birthday to America! (She, her, hers). America turned 247 years old this week amidst torrential rains. I can hear the belated fireworks now, several days later. Many feel she has survived but is currently in the intensive care…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Faith conquers all, including grief – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer on grief and grieving From the desk of Deborah Manzo McDonald: “My son JoJo died 7 years ago from an accidental overdose. How do you measure a year? 525,600 minutes? How can it be 7 years without him? Three million, six hundred seventy-nine thousand two hundred minutes? Counting those minutes…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Does knowing the details ease our grief – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer Grievers often need an explanation of a sudden death. The belief (although perhaps irrational, in many situations) is based on that “knowing of the details” will ease the numbness, the surreality. Help them exhale. Manage their grief. The woman who believes that the “knowing” all the details of…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Empty Arms – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer Kara came home from Women and Infants Hospital with empty arms. Her pregnancy with her baby girl, Martha, seemed normal, according to ultrasounds. She was at thirty weeks when her OB thought Kara looked dehydrated and pale. He sent her to a local hospital who didn’t see anything…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Safe, family time memories of childhood sick days – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer on grief and grieving I chewed a Bayer aspirin, 81 mg, this morning. I felt a undefinable, uncontrollable pull, like the canister at the bank drive-up window. Woosh. My destination was my childhood. And the soft, warm, safe feeling of being home, sick. These moments always included: flat ginger…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: A sign of comfort – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer on grief and grieving JoJo died at the age of 36, a successful attorney and a lover of humanity, he passed from an accidental overdose on September 14, 2016 at 11pm, just short of his 37thbirthday. His mom, Deb, was numb with the pain of losing her first born…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: AI after death. Never really saying goodbye? – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer on grief and grieving GriefSPEAK: By: Mari Nardolillo Dias Well folks, AI has come to the field of grief! The terms AI (Artificial Intelligence), along with GPT4 and Chat Box have been on everyone’s tongues this week. There have been discussions, both pro and con, but all are…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Inclusion by exclusion – Mari Nardolillo Dias
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Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Shadow Banning the elderly – Mari Nardolillo Dias
griefspeak: Shadow Banning the elderly by dr. mari nardolillo dias
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