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GriefSPEAK: Loneliness of the senses – Mari Nardolillo Dias
Grief and loneliness by Mari Nardolillo Dias
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Retirement. Fear of freedom – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer Retirement: “Act of retreating, act of falling back.” act of withdrawing into seclusion” Why does everyone congratulate us when we announce our retirement? For many, it is bitter, for some sweet, and for others, bittersweet. I find retirement sad, a sign that I am winding down in life.…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Daniella 2022, from Life of Sighs – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer Cont’d I have not yet opened the box. The one I found in the cedar chest while packing. I’m not sure what made me decide to look in the chest. It’s always been a staple in the house – a ubiquitous item that served many purposes. Legend has it…
Read MoreMeet Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias, “The Grief Whisperer”, on January 12th
by Nancy Thomas Join Dr. Mari Nardollllo Dias for an informal conversation about grief. If you believe in signs… If you feel overwhelmed, directionless, confused or stuck in your grief… If you or someone you know has experienced the loss of a spouse, parent, sibling, child… If your loss is due to a sudden, traumatic…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Life of sighs – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer “There are few things in life more telling than a sigh. There is the sigh of resignation or relief, the sigh of exasperation or exhaustion, the sigh of deep peace and relaxation, the dizzy sigh of inebriated love, and the sigh that lies at the bottom of the well…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Beauty too beautiful – Mari Nardolillo Dias
GriefSPEAK: – Mari Nardolillo Dias By: Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias “I embrace moments while simultaneously grieving the thought that they will soon be over.” (Dias, 2022) Botticelli died in 1510 and yet his art can literally still make someone have a heart attack more than 500 years later. “Can art be so beautiful that it…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Beyond a pain too beautiful – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer She “wears her pain like diamonds” (Alpha), although she told me that she feels like she is on fire, and drowning, simultaneously. She wears a little black dress interrupted only by the glare of the jewels: the cabochon drops like a single tear from a fragile filigree chain around…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Losing your human – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer Tilly – I know you know that I’m a grief therapy dog. You might remember me running the fence with you at the dog park. We never spent a lot of time hanging out one-on-one because you mostly sat at your human’s feet or under the bench where he always…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Ambedo, one with a teardrop – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias Updated May 17, 2024 Ambedo: “a kind of melancholic trance in which you become completely absorbed in vivid sensory details…briefly soaking in the experience of being alive, an act that is done purely for its own sake…” Erin often experiences ambedo yet finds it disturbing. Rachel experiences ambedo on a weekly basis…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Selfish? Or practicing self-care? – Mari Nardolillo Dias
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias In a despairing yet angry tone, Diana launched out of her chair in my office and paced, muttering repeatedly, “How can I be so selfish!” Here I am trying to BETTER MYSELF and get through the pain of losing my husband! What right do I have to try to find solace…
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