4 Steps to Plan Your Own Funeral & Make Things Easier on Your Family By Brad Krause brad@selfcaring.info One of the most responsible and loving things you can do for your family is to plan your own funeral and burial. Your passing will be emotionally devastating to your loved ones, and it will help them [...]
You Fool Yourself You fool yourself. You believe you’re safe. You believe there’s time. More time. You should know better. Life has revealed her truth to you many times. And yet, it is easy to forget. And in some ways important to forget. Life would be too raw, too frightening, too blindingly stark, and we might [...]
Better Self-Care for a Better Transition After Loss By Brad Krause selfcaring.info/ You’re okay. It may not seem that way right now, but you are. Grief and all the emotions that come with losing someone will keep you from seeing it, but you’re reading this, that’s one step closer to being even more okay. After [...]
Join Me at the National Association of Memoir Writer's Virtual Book Club Join me at the National Association of Memoir Writer's Virtual Book Club on Thursday, July 11th at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time. I'll be discussing The Healing Journey of Writing and Editing Your Memoir: Starting at such a young age, one would think I [...]
Be Sure to Watch! Writers of the World: A Video Discussion on the Topic of Growing Through Grief Writers of the Word: Growing Through Grief Please join me on Monday, June 24th at 5:30 Pacific, 8:30 Eastern, when I join Dr. Mary Plouffe, Iris Waichler, and Laurie Kahn for a discussion on Growing Through Grief.
Why You Should Consider Moving After The Loss Of A Loved One Lucille Rosetti, info@thebereaved.org. While the loss of a loved one and moving are considered two of life’s greatest stressors, the change that comes with immersing yourself in a new environment can be good for your mental health in more ways than one. However, [...]
And the Winner Is - Me! A few weeks ago, I wrote about being a finalist in three writing contests. Today, I am proud and excited to announce that The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life WON the following awards: 2016 May Sarton Women’s Book Award for Memoir 2016/2017 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Author Receives National Recognition El Dorado Hills, CA: The FIFTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL Beverly Hills Book Awards® recognized The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life by Virginia A. Simpson as a FINALIST in the category of memoir. Experts from all aspects of the book industry, including publishers, [...]
Interview with Dr. Virginia Simpson - lizbeth Meredith After your father died during when you were young, you wrote that you became very anxious about death. Can you tell us how you moved from that point to becoming a bereavement expert? My father died when I was 12, during a time when adults didn’t take into consider children’s feelings [...]
Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D. Speaks About Her Book and How to Deal With Grief Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D., known to her clients as “Dr. Ginni,” is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on dying and grieving. She is a bereavement care specialist and Executive Counseling Director for hundreds of funeral homes throughout the United States [...]
