Grief Programs for the greater Kansas City community — services offered at modest or no cost. Solace House, Carmp Erin, Camp Carousel, and Passages Counseling.
Read MoreThe Circle of Lights takes place each year on the Country Club Plaza on the Tuesday before Memorial Day. This much-beloved Kansas City Hospice tradition includes lighting more than a thousand luminaries surrounding the J.C. Nichols Fountain. Usually each April we send information on requesting a luminary to be placed in honor of loved ones.
The time for our annual Circle of Lights is approaching. However, the necessary social distancing required to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus requires that we adapt our tradition.
Read Moreby Jacque Amweg, LSCSW, LCSW, CT, Clinical Social Worker & EMDR Therapist at Kansas City Hospice The death of a loved one is one of the most distressing experiences you…
Read MoreWhat Do I Say Now? Tips on How to Respond When Someone You Love is Grieving by Beth Houghton, LCSW, Grief Support Specialist at Kansas City Hospice
It can be hard to support a grieving person when you are at a loss for words or feel there is nothing that can be said or done that could possibly bring comfort. Or perhaps you are grieving someone you loved dearly and are on the receiving end of insensitive comments, or worse yet, no acknowledgment of your loss at all.
“Maybe it’s okay to be weak” by Guest blogger Alisha Bozarth brings us her perspective on why it’s okay to not be okay all the time. “Being strong in the biggest battle of my life is like asking a marathon runner to curl 20 pound weights while he runs. It’s too much.
Read MoreReflections of a hospice chaplain: Winning the fight of being dormant.
Today, I am void of the volume of peace that I would like to have. I know many of us have experienced losses and various sorts of emotional, relational, spiritual, physical and other hurdles that may rob us of peace and connectedness.
Read Moreby Lisa Templeton-Farmer, Director of Grief Services, Kansas City Hospice Deciding whether young people will attend a memorial service or funeral depends on age, the family and the young person’s…
Read Moreby Jacque Amweg, LSCSW, Grief Support Specialist Maybe it’s time to start getting back to regular routines…or not. This time of year, things like back-to-school, seasons changing, baseball ending and…
Read Moreby Alisha Bozarth Adapted with permission from AlishaBozarth.com Raw grief feels like drowning. I’ve never drowned, but I can imagine the panic. The inundation. The fight as your body merely…
Read MoreBy Debbie Wilson, LCSW, Grief Support Specialist with Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Cooking and grief may not seem to go hand in hand. But, I hear from so many…
Read Moreby Lisa Templeton-Farmer, Director of Grief Programs at Kansas City Hospice and Solace House. Head for the Cure events are community-powered fundraisers bringing the fight against brain cancer. Join us…
Read MoreBy Denise Brown, MA, ATR – Expressive Therapist & Grief Support Specialist at Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care What does a shattered bowl have to do with grief? Imagine…
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