isolation

The luminaries among us

By Ken / March 3, 2022 /

A community lifting others up continues to bring light What a rollercoaster these past two years have been. Flung around sharp bends and suddenly pitched downwards, it feels like we’ve been on a collision course on so many levels. We’ve tried to endure the toll of Covid 19 variants, the strain of loneliness, the negative…

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A six-week pressure cooker

By Ken / April 24, 2020 /

Rain is beating down again; it feels like a deluge every third day now. Six weeks of temporary ups and steep downturns, exacerbated in so many ways. Where are you in this storm? How are you navigating the isolation—unable to be with loved ones, or face to face with people you care about? You may…

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Shuttered In

By Ken / January 31, 2015 /

Are you feeling shut in with the mid-winter blahs? Or perhaps beyond the harsh weather, are you avoiding or attempting to deny the emotional impact of something that feels frozen inside? Or know someone who seems locked in this state? You are certainly not alone. Please click here for my post on Psychology Today’s web…

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Facing the onset of grief’s winter

By Ken / November 18, 2014 / Comments Off on Facing the onset of grief’s winter

A couple whose son died earlier this year recently asked my wife and I how we coped with losing ours. How did we handle those first holidays? What did we do for our other children? How do we hold on to him, and to each other? Their grief is so raw, their upheaval and torment…

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