There’s been an overwhelmingly positive response to my article “10 Burdens Funeral Directors Carry“. We funeral directors carry a unique set of burdens. And there’s ways — both positive and negative — that we cope with our burdens. Here’s 10 coping methods funeral directors use. The first five are coping methods that are negative or maladaptive techniques. […]
In our culture, touch is too often motivated by 1.) Desire. 2.) Demand. Many don’t know how to touch outside of those two categories. There’s a rather new interdisciplinary area of study called haptonomy which explores how to touch outside of the desire and demand categories. Haptonomy is the study of psycho-tactile communication. Psychologist and […]
This from http://aaroncollins.org/. Aaron was the type of person that took great joy in unexpected kindness. Once after receiving exceptionally bad service at dinner, from a rude waitress, he left her a $50 tip. Things like this, given or received, were what he thought left a mark on a person’s life. Aaron passed away July […]
Note: I wrote this article over the weekend and I wasn’t going to publish it until Wednesday, but since I just spent my entire night [11 PM to 5:45 AM] picking up three deceased persons, I thought it’s probably appropriate to post it now. After I hit “publish”, I’ll be off to bed and back […]
As many of you know, my wife and I are in the process of adopting our three and one half month old Jeremiah. We were there on the day of his birth and have been with him ever since. We have an open adoption with Jeremiah’s birth mom and we love her immensely. The process of […]