by Elaine Voci | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog, Change, Life Transitions
Note to reader: This blog was originally posted in my October 2020 newsletter but did not land on my blog postings as intended. It is, therefore, reprinted here now. Life, as imperfect and impermanent as it is, is what we have. Death, as inevitable and...
by Elaine Voci | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog, Change, Life Transitions
Here’s an imaginary public address announcement that airline passengers might hear in the early fall, 2020: “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is from the flight deck, your captain and her crew. We have been warned that we will encounter some turbulent skies and we all...
by Elaine Voci | Mar 8, 2017 | End of Life Resources, Life Transitions
Music and sound are among the world’s earliest medicines to cure illness and help restore wholeness to those suffering from mental, emotional or physical distress. Chanting, meditative music, and nature’s sounds are a few forms of music that serve to uplift, energize...
by Elaine Voci | Mar 29, 2015 | Blog, Life Transitions
“Life is full of change. The good passes, but so does the bad. Nothing remains the same in this unstable world…if we only wait a little, the cycle, the endless unfailing tide of things will sweep us up. Without darkness, we would not appreciate the light.” ...
by Elaine Voci | May 1, 2014 | Blog, End of Life Resources, Life Coaching, Life Transitions
Recently, during the bereavement group that I co-facilitate at a local hospice, clients talked about the emotional pain they are going through as they come to terms with the loss of their mate. For some, the death of their spouse had come suddenly, when they least...
by Elaine Voci | Nov 3, 2013 | Blog, Change, Life Coaching, Life Transitions
“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.” Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and mystical writer I am reading a book, Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life by Megory...