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Suzette Teaches How To Write About Death and Dying – Register!

Posted by Suzette Standring 
· Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021 at 08:13 PM 

Writing about death is intimate.  More personal than writing about sex, your bank balance, or whatever “stayed in Las Vegas.” Beginning Tuesday, October 12, 2021, I will teach a 7-week writing course for The School of American Thanatology. My classes will blend practical writing tips and guided imagery exercises toward authenticity, vulnerability, and effective writing […]

Categories : Acceptance, death, healing, Hope, Illness, Meditation, Personal challenges, self-discovery, Spirituality, Suzette's Writing Workshops, thanatology, Writing, Writing tools
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Insurrection, Grief and Shadowloss

Posted by Suzette Standring 
· Friday, March 5th, 2021 at 10:42 AM 

Feel what you feel for as long as it takes to process through it. The right word recognizes our deepest emotions. When I mourn, but my grief is not attached to a physical death, there is a word for it, “shadowloss.” The term was coined by Cole Imperi, founder of The School of American Thanatology, […]

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