Creating Boundaries during a crisis
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:34:18+09:30Boundaries: when to call on this life-saving strategy. I was talking to a lady today who was absolutely exhausted from looking after her husband. He [...]
The Spiritual Questions about Death and Dying
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:33:35+09:30Impending death It doesn’t matter whether you are religious or not, death and dying provoke a questioning of our spirituality, purpose and meaning. The person [...]
Musical medicine – Yellow Door Care
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:25:55+09:30Snippets of joy and soul-food With so much to bring us down, it’s time to see a few happy words from songs and musicals that [...]
The Cure of Creativity
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:19:49+09:30Creativity There is a soul enriching reward felt when using our own two hands and creative urges to produce something worthwhile. Whatever we make, even [...]
Grief: The final stages of depression and acceptance.
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:16:18+09:30The fourth stage of grief: Depression While the bargaining phase of grief is marked with motivation and energetic engagement, the depressive stage is heavily silent. [...]
The Emotional Experience of the Palliative Caregiver.
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:15:35+09:30Palliative Care Over the last several years, many articles have been written about the concept of palliative care. At its most basic, palliative care means [...]
Old world glimpses of candle-light, aromatherapy and a simple life.
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:14:03+09:30Candle-light Candle light... it connects us to a way of life which now appears sentimentally quaint, but which we also seem to yearn for with [...]
Stages of Grief, the unfolding emotional journey continues.
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T11:59:37+09:30Grief experienced through the emotion of anger. Stage 2 of Grief: Anger In the painful suffering of great loss, denial eventually cannot be [...]
That which is born of sadness: a normal response…..not mental illness.
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T11:53:53+09:30You don't need a religious affiliation to recognise a sense of soulfulness in the life we live. Confronting our mortality draws this soulfulness up to [...]
Surviving Palliative Care as a caregiver
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T11:52:30+09:30When your family member chooses palliative care, it can be an intense relief. If they’ve been ill for a long time, or if they are [...]
