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 [...]
Alzheimer’s Dementia
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:23:34+09:30Alzheimer's There is no doubt that having a relative with Alzheimer’s is depressing and sad, especially when you meet other people of a similar age [...]
Happiness is attainable
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:20:19+09:30How do we find an ounce of happiness when going through the difficulties associated with illness, caring for others, struggling to get by or recovering [...]
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 [...]
Aging – Old or just ‘old’ thinking?
Erica Fotineas2024-07-02T12:41:46+09:30Aging Have you watched the milestones of life come and go? Do you remember looking forward to being sweet sixteen, and now you have age [...]
The Emotional Experience of the Palliative Caregiver.
Erica Fotineas2024-10-06T16:21:33+10:30Palliative 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 [...]
The Third Stage Grief – Bargaining
Erica Fotineas2020-08-25T12:10:53+09:30Third Stage of Grief: Bargaining Bargaining: a reconnection with hope. Desperation is felt when all attempts of denial and anger have not amounted [...]
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 [...]
