Podcast appearances and mentions of Claire B Willis

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The authors of Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace join the show—social worker, lay Buddhist chaplain, and author Claire B. Willis and photographer, filmmaker, and storyteller Marnie Crawford Samuelson.

The authors of Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace join the show—social worker, lay Buddhist chaplain, and author Claire B. Willis and photographer, filmmaker, and storyteller Marnie Crawford Samuelson.

Opening to Grief: Claire Willis Grief and love are richly intertwined. Because we love, we grieve. And when we fully feel our sorrow, we open to loving ourselves and other beings more deeply. All of us experience loss. Some of us have lost a spouse, or a child, our parents, a beloved pet, a dear friend, or neighbor. In the pandemic, we have lost hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States and around the world. Many of us have lost our livelihoods. All of us have lost our familiar daily routines and textures of work, family, and community. And the losses are not over. Grieve fully, turn toward your emotions and experiences however they arise, and follow your own path toward healing. Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. A cofounder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together, Willis has led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. She has co-taught Spiritual Resources for Healing the Mind, Body, and Soul at Andover Newton Theological School. She maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts. As a lay Buddhist chaplain ordained by Joan Halifax at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. For the past five years, she has been a student of Koshin Paley Ellison, a founding teacher at the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Besides Opening to Grief, which Claire co-wrote with Marnie Crawford Samuelson, she is the author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life. www.openingtogrief.com Learn more about Simran here: www.iamsimran.com www.1111mag.com/

Claire B. Willis, co-author of Opening to Grief, Finding your Way From Loss to Peace is a clinical social worker who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. A co-founder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together, Willis has led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. She has taught Spiritual Resources for Healing the Mind, Body, and Soul at Andover Newton Theological School. As a lay Buddhist chaplain ordained at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. For the past five years, Besides Opening to Grief, Willis is the author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life. https://openingtogrief.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/PostcardstotheUniverse)

Claire B. Willis – Opening to GriefAir Date: Wednesday, 2 June 2021 at 4:00 PM ET/1:00 PM ETClaire B. Willis, co-author of Opening to Grief, Finding your Way From Loss to Peace is a clinical social worker who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. A cofounder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together, Willis has led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. She has taught Spiritual Resources for Healing the Mind, Body, and Soul at Andover Newton Theological School.As a lay Buddhist chaplain ordained at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. For the past five years, Besides Opening to Grief, Willis is the author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life.Connect with Claire at https://openingtogrief.comVisit the Show Page at https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/postcards-to-the-universeConnect with Melisa Caprio at https://www.postcardstotheuniverse.com/#ClaireBWillis #OpeningToGrief #PostcardsToTheUniverse #MelisaCaprio

We all lose people and experiences we hold dear; nothing we love lasts forever. Grieving is part of being human. Grief can hit us quickly like a bolt of lightning or it can silently creep up on us before we even know we're in its grip. Many of us try to deny what we’re feeling in an attempt to stay positive or stop the pain. According to Claire B. Willis, to heal from loss we cannot dissociate or refuse to feel the depth of our despair. She contends that genuine grieving requires us to be present with the anguish and to be open to the pain of our heartbreak, and even embrace our sadness. Claire talks about how we can open up to grief in order to find peace. Claire is a clinical social worker who has been working in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. As a lay Buddhist chaplain, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. She is the author of, Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life, and co-author of Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace. Music: www.purple-planet.com Show site: www.cyacyl.com

Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace with Claire B. WillisAired Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTOver the past year, the pandemic has robbed every single one of us of something… If not a loved one or our livelihood it’s our familiar daily routine, our freedom of movement, or our way of working, playing, communicating, connecting, and moving through the world. Many are feeling a mix of emotions – anxiety, despair, sadness, and anger. While we might not recognize all of these feelings as grief, we are grieving. This is how human beings respond to loss. And our losses are far from over.According to this week’s guest, grieving is one of the most difficult experiences we will ever face. Grief’s terrain is unspeakably painful. There are no easy answers and there’s no one way to grieve. Your grief is yours alone. But the good news is, whatever you are grieving, you will find your way…CLAIRE B. WILLIS is a clinical social worker who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. A cofounder of the Boston non-profit Facing Cancer Together, she has led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups, and has co-taught spiritual resources for healing the mind, body, and soul at Andover Newton Theological School. The author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life, & co-author of Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace with Marnie Crawford Samuelson, Claire Willis joins Sandie to share how we can navigate and embrace our emotions and experiences, however they arise, and follow our own path to healing.Connect with Claire at https://openingtogrief.com/Visit the What Is Going OM show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/what-is-going-omConnect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.com#ClaireBWillis #OpeningToGrief #WhatIsGoingOM #SandieSedgbeer #Lifestyle

Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker who has worked in the field of oncology and bereavement for more than twenty years. She is a co-founder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together and regularly leads bereavement, end of life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. As a lay Buddhist chaplain, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. Claire maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts. openingtogrief.com/For more information on the Well of Light Global Community, Programs, Radio shows and Services go to www.welloflight.comTo access other great interviews and offerings: www.patreon.com/welloflightYour donations are gratefully received and make it all possible!

All of us experience loss. In the pandemic, we have lost hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States and around the world. Many have lost their livelihoods. All of us have lost our familiar daily routines.Claire B Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson have authored a book: Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace . It is a companion guide to grieving, made more relevant during this tender time.Their book reminds us there is no one way to grieve, and encourages us to begin where we are. With profound practices anchored in mindfulness and meditation, the authors share how art, writing and nature offer paths to healing.Claire leads bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups in her Brookline, Massachusetts home.

Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. A cofounder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together, Willis has led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. She has co-taught Spiritual Resources for Healing the Mind, Body, and Soul at Andover Newton Theological School. She maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts. As a lay Buddhist chaplain ordained by Joan Halifax at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. For the past five years, she has been a student of Koshin Paley Ellison, a founding teacher at the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Besides Opening to Grief, Willis is the author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life. OpeningtoGrief.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/death-by-design. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker who works in the field of oncology and bereavement. She is a cofounder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together and regularly leads bereavement, end of life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. As a lay Buddhist chaplain, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. She maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts. She is coauthor with Marnie Crawford Samuelson of Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace (Dharma Spring 2020)Interview Date: 2/2/2021  Tags: Claire B. Willis, grief, grieving, loss, Covid-19, mourning rituals, Shiva, grief altar, communal grieving, putting grief into action, suffering, Joe Biden models positive grieving, Death & Dying, Personal Transformation

Every person has their own timing when it comes to grieving. Claire Willis suggests that grief is a sign of deep love rather than a problem to be solved. She recommends that we allow ourselves to remain in the great brokenness of loss with our eyes and hearts open—thus grief is an invitation to grow and eventually can lead to finding meaning in the experience of loss. Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker who works in the field of oncology and bereavement. She is a cofounder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together and regularly leads bereavement, end of life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. As a lay Buddhist chaplain, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. She maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts. She is coauthor with Marnie Crawford Samuelson of Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace (Dharma Spring 2020) Interview Date: 1/21/2021   Tags: Claire B. Willis, grief, mourning, bereavement, depression, disenfranchised sorrows, hidden griefs, untended sorrows, miscarriages, infertility, Hersch Wilson, Metta practice, loving kindness, gratitude journal, Rick Hanson, James Pennebaker, expressive writing, Death & Dying, Personal Transformation

Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. Claire is a co-founder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together and has led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. She taught Spiritual Resources for Healing the Mind, Body, and Soul at Andover Newton Theological School in Massachusetts. Claire maintains a private practice in Brookline, MA. As a lay Buddhist chaplain ordained by Joan Halifax at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. Claire is also an experienced yoga teacher and the author of two books, Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life and her new book, Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace, which she co-authored with Marnie Crawford Samuelson.In this interview, Claire shares the wisdom she has attained from her Buddhist practice and her experience working with people in grief. Her book "Open to Grief" is a handbook full of tools you can use to customize your grief journey.Find more about Claire at: ℹ️ https://www.opentogrief.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/grief2growth)

In this year of radical loss, Opening to Grief: Finding your way from loss to peace is an essential guidebook for anyone navigating grief and loss. Claire B. Willis, author, clinical social worker, ordained lay Buddhist chaplain and yoga teacher talks about her journey writing this book and shares expert counsel about the many ways to honor any form of loss you might be experiencing as 2020 comes to a close. This is an invaluable episode for closing a horrifically strange year, and doing what we can to bravely move into 2021 renewed and ready for change. https://openingtogrief.com/Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker and an ordained lay Buddhist chaplain and yoga teacher. She has spent over two decades working with oncology patients with a focus on end of life issues, therapeutic writing and bereavement counseling. A co-founder of Facing Cancer Together: A Community of Hope, Claire is also an adjunct faculty member at the Andover Newton Theological School and a former group facilitator and instructor at The Wellness Community. She earned an M.A. from Episcopal Divinity School and a MSW and a M.Ed from Boston University. Claire lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Claire B. Willis – Opening to Grief: An Invitation to Turn Towards EmotionsAiring Monday, November 9, 2020 at 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM GMT / 7:00 PM CETAll of us at some point in our lives, experience loss, yet few of us are comfortable with grieving. It is hard to navigate the waters of loss. How does grief manifest in our lives? How can we integrate grieving while still carrying on with day-to-day commitments? The passage of time may be of some help, but time by itself is not the answer. It is how we “spend” the time. Join Voice Visionary Kara Johnstad and Claire B. Willis, author and clinical social worker for a heartfelt conversation on grief and how we can learn to give it a voice. Co-founder of the Boston nonprofit, Facing Cancer Together Claire is a lay Buddhist chaplain, and yoga/meditation teacher specialized in oncology, therapeutic writing, and bereavement for the last 25 years.Today she celebrates with us the release of her new book, Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace, which she co-authored with Marnie Crawford Samuelson. If our lives are to remain vital, our hearts have to stay open, for our grief is an expression of our love. Join Kara and Claire as we deepen the practice of embracing grief and holding uncertainty.To get in touch with Kara go to http://www.karajohnstad.com/Visit the Voice Rising show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/voice-rising/#ClaireBWillis #OpeningToGrief #Grief #VoiceRising #KaraJohnstad

Claire Willis LICSW joins Paul Krauss MA LPC to discuss the topic of grief and the multifaceted ways in which it effects a person, a family, a community, and the culture at large. Claire discusses the many ways that people cope with losses, including those who feel ashamed in their grief. Claire sheds light on why people often feel differently when they lose a pet versus a person. Claire and Paul discuss what happens when a person denies or refuses to deal with their grief. There is further discussion regarding the "Authenticity Movement" and how being brave about your feelings can be both difficult and rewarding. Claire has recently co-authored a book with Marnie Crawford Samuelson entitled "Opening to Grief: find your way from loss to peace" that is a guide for people who are grieving and want help. Paul recently read  Opening to Grief and he and Claire discuss the way it is structured and the resources it offers. Claire B. Willis, LICSW is a clinical social worker who has worked in the fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. A co-founder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together, Willis has led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. She has co-taught Spiritual Resources for Healing the Mind, Body, and Soul at Andover Newton Theological School. She maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts. As a lay Buddhist chaplain ordained by Joan Halifax at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. For the past five years, she has been a student of Koshin Paley Ellison, a founding teacher at the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Besides Opening to Grief, Willis is the author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life. OpeningtoGrief.com Paul Krauss MA LPC is the Clinical Director of Health for Life Grand Rapids, home of The Trauma-Informed Counseling Center of Grand Rapids. Paul is also a Private Practice Psychotherapist, EMDRIA Consultant in Training (CIT), host of the Intentional Clinician podcast, Behavioral Health Consultant, Clinical Trainer, and Counseling Supervisor. Paul is now offering consulting for a few individuals and organizations. Paul is the creator of the National Violence Prevention Hotline (in progress)  as well as the Intentional Clinician Training Program for Counselors. Questions? Call the office at 616-200-4433.  If you are looking for EMDRIA consulting groups, Paul Krauss MA LPC is now hosting weekly online and in-person groups.  For details, click here. Follow Health for Life Grand Rapids: Instagram   |   Facebook     |     Youtube  Original Music: ”Shades of Currency" [Instrumental] from Archetypes by PAWL (Spotify) "Borderlands" from An Imaginary Country by Tim Hecker (Spotify)   Support your local bookstore by shopping at https://bookshop.org/ (You can order online from the comfort of your own home, while supporting local businesses near you).  

Bereavement counselor, Buddhist lay chaplain, and author Claire B. Willis offers ways to move through loss to find peace in her new book, Opening to Grief. Claire describes profound practices anchored in mindfulness and meditation to help us understand grief and move towards healing.

This is a new podcast about the book entitled Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way From Loss to Peace written by Claire B. Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson. A book about emotions, sensations and grief on experiencing heartbreaking loss.