[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] “Nancy always said baking is a science,” Randy Hallstrom says of his late wife. “Cooking you can do whatever you want, but baking?...
Trauma & Soul Retrievals
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] We have all experienced some form of trauma keeping us from optimally moving forward in life. These experiences can be anything from loss...
Guest Article: Death as a Teacher
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] What is your relationship with death? For most of human history, we have carried life in one hand and death in the other....
Guest Article: Navigating Grief in Family Law
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Something I have thought a lot about since becoming divorced and then shifting my legal practice into family law is grief. Divorce—and really anything...
Urgent Estate Planning: Breaking the Procrastination Cycle
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] During the past several weeks at our firm, we’ve received several phone calls from frazzled family members. A loved one is in the...
Guest Article: Saying (and Writing) the Hard Words
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] In October 2013, I used a work trip to Chicago as an excuse to bring my 9-month-old son to visit his grandparents. My...
Guest Article: 5 Tips for Navigating Grief During the Holidays
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Picture this. You’re at the dining room table on Thanksgiving Day. Family is all around you. They’re laughing, sharing stories of past Thanksgiving...
Difficult Discussions: Options After Death
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Simple burial, cremation, or green burial? As you make estate planning decisions, it’s common — and prudent — to start discussions around your...
Difficult Discussions: Right to Die Laws
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] In her recent memoir, author and therapist Amy Bloom discusses her heart-wrenching decision to travel with her husband to Switzerland to end his...
How to Help People Facing Illness or Death
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Show Up Things can be awkward at the hospital or funeral home. You want to visit and support family and friends there, but...