Category Archives: Academic
Women, Death, and Eloquence
Note: This was an assignment for Death and the Maiden I struggled with this week’s readings as I disagreed so much with that Cixous and her musings about women writers. Women have most likely written about themselves and for themselves … Continue reading
Academic: Riddle of Femininity
Note: This was a course assignment for Death and the Maiden Thousands of years after Eve took that fateful bite of the apple and ninety years after Freud wrote that women are the problem and attributed their emotional makeup to … Continue reading
Dead White Girls
Note: This was a course assignment for Death and the Maiden I will confess upfront that I am a devotee of crime shows. I watch NCIS, FBI, and the Law and Orders. I’ve also been known to binge watch Cold Case and other shows during … Continue reading
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Academic: Mystics and Modern Similarities
Note: This was a class assignment for Death and the Maiden Life is bookended by two great spiritual and physical transitions: birth and death. And it is women who tend to these passings. It is women who experience the quickening … Continue reading
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Academic: The More Things Change the More they Stay the Same
Note: This was a course assignment for Death and the Maiden The more things change, the more they stay the same was the refrain going through my mind as I read the assigned articles this week. The key themes of … Continue reading
Academia: Complicated Grief in Rural Appalacia
Note: This was written for a class on complicated grief at Marian University Grief is a normal response to losses of all types, including loss through death, loss of a job, and other sorts of losses. Grief can manifest itself … Continue reading
Academic: Ethical Considerations
Note: This was written as part of my course work for complicated grief. Role From an ADEC perspective, I am a student affiliate. However, even though I do not have professional responsibilities as a counselor or researcher, I do still … Continue reading
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Death of a Parent
Note: This post was written for my complicated grief class at Marian University The parent /child relationship is our first relationship and in many ways, it sets the tone for future relationships as we observe our how parents communicate, love, … Continue reading
Academia: Complicated Grief in Rural Appalacia
Note: This was written for a course in Complicated Grief and I eventually expanded it into a longer paper. Appalachia is a mountainous 205,000 square region of the United States that stretches from northern Mississippi to southern New York (Thacker … Continue reading
Academia: Sarah’s Case Study Revisited
Note: This post was made for a course in complicated grief at Marian University. Are there any signs, in her history and/or current observations, of what attachment style Sarah may have? Sarah worried that her parents regretted adopting her and … Continue reading
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