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“Snapshots of Life After Loss” shows honest views of grief and life after loss over time. A new project under Luna Peak Company.

12/11/2023

Grab a holiday grief care package before 12/15🫶🏼 www.lunapeakpublishing.com/shop

12/04/2022

What did grief steal from your holidays?

11/26/2022

If you’re looking for a gift for a friend navigating grief or cancer - now is the time to buy during our Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale!

All sales benefit our nonprofit - so all of your orders are paying it forward.

Visit www.lunapeakpublishing.com/shop and use the code “BLACKFRIDAY” to take advantage of this weekend’s deals!

11/18/2022

The reviews are in! Season’s Griefings in available of Amazon, B&N, Bookshop, and our publishing shop www.lunapeakpublishing.com!

This is the holiday version of our most popular workbook, The Grief Workbook! This should bring some laughs and smiles into an oftentimes challenging time of grieving through the holidays. This workbook is like working through memories, prompts and games with someone who “gets it.”

"Season's Griefings: A Holiday Grief Workbook" is a fun way to unpack a serious experience: grief. The holidays can be an especially challenging and isolating time for grievers, and this book will help you cope and smile while doing so. It has something for everyone - dark humor, some word games, opportunities to share memories of your loved one(s), and reflective prompts. This workbook can be used as a resource for individual reflection, for families to fill out and share about a mutual loss, for grief support groups, or for grievers to share with their supporters to shed some light on their grief process. It can also be used in correlation with therapy and for educating on grief.

All book sales benefit Luna Peak Foundation, a 501(c)(3). By purchasing a book, you are supporting our mission of helping grievers not feel alone! With your support, many Season’s Griefings workbooks will be donated to therapist offices.

11/10/2022

Guest post - reflections from her retreat -

“Many of you already know that I lost my mother to cancer at age 12. It’s one of the many traumas that have shaped my life, and one of the many experiences that inspire me to help others heal.

Both surviving cancer myself at the age my mother died, and mothering past the ages that my mother and I were when she passed, has given me and my therapist plenty to work with over the years. Early in my stay with the Buddhist nuns, I discovered yet another layer of grief. Triggered recently at a Japanese American community event, I have come to recognize a deep loss from the lack of brown-eyed, brown-skinned Asian elders in my life.

On retreat, one very dear elder sister brought this out in me. At an evening mentor-mentee session, five of us sat in a small circle on the floor as she invited us to ask any questions about our practice. I listened to her respond to others with tenderness & wisdom, and felt deep, deep tears bubbling up. She looked at me and asked if I was ok, and when those loving brown eyes met mine, no force of nature could have held back the tears that started to flow. It was completely unexpected for me, and completely overwhelming.
It took a while to get out how comforting her brown-eyed, brown-skinned Asian elder presence was for me, and also the intense sadness that I felt at the same time. With compassion that can only come from a place of deep knowing, she said “I can be your Aunt. If you don’t mind.”

Oof. Crying like that in front of a small group of strangers (and one friend) is not something I do easily.  Being held emotionally by an Asian elder is something that I have missed deeply in my life, without knowing it consciously.

Recognizing the loss and experiencing the comfort in that moment was INTENSE.

So I know have a Vietnamese Auntie. And the deep wounds in my heart are healing.”

Thank you so much for sharing Jennifer . Jennifer leads grief workshops as well and is a cancer survivor storyteller in our photography book “Beyond Remission” ❤️

11/09/2022

Guest post - “Hi everyone, my name is Brianna! As a Chicana and a griever, Día de Mu***os has always been close to my heart and is truly my favorite holiday. My family is no stranger to loss, and long before I lost my mother, I was aware of the gravity of death and how important it is to find meaningful ways to honor the dead. Día de Mu***os is such a positive space to embrace death and the role it plays in our daily life. I’ve never taken for granted how Día opens our hearts to our shared mortality, and since my mother’s passing, it’s been an even greater source of comfort to feel connected to her, other deceased loved ones, and the cultural heritage that binds us all together, no matter how far apart we are or how long it’s been since someone passed. It feels especially comforting as a griever to hear everyone around me speaking openly about death, compared to death-avoidant culture most of us know too well. My year-round ofrenda at home always gets a special update on Día to celebrate, and as an artist, I’ve found deep joy incorporating Día elements into my death and grief-focused artworks.

‘Aquí Descansamos’ is a piece I created for Día celebrations at . This is a living cemetery composed of floral sculptures in place of gravestones. Mirroring the shape of common grave-markers, ‘Aquí Descansamos’ presents an alternate form of memorial, contrasting the somber, grey-stone visuals of traditional cemeteries with color, growth, decomposition, and renewal. This living cemetery offers a space to celebrate life’s vibrancy and beauty while acknowledging its temporary and ever-changing nature. In the spirit of Día de Mu***os, ‘Aquí Descansamos’ honors the dead while providing space to imagine a future where we rest alongside them. Visit my website for more death and grief-based artwork including works on end-of-life caregiving.” - Brianna - www.Briannalhb.com

Images:
1) Moss skull for ‘Aquí Descansamos’
2) My mother Sylvia
3) A few of my tías y tíos at my abuelos grave
4) Some of the loved ones on my home altar
5) Mom-ofrenda for Día 2018
6-9) ‘Aquí Descansamos’ install
10) Painting calaveras

11/02/2022

Día De Los Mu***os celebrations from our community!

From Shar (photos 1-4) “Recordar es volver a vivir”(To remember is to live again). It’s my first time celebrating Día De Los Mu***os in honor of my beloved, funny, amazing husband: Gerardo. While the pain & heartache is still felt, this holiday & beautiful cultural tradition has allowed me to slow down, remember ALL the love, the memories & celebrate my husband’s beautiful life & the lives of all those we have loved and lost! May we carry the love of our special person always & always remember them so they can live forever ❤️ So on Día De Los Mu***os, I’ll drink his favorite Don Julio 1942 tequila, listen to his favorite music, cheers to him, his love, his life, & remind him to save me a shot for whenever I am called home to join him! Until then....¡Salud to all of our loved ones waiting for us in the afterlife! Con amor-Shar”

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From Fernanda .4.4 (photos 5-6) “We celebrate your life by celebrating you today. We welcome your visit today by setting a flower path (cempasúchil/marigold) into your favorite treats. (Food, drinks, ...)” - “Celebramos su vida, recordándolos hoy. Les damos la bienvenida mostrándoles el camino de cempasúchil hacia sus alimentos y bebidas favoritas.”

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From Fernanda (photos 7-8)

Poem by Jaime Sabines:
“Quiero apoyar mi cabeza
en tus manos, Señor.
Señor del humo, sombra,
quiero apoyar mi corazón.
Quiero llorar con mis ojos,
irme en llanto, Señor.

Débil, pequeño, frustrado,
cansado de amar, amor,
dame un golpe de aire,
tírame, corazón.

Sobre la brisa, en el alba,
cuando se despierte el sol,
derrámame como un llanto,
llórame como yo.”

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Thank you for sharing your celebrations with us! Have a fun and safe holiday ♥️

10/30/2022

Halloween candy IS grief, part 3 🍭

Have you ever received a TOOTHBRUSH when trick or treating?!

10/28/2022

Halloween candy IS grief, part 2 🍬

My sincerest apologies to the candy corn lovers who felt snubbed on our last post 🙏🏼🧡 😁 XO!

100 grand joke by .theres.a.willie TY

10/26/2022

Halloween candy IS grief - part 1!

10/25/2022

Introducing the perfect holiday gift for a griever - SEASON’S GRIEFINGS! This is the holiday version of our most popular workbook, The Grief Workbook! This should bring some laughs and smiles into an oftentimes challenging time of grieving through the holidays. This workbook is like working through memories, prompts and games with someone who “gets it.”

"Season's Griefings: A Holiday Grief Workbook" is a fun way to unpack a serious experience: grief. The holidays can be an especially challenging and isolating time for grievers, and this book will help you cope and smile while doing so. It has something for everyone - dark humor, some word games, opportunities to share memories of your loved one(s), and reflective prompts. This workbook can be used as a resource for individual reflection, for families to fill out and share about a mutual loss, for grief support groups, or for grievers to share with their supporters to shed some light on their grief process. It can also be used in correlation with therapy and for educating on grief.

All book sales benefit Luna Peak Foundation, a 501(c)(3). By purchasing a book, you are supporting our mission of helping grievers not feel alone! With your support, many Season’s Griefings workbooks will be donated to therapist offices.

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