The Perfect Gift for a Grieving Child or Adult

December 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment

For the child (or even adult) who is grieving, we recommend a combination of the book Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children with the gift of a dragonfly in some form.  The book is a beautifully illustrated story about waterbugs who are fearful about why sometimes one of their kind disappears up out of the water and never returns.  Then we follow the course of one who does leave the water and transforms into a dragonfly soaring through the air, awed by the beauty and breadth of the new world around him.  It is a story that brings comfort to many, as we below often fear what’s on the other side, and it comforts us to imagine our loved ones now exploring an even more beautiful place. 

Paired with a concrete representation of a dragonfly to hold dear – a dragonfly token to hold in their pocket, or a dragonfly necklace or bracelet or magnet or mug (all available at Uplifting Connections, of course!), this book will offer the reassurance that their loved one is okay. 

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The Book That Launched Uplifting Connections: Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch

December 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment

This book resonated so strongly in our lives that we all – my husband John, my stepdaughter Jen, and me – ended up with our own copies, dog-eared and well-loved. It shaped our experience with cancer and continues to shape my life to this day.

One of the central tenets of the book is that every thought, word, or act puts energy into the world – and that any of these at heart come from a sponsoring thought of love or fear. You can live in fear or live in love–unconditional love. Your focus determines your experience. Because of this book on our journey, we chose love.

When the time came to let go of John’s current incarnation, we knew he was going to a safe and loving place and we were able to let go in love and peace without fear. In honor of my husband and my father who passed away soon before John, and as a way to put powerful and perspective-changing resources like Conversations with God into people’s hands, I created Uplifting Connections – an oasis of wellness and positive energy where people can find books, services, and workshops to help them on their journeys.

 

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Uplifting Connections – Mediums and Healing Grief

December 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment

When I lost the two of the men I loved most in the world within 2 months of each other,  it was the resources we now have at Uplifting Connections that saved me, gave me hope, and slowly but surely helped me to see that life would go on.  To me, grief has two main tentacles that wrap themselves around your soul: 1) the worry about whether your loved one still exists and is okay and 2) the pain of missing their physical presence.  I am blessed to be surrounded by talented mediums who have brought me many messages from my father and my husband – and that is one of the most uplifting connections I can imagine.  It entirely erases any concern or worry about whether they are okay.  I know they are more than okay, and I know they are around me when I need them.

We have evening events with mediums – gallery readings ranging from 15 participants for Jackie Waitkus’s shows to 70 for Maureen Hancock’s shows, as well as more intimate private readings with mediums such as Mandy Avery, Emma Phaneuf on a weekly basis, and many more mediums available during our Psychic Fairs the 2nd Saturday of every month.  Please see our Event page (link) and our Readings page (link) for more information.

We also have books on Spirit Communication, Maureen Hancock’s The Medium Next Door, a weekly Spirit Communication Development group on Wednesday nights, and CD’s from Maureen in which she teaches us how to tap into our own abilities (and most mediums agree that we all have the ability to tap in if we should choose to develop it). 

We have a grieving section of books as well. 

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