Thanks for The Dance: Grieving and Recovering after Your Spouse's Death
September 22, 2015
Hosted by Virginia L. Colin, Ph.D.
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Episode Description
Fred and Jeri Abrams understand the pain of losing your spouse and have some very useful suggestions for reducing the suffering that accompanies it. Their book, Thanks For The Dance, discusses the importance of accepting, both intellectually and emotionally, that your life has irrevocably changed - not a easy thing to do. The most powerful attitude in dealing with loss is transforming your grief over what was lost into gratitude for what you had and still have. This single thing makes all the difference. The book then goes on to offer suggestions on rebuilding your life and considering the possibility of re-marriage. Much more information about the book is on Fred and Jeri’s website www.ThanksForTheDance.com.
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Virginia L. Colin, Ph.D.
Virginia L. Colin, Ph.D is an author, speaker, professional family mediator, Director of Colin Family Mediation Group, and a Founding Member of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM).
Having survived a nightmarish divorce, Dr. Colin actively supports divorce reform efforts, teaching people how to take a lot of the pain, financial cost, acrimony, and trauma out of divorce. She also loves learning and teaching about building healthy relationships and solving family problems long before anyone has a reason to consider divorce. She has been a foster parent, a married parent, a divorced single parent, and a remarried stepparent.
Formerly a research psychologist studying attachment and other aspects of human development, Dr. Colin has been providing family mediation services since 1999. She specializes in helping couples and ex-couples develop co-parenting plans and financial agreements that support their children���s security, self-confidence, and healthy development as well as their own adult well-being.
Dr. Colin has published two books, “Human Attachment" and "The Guide to Low-Cost Divorce in Virginia: How to Do It Yourself.” She has also written a variety of articles published in journals and on the Internet.