by Filippa Araki | Sep 10, 2021
Intentionally living a life of kindness and with the strong belief that everyone’s needs matter means that sometimes I can feel drained and that I have no more to give. Empathy burnout can happen when I’m spending so much of my time caring for and thinking...
by Filippa Araki | Aug 15, 2021
He was wearing a black skivvy and a leather jacket when I met him. He had consistent favourites that he wore: black skivvy, ethnic shirts, jeans. I wanted to have him cremated in that black skivvy but I couldn’t find it even though I looked hard. I gave up and ended...
by Filippa Araki | May 13, 2021
For as long as I remember, I have longed for a world in which children are safe, a world in which children are nourished and nurtured and allowed to express their essence through creative discovery. My childhood was scary and confusing, sometimes fun and sometimes...
by Filippa Araki | Oct 28, 2020
One of my dilemmas since my husband died is how to gently navigate my way through the inevitable moments of conversation when I’m not sure whether to explain that my husband died last year. It’s one of the great inconveniences of the English language...
by Filippa Araki | Oct 6, 2020
It’s “the first Christmas”. One of many firsts since my husband died. I somewhat hesitantly go to a Christmas gathering in the valley where I live. I bump into a friend whose husband died two weeks after mine and we start chatting to a woman we know...
