Turning 50: What My Body Has Taught Me About Grief

by Amy Pickett-Williams | Mar 2, 2026 | Uncategorized

This March, I turn 50.Fifty years in this body. A body that has carried pregnancies and miscarriages, and parenting three children, one of which had a rough start with serious medical challenges, the loss of my beloved father, a near-fatal hiking accident, a cancer...

Walking With Grief: When the World is Grieving

by Amy Pickett-Williams | Sep 11, 2025 | Global Grief, Helping

Trauma always carries grief. Left untended, grief can harden, grow into hate, and for some, break into violence.On 9/10, our country experienced two tragedies that shook us to our core. In Evergreen, Colorado, a student opened fire at Evergreen High School, injuring...

Expanding the Circle: Living and Growing with Grief

by Amy Pickett-Williams | Aug 23, 2025 | Education, Helping

A closer look at LIGHT’s approach to grief When Lois Tonkin first described her Growing Around Grief model in the late 1990s, she wasn’t offering a neat solution to the pain of loss. She was telling the truth. Her insight was deceptively simple: grief does not...

Listening to My Body (Again): How I Used Somatic Tools After a Surprising Diagnosis

by Amy Pickett-Williams | May 15, 2025 | Education, Health

By: Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW, RYT, Founder of LIGHT Movement Last week, I walked out of a doctor’s office holding news I didn’t expect. After months of escalating nerve pain and weakness, I was told I will need back surgery due to a pinched nerve. But that wasn’t...

Navigating Crisis Grief Through the Window of Tolerance: A Polyvagal Perspective

by Amy Pickett-Williams | May 1, 2025 | Education

By: Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW, RYT, Founder of LIGHT Movement The United States is in the midst of a deep crisis. Political turmoil, social unrest, and widespread grief have left many feeling stuck in either a heightened state of fear and anger or in a numbed,...