by Kelsey Casto | Feb 2, 2026 | Burnout, Education, Grief & Loss Stories, Health, Helping
What does it mean to be a caregiver? Many associate the concept with helping professions, such as nurses, CNAs and other such staff at retirement homes, hospitals, and childcare centers. While it is true that caregiving does entail providing care for children...
by LIGHT Movement Team | Jan 24, 2026 | A Night to Illuminate Grief, Community Events, Events
What is A Night to Illuminate Grief? Each year on the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, we gather to illuminate grief with love, connection, and remembrance. Since its inception in 2023, A Night to Illuminate Grief has been...
by Anonymous Member of LIGHT Community | Oct 20, 2025 | Betrayal Trauma, Grief & Loss Stories
Healing begins when the body is finally heard. When the Ground Gives Way When I discovered my partner’s affair, the world went silent. My heart pounded, my vision blurred, and my hands trembled, as if my body knew what my mind could not yet accept. In that single...
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...
by LIGHT Movement Team | Aug 22, 2025 | APA 2025, Conference
LIGHT exhibits at the APA convention for the first time This August, Denver welcomed the American Psychological Association (APA) National Convention, filling the city with thousands of scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students from around the...
