Miles Funeral Homes -Holden & Sterling, MA-Serving Worcester County for over 100 years

When you lose someone you love, you will probably feel a variety of emotions. Grief is the process of making the fact of loss real. Because grief is an individual reaction of emotions, thoughts, and feelings, it is important that we understand it in a personal way. Our goal at Miles Funeral Home is to provide a continuity of support to families as they experience their loss and grief. One way to provide this support is our Sharing Hope Bereavement Series.

Grief brings out many powerful emotions including sadness, anger, guilt, regret and sometimes even relief. Our seminars will assist individuals in exploring and understanding the emotions of grief, the integration of loss with life, and the finding of hope and strength.

Miles Funeral Home sponsors seminars throughout the year focusing on various topics which can assist families when they need us most. Our next seminar:

This Journey of Grief, Finding Your Way and Healing Your Spirit: Is planned for Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at the Holden Senior Center, 1130 Main Street, Holden. Join others in healing your mind, body and spirit in this seminar on mindful grieving. Grief is our heart's natural response to loss and creates emotions that deserve attention and care. This seminar will help you to be present to your loss, under-stand the emotions of grief, and help you take steps to transform the pain of loss into growth and healing. Allow compassion, support and hope to join you in your personal journey through grief.

The seminar will be facilitated by Terri Philbrick, LICSW, a Licensed Independent Social Worker and Bereavement Coordinator. All seminars are free-of-charge and open to all families who have experienced a recent loss.

Two addition Seminars will be offered in the fall:
Healing a Spouse's Grieving Heart and Finding Your Way will be offered in October of 2010. Presented for its fourth year, the seminar is designed to assist individuals through their experience of loss, and the journey following the death of a spouse or a partner. We will discuss the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of grief that are unique to this type of loss. We will share ideas to support, cope and care for ourselves as we move toward healing in your own personal grief experience.

Healing Through the Holidays - Discovering Strength, Hope and Meaning this Holiday Season will be offered in early December of 2010. Presented for its eleventh year, this seminar is designed to assist individuals and families in understanding the emotional aspects of healing and surviving the holiday season. We will explore the emotional and physical aspects of grief, the meaning and value of traditions and rituals as we review ways to cope and care for ourselves.
Upcoming seminars and support groups are listed on our website, www.milesfuneralhome.com, and are announced in the Wachusett area "Landmark", "Worcester Telegram & Gazette", "Barre Gazette" and the Boylston/West Boylston "Banner". Please feel free to contact us at 508-829-4434 or 978-422-0100 should you have any questions or wish to be included on our mailing list for our next seminar.

In addition, Miles Funeral Home has acquired books, pamphlets, and videos in our Bereavement Resource Library on topics including coping with grief and explaining death to children. These tools are available to our local community of families and clergy within the Wachusett and Worcester County areas.