“Drawing on the teachings of Buddhism, Jungian psychology, mythology and other spiritual resources, Mansfield thoughtfully crafts practices and rituals to help her and her loved ones cope with her husband’s death…”

“Deeply spiritual without being preachy, a comforting guide to mourning for readers of any stripe.”

—Kirkus Reviews

Gold Medal Winner, Independent Publisher Book Awards
in category Aging/Death & Dying

Autumn Forest Symphony

I haven’t been on this trail all summer and didn’t plan to walk so far from home today. The trail marks the border between my land and the National Forest and occasionally there are hunters here, but not this early in the season. Today I don’t hear one human sound except my own footsteps and […]

Wild Nights: Grief Dreams, Mythology, and the Inner Marriage

Brilliant and beautiful, Elaine Mansfield’s essay, “Wild Nights: Grief Dreams, Mythology, and the Inner Marriage,” delves into the depths of sorrow through the lens of dreams, mythology and poetry. Her work, which won first place in the C.G. Jung in the Heartland writing competition, explores the powerful emotions and spiritual journey that accompany the loss […]

Thirty-Eight Sparks of Soul

Good morning, my beautiful migrator. I see your orange wings through your black chrysalis shell. Are you ready to fly today? In the nursery in a mesh butterfly crate, your friends are eclosing from their chrysalises and getting ready to fly.  They were the last to join the nursery and they’ll be the last to […]

The Woman They Loved

They disagreed about most everything. The right food to feed a baby. The best card game. How much a woman ought to weigh and whether or not she should wear a whalebone corset and stockings even in August heat. Whether she should sit by the pool at the country club or work in the garden […]

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Elaine Mansfield

Elaine MansfieldElaine’s book Leaning into Love: A Spiritual Journey through Grief  won the 2015 Gold Medal IPPY award for Aging, Death, and Dying. Her TEDx talk was Good Grief! What I Learned from Loss. Her essay “Wild Nights: Grief Dreams, Mythology, and the Inner Marriage” won first place in the C.G. Jung in the Heartland writing competition.