The Whole House of Mourning (using the House of Wonder Framework) The six rooms aren’t a sequence. They’re not a maze. They’re a home—one you inhabit for as long as grief insists. The doors don’t lock. The rooms don’t disappear. You move through them in spirals, in loops, in unexpected patterns. Grief is not a journey with a finish line; it is a home you learn to live in. And over time, the house doesn’t get smaller— you grow big enough to live in all its rooms without fear.

An Exploration of the 5 Stages of Death and Dying through the House of Wonder framework Grief is supposed to be a journey, but sometimes it becomes a house—one you never meant to move into. Its five rooms were never meant to be lived in permanently, only walked through. Yet many people find themselves in one corner or another, long after the loss should have softened enough to set them free. The Room of Denial At first glance, it’s peaceful here. Everything looks just as it u

In my work, the lines between cultural and evidence-based modalities are blurring and fusing. The work itself feels more dynamic, allowing me to engage in multiple spheres of consciousness and address the relationship between lived and imagined experiences. Both areas are important, as they provide insights into different aspects of life. The story lives in both worlds, playing out chapters, plots, and characters that serve a purpose. Integrating the evidence-based modalities

By: Brandon Robbins Since beginning this path in the field of mental health, I would never have thought I would make connections that would join me to my culture of origin and the medicinal practices that come with that way of life. My understanding of what medicine is shifts the more I choose to open up. The more I choose to understand and embrace, the more I grow. Hearing a call, I felt a pull to dive deeper—not only to connect with the culture of medicinal practices that a