Welcome to Heart Shape. I’m Vince.

I am the oldest son of Georgena Grace (Eggleston). She was a Somatic Grief Therapist who passed away from pancreatic cancer on August 29, 2024.

This last year has re-defined what healing means to me. I started this page in July of 2024 to promote my work as a Grief Recovery Method Specialist. Little did I know that my new professional venture would prepare me for the greatest good-bye ever.

Now, Heart Shape is a vessel for me to share the joys of my heart; writing, teaching and cooking. These parts of my life are what help me process my grief. They are staples of my well being that I desire to share with the intention that they spark you to become curious about your journey with grief.

Each week I will share a different post from the categories listed below:

• My New Mourning: Re-discovering the Gifts in Grief. How a Somatic Grief Therapist’s son uses her lessons to integrate her loss in his life.

  This is a monthly essay that shares my experience with grief, both recent and past. These are draft chapters for a potential book proposal. Its intention is to be a sequel to Mom’s book, “A New Mourning: Discovering the Gifts in Grief”.

• 20 Minutes to Move: Movement for your Mind & Body, Heart & Soul.

  This monthly video series shares my daily routines that helped me inhabit my body. I found movement of body and breath to be a key component to navigate “ocean of emotion” while surfing grief’s swell.

• Daily Bread: My delicious, nutritious Go-To’s for proper sustenance.

  These monthly videos share staples from my kitchen that nourished my body when I found it hard to eat or eat something other than empty calories. Simple. Quick. Delicious.

• Poet’s Corner: My poetry read to you by me. (PAID Subscribers Only)

  Each month, I share text copies and audio recordings of my current works-in-progress. Writing and reading poetry became medicine for me to move my grief. Now they are a way of life. These original works by me originate from my membership in SUSTENANCE, an MFA style poetry program founded by Joy Sullivan, author of “Instructions for Traveling West.”

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