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Here’s what I’ve been up to lately…
National Grief Awareness Day Professional Development Conference
I was proud to be part of the inaugural National Grief Awareness Day Professional Development Conference organized by On Tuesdays We Wear Black. The event provided grief training for business professionals. I presented How to Human: Normalizing and Navigating Grief in...
Penn State Outreach – Speaking and Learning Grief: Improving Grief Literacy
Many of us have been taught that grief is bad and should be avoided at all costs. This outlook transforms a natural, healthy experience into something taboo and often results in unnecessary disconnection and isolation. The good news is that grief literacy (knowledge...
Open to Hope: Superhero Grief – The Transformative Power Of Loss
The majority of superheroes have had a significant loss in their life. What can we learn from these superheroes about finding hope after loss? To find out, watch this discussion on Open to Hope TV. To find out, I joined Dr. Jill Harrington and Greg Adams in a...
Open to Hope: Navigating Children’s Grief
I was delighted to take contribute to a conversation on children's grief for Open to Hope TV. I joined host Dr. Heidi Horsley and her co-host Doneley Meris, along with Greg Adams in sharing tips and tools to support grieving children. Watch the episode here.
Learning Grief on PBS LearningMedia
PBS LearningMedia is a library of more than 30,000 resources that are designed to supplement classroom instruction, aligned to state and national curriculum standards, and created in close collaboration with educators. And now, those resources include Learning Grief...
Learning Grief Launches!
Learning Grief launched! Learning Grief is a free online resource that helps adults help kids and teens navigate the big feelings that come with loss. Learning Grief is produced by WPSU and is made possible with funding provided by the Imagine Learning Foundation....
Learning Grief: Helping Kids Navigate the Big Feelings That Come with Loss
Most of us weren't taught how to navigate the big feelings that come with loss. So how are we supposed to guide the kids and teens in our lives to support a peer through loss? Here’s the good news: these are learnable skills. By normalizing the big feelings that come...
Promoting Learning Grief
I was delighted to have the opportunity to promote Learning Grief in an interview for 98.7 in State College. Listen here. launched! Learning Grief is a free online resource that helps adults help kids and teens navigate the big feelings that come with loss. Learning...
Get Grief Out There: Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Awareness, Education, and Impact
I ended my time in Hong Kong by giving a seminar titled “Get Grief Out There: Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Awareness, Education, and Impact." It was hosted by the The Jockey Club Bereavement Care and Support Alliance, which is part of the Department of Social...
Speaking Grief: How to Normalize, Navigate, and Support Loss
I delivered a public talk titled "Speaking Grief: How to Normalize, Navigate, and Support Loss" to an audience at the University of Hong Kong. The talk was translated into Cantonese and followed by a Q&A. It was hosted by the Jockey Club Bereavement Care and...