Towards a Compassionate Community: Call for Grief Literacy in Hong Kong

Towards a Compassionate Community: Call for Grief Literacy in Hong Kong

by | May 10, 2024 | Speaking Grief, What's New

I had the honor of delivering the keynote at the JCBeCare and Support Alliance Symposium on the theme, “Towards a Compassionate Community: Call for Grief Literacy in Hong Kong.” My talk was titled Speaking Grief: Enhancing Grief Literacy Through Conversations About Loss.

It was an inspiring and moving event and it has been fascinating learning about the JCBeCare team’s work and research in this area.

The Jockey Club Bereavement Care and Support Alliance is part of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong. I had a lovely celebratory dinner with some of the team members to commemorate this first annual symposium.


The Apologies Podcast: Kelsey Kradel

The Apologies Podcast: Kelsey Kradel

by | Apr 18, 2024 | The Apologies Podcast, What's New

Three years ago, Kelsey Kradel sold everything she owned, ditched her job in the corporate world, and packed her whole life into her self-converted 2008 Dodge Sprinter van, setting off across the country to start a new life and adventure. Kelsey settled into the resort town of Big Sky, Montana where she now lives, works, and plays in the mountains with her dog, Lola. Kelsey is an avid mountain biker (she guides and coaches in the summer​​, skier, and freelance portrait photographer. With a restless spirit and the privilege of working seasonally, Kelsey travels in her van during the off-season twice a year, taking her portrait work on the road.

In this episode of The Apologies Podcast, Kelsey talks with me about what life has looked like since she headed out west with Lola and Big Bertha.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zXKBSWqbe3cweD7hxDZqW?si=D-F02t5KR9GJZstjxg8_TQ. 

The Apologies Podcast: Meghan Riordan Jarvis

The Apologies Podcast: Meghan Riordan Jarvis

by | Apr 4, 2024 | The Apologies Podcast, What's New

Meghan Riordan Jarvis is a psychotherapist, two-time Tedx Speaker, and host of the podcast Grief is my Side Hustle. She’s also the author of the memoir, End of the Hour. In the book, Meghan, a trauma therapist, shares her own experience with PTSD after her mother’s sudden death, just two years after her father died from cancer. Ultimately, Meghan checked herself into the same in-patient facility where she sends her most difficult cases, and reemerged inspired to teach and speak in public platforms about the importance of creating a more grief informed culture. Founder of MRJ Consulting, her team consults regularly with fortune 500 companies to address the many ways grief impacts the workplace.

In this episode of The Apologies Podcast, Meghan talks with me about her new book End of the Hour: A Therapist’s Memoir and shares what happens when a trauma therapist is traumatized.

Heading to Hong Kong to promote grief literacy

Heading to Hong Kong to promote grief literacy

by | Mar 29, 2024 | Speaking Grief, What's New

I am thrilled to share that I will be speaking at the *JCBeCARE’s Symposium, “Towards a Compassionate Community: Call for Grief Literacy in Hong Kong” this May!

I’ll be delivering three talks:

-“Speaking Grief: Enhancing Grief Literacy Through Conversations About Loss”
-“Speaking Grief: How to Normalize, Navigate, and Support Loss”
-“Get Grief Out There: Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Awareness, Education, and Impact”

I’m honored to be part of the Alliance’s mission to promote grief literacy.

*The Jockey Club Bereavement Care and Support Alliance (JCBeCARE) is a project organized by the Department of Social Work and Social Administration of the University of Hong Kong, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. It aims to connect social service organizations and helping professionals in Hong Kong, so that bereaved people may receive necessary community and social support.

For more, click here.

I’m on the board of the NACG!

I’m on the board of the NACG!

by | Dec 1, 2023 | What's New

I am honored, humbled, and excited to be joining the Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) With nominations coming from across the nation and following an election by the membership of the organization, the NACG are membership and Board of Directors elected myself along with Kevin Carter, Cathy Fox, Annette R. March-Grier, Debbie Meyer, and Leila W. Salisbury to serve three-year terms beginning on January 1, 2024. Together, we will work to advance NACG’s mission of serving bereaved children and their families and helping ensure that no child grieves alone. Read the full press release here.