The latest in an on-going blog series for Penn State Outreach:
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. If you’ve experienced this kind of loss or infertility, we see you. Your grief is valid. If you’ve never experienced this loss, there’s a good chance you know someone who has. Here are some specific recommendations for supporting someone who is grieving a pregnancy or infant loss, click here.
The latest in an on-going blog series for Penn State Outreach:
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. If you’ve experienced this kind of loss or infertility, we see you. Your grief is valid. If you’ve never experienced this loss, there’s a good chance you know someone who has. Here are some specific recommendations for supporting someone who is grieving a pregnancy or infant loss, click here.
Check out my latest Medium piece for lessons from the Hallmark Channel (just trust me) about meaningful grief support.
I’ve spent the past several years creating Speaking Grief, a learning resource that works to create a more grief-aware society. As part of the making of this project, I’ve read dozens of books, listened to many hours of podcasts, watched loads of videos, interviewed dozens of grieving people from across the country, and talked with some of the leading professionals in this field. Because of this, I’ve ended up with a sort of mental rolodex of resources related to grief. In an effort to, hopefully, spare you some of the mental burden of searching for this stuff, I consolidated some of my favorite content and shared it in this Medium piece.
“But if you’ve ever grieved or sat with a grieving person, you know that words can be inadequate at best and hurtful at worst. I firmly believe that my not saying much (albeit out adherence to the rules, although he was not aware of this) freed this man to speak his truth.”
For more on how to show up in a meaningful way for a grieving person, check out this article about what I’ve learned from working on Speaking Grief.
In this piece, I tackle the question: what is one faulty self-concept you’re currently working to redefine?
Check it out, then be sure to like the article and follow me on Medium for more!
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