Joél Simone Maldonado is a licensed funeral director, insurance agent, and sacred grief practitioner. In her interview for The Apologies Podcast, Joél shares her lifelong fascination with death, dying, and grief and how the influence her family history and cultural background has had on her practice.
Check out this new promo for Speaking Grief, a multiplatform public media initiative produced by WPSU with philanthropic support from the New York Life Foundation that works to create a more grief-aware society. For more, visit speakinggrief.org.
Produced videos for The Grief-Sensitive Healthcare Project, which fills the gap that exists in bereavement support within the U.S. healthcare system by equipping healthcare professionals with knowledge and skills about grief. A collaboration among the Yale Child Study Center, Child Bereavement UK, and the New York Life Foundation, this multifaceted project includes developing resources and providing trainings to healthcare professionals who work with bereaved families in any capacity.
Check out Ep. 5 of The Apologies Podcast!
Jake Holmes is a mountain guide, scientist, and veteran. In his interview for The Apologies Podcast, Jake Holmes discusses how growing up in rural Maine fostered a lifelong love of nature, outdoor recreation, and science. He also shares how climbing and mountain guiding has helped him through difficult times.
For Ep. 4, I chatted with Hunter Donia, a stylist and industry educator for beauty professionals. In his interview for The Apologies Podcast, Hunter talks styling, entrepreneurship, and ADHD. He also shares how discovering cosmetology allowed him to find an outlet for self-expression and acceptance.
I’m excited to be a keynote speaker at the 2023 Annual Conference for the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). I’ll be sharing some lessons learned from WPSU’s Speaking Grief, which was made possible through philanthropic support from the New York Life Insurance Foundation. The talk will focus on how individuals and orgs working in end-of-life, deathcare, and grief support can leverage social media.
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