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.
I’m excited to be deliver the keynote, “Speaking and Learning Grief: How to Normalize, Navigate, and Support Loss,” at The Tides Program Grief Matters Seminar in November. I
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I first spoke with Shelley Craig, host of the Faith and Grief podcast, back in 2020 when Speaking Grief launched. It was a joy to catch up with her and discuss WPSU’s latest grief literacy resource, Learning Grief. We also talked about my personal experience with grief following my mom’s death this summer and some of the amazing ways people have supported me.
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I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to work with COPE Foundation on an upcoming workshop.
Join me on Tuesday, September 24 from 7:00pm – 8:00pm for “How to Human: Connecting Through Grief.”
In this workshop, I’ll share strategies for how to communicate with your support networks to get the kind of support that actually feels good and how to advocate for yourself as a grieving person at work and in life.
This is part of a offers a free, monthly online grief healing workshop series to help families on their journey of grief after a loved one has passed that’s offered by Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum in collaboration with COPE Foundation.
Register here.
We had a moving screening and engaging discussion of Speaking Grief at WPSU. I moderated a panel with grief professionals from the community: Marisa Vicere, founder and president of the Jana Maria Foundation, Evelyn Wald, program director for TIDES, and Dr. Natalie Margarita Hernandez, Senior Director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at Penn State-University Park.
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 the Workplace:
We don’t leave our humanity at the door when we go to work. That means that when we experience a major life event like a death, divorce/breakup, illness or injury, it will impact how we show up for our job and how we navigate our workplace relationships. Because all of those events can involve a grief response. Moreover, grief can be present in “good” things, too. Weddings, having/adopting children, retirements—all of these milestones involve change. And, when you get down to it, grief is about adapting to change. In this session, we’ll explore what grief is (and isn’t) and discuss strategies for responding to grieving coworkers with compassion and competence.
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