Big thanks to Clare McKenna of Newstalk for featuring a piece of Grief and Grieving for her Alive and Kicking show on Sunday morning – listen back here and perhaps give it a share! https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/alive-and-kicking-with-clare-mckenna/the-difference-between-grief-and-grieving

👉 We each shared our experiences of being bereaved during the pandemic and how it made us rethink certain traditions.

👉 Both the uniqueness of grief AND the common, shared humanity of grieving

👉 What determines HOW we grieve?

👉 The importance of receiving social support and also being able to accept it

👉 The difference between Grief and Grieving

👉 The importance of Grief Training and updated models of grief for Mental Health professionals

👉 The role of Meaning Making in the grieving process, and how harmful it can be to make meaning of someone else’s loss.

👉 How stages of grief is an outdated model that doesn’t represent the grieving experience for many. Alternative models, like the Dual Process & Meaning Making

👉Human ability to adapt and make space for loss, the ability to find joy again, despite a catastrophic loss.

👉My Forest Therapy for bereavement research and a little of what the data revealed

👉The physical component of bereavement, a public health issue.

👉 Shapes of Grief Podcast

👉Shapes of Grief Training Programme

👉 Some of the different losses that can cause a grieving process

We packed SO much into 15 minutes!

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