HealingTogether444

HealingTogether444
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25 years after the host's mother’s body stopped working and her Spirit joined the Ancestors, Certified Grief Support Specialist, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, offers insights to assist you on your healing journey, regardless of what kind of grief or when it began. Each episode includes valuable learnings about grief on a wide variety of topics, including what may be considered "grief-with-a-lowercase-g" (like trauma-with-a-lowercase-t). These episodes have helped many, and will probably assist you or someone you know, too!

  1. 4d ago

    Invaluable Information with a Funeral Director

    When a death occurs unexpectedly, there are many decisions that need to be made, while grieving. Funeral Director, Brooke Benjamin, of Inclusive Funeral Care, provides specific information that can be helpful to have before a death. Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief support specialist, highly recommends this episode, and sharing it with friends. Talking about death and grief is part of the journey for all of us to HealTogether. If you're in Chicagoland, you're invited to join us Saturday, July 11th 5-7pm at the Chicago Fair Trade Museum for a Grief Healing Circle AND Sound Bath. Info here.

    23 min

  2. Jun 9

    Avoid "Happy Mother's/Father's Day" for friends/family grieving

    Holiday's of any kind, including birthdays, and cultural celebrations and even significant life events like graduations and weddings, aren't always happy for people grieving. In this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, encourages friends and family of people grieving to be more sensitive to their loved ones, including "grief with a lower-case g" including less obvious, more hidden types of grief, like the grief after a miscarriage, even years later, that an acquaintance or new friend might not even know about. Like in episode 1, where Dr. Sarah reminds us that Grief is NOT Linear, and Grief is totally unique, and in episode 3 where recommendations are giving when supporting people grieving, this episode offers specific examples and food for thought for "holiday's" that may not only be happy for many.

    7 min

  3. May 26

    The Edge of Grief in Gender Transition

    In this episode, artist, educator and advocate, Nicklin Heap, shares the often overlooked aspects of grief that are part of the joyful transformation of gender transition. If you would like to support the Transgender community, you can do so through these organizations: TransEquality and/or Trans Life Line. For more info about Nicklin's art and work, feel free to learn more here.

    14 min

  4. May 12

    Ambiguous Loss - Child with Medically Complex Needs

    In this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, Grief Support Specialist, talks with a mother of a young adult with complex medical needs and autism, who is also a social worker & therapist, and founder of No Apology Events. If you feel moved to make a small financial contribution towards spaces that are more inclusive for families and children/tweens/teens/young adults with unique abilities and special needs, please consider supporting this beautiful non-profit.Please feel free to join HealingTogether444 for one of two remaining HealingCircles (online) for May. THURSDAY May 14th, 7pm CST/8pm EST/5pm PST on ZOOM (90 min) for anyone divorced or getting divorced, or post breakup of a romantic partnership, or end/change of a familial relationship or platonic friendship, or death of a loved one (specifically a spouse/partner) THURSDAY May 27th, 7pm CST/8pm EST/5pm PST on ZOOM (90 min) for any kind of grief, including death of a pet, or person, job loss, relationship change, change with aging or accident, change with a child/young adult, etc.

    10 min

  5. Apr 28

    Men & Grief, AND Anticipatory Grief

    Men often grieve differently than women. This episode focuses on men's grief, citing Men & Grief, by the late Carol Staudacher, who was also the author of Beyond Grief, and welcomes a guest, Phillip, to share about his anticipatory grief about his father's impending death. Here's the link for FIVE online Grief Healing Circles scheduled for May 2026. Here's the link for the event for Men hosted by my dear friend, Daniel Roller.

    11 min

  6. Apr 14

    Talking with Children/Tweens/Teens about Grief

    Children, tweens, teens grieve, too. Death of a loved one, human or animal, grief after divorce, or other causes of grief are common. Many adults have little training about child development and strategies about talking with children about grief, and death. In this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, shares some recommendations from: Motherless Mothers: How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become by Hope Edelman How Do We Tell the Children?: A Step-By-Step Guide for Helping Children and Teens Cope When Someone Dies by Dan Schaefer, Ph.D., & Christine Lyons A Parent's Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family After the Death of a Loved One by Phyllis Rolfe Silverman, & Madelyn Kelly Five online Grief Healing Circles have been scheduled for May, targeted to different audiences, like people divorced, and women whose mothers have died. For information and registration, please visit: bit.ly/444HealingTogether

    11 min

  7. Apr 4 ·  Bonus

    Kids/Tweens Grieve, too; EPISODE for KIDS/TWEENS

    This BONUS Episode is written FOR children/young people (8-12ish year olds). It's VERY similar to the 1st Episode, about the 6 learnings about grief, but less wordy and more interactive...inviting the listener to repeat after Dr. Sarah with some of the learnings (Grief is Normal, Grief is Unique, Grief isn't Linear, Grief is Love, etc). An 8 year old who heard it wrote to me, "Thank you for creating the grief podcast. It helped me control my grief and be calm. It makes me calm when you say, 'Grief is normal.'" A 4th grader referenced she found the rollercoaster reference to be helpful. A 6th grader wrote that the podcast taught them, "It's never bad to feel hurt or weak" and ended the letter with, "Please keep doing this." Sarah Elizabeth, Ph.D., has a Bachelor's in Early Childhood/Elementary Education, and Master's in Literacy Education and a Doctorate in Education. She has been teaching teachers for over 20 years. This BONUS episode, for children (and their caregivers/teachers), will hopefully help them and the adults in their lives, too. Please feel free to write to Dr. Sarah at 444HealingTogether444@gmail.com if you/your child found this helpful, and would like more BONUS tracks specifically for younger people.

    11 min

  8. Mar 31

    NOT a "widow" and NOT "motherless"...staying connected to loved ones in the Spirit World

    On this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, welcomes her first guest, Debra (Gauthier) Valentino, enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Bear Clan, and a descendant of the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin to share her experiences still feeling connected to her husband whose body stopped working some years ago. Sarah shares some more of her late mother's words from before she transitioned to the Spirit World, and some of her first experiences of wondering if her mother's spirit was still present and communicating. If you feel moved by this episode, please consider donating, and/or asking if you can support with time or other contributions, Wise Women Gathering Place, link to donate here, or Center for Native Futures, link to donate here. BOOKS referenced: Motherless Daughters: A Legacy of Loss (1994) by Hope Edelman (Motherless Daughters (20th Anniversary Edition) 2014 by Hope Edelman) SIGNS: The Secret Language of the Universe by Laura Lynne Jackson

    13 min
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25 years after the host's mother’s body stopped working and her Spirit joined the Ancestors, Certified Grief Support Specialist, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, offers insights to assist you on your healing journey, regardless of what kind of grief or when it began. Each episode includes valuable learnings about grief on a wide variety of topics, including what may be considered "grief-with-a-lowercase-g" (like trauma-with-a-lowercase-t). These episodes have helped many, and will probably assist you or someone you know, too!

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