Roots of Awakening

22- Grief & the Holidays with Jenn Hepton


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This episode is one that not only I needed but I know so many of you were asking for as well. I brought in Jenn Hepton who is a grief expert to talk about how to best get through the holiday season after losing someone you love- whether it just happened or it happened years ago.

 Jenn's Bio:

 Jenn Hepton is a Certified Grief Support Coach, Life + Wellness Coach, Speaker, Author, and Educator.

She coaches womxn who want to make sense of their lives after loss and who are tired of hiding their voices and feeling powerless in their grief. She works with them to navigate through the darkness, find a place of expansion, and purpose.

After any type of loss, a purposeful and mindful life seems unreachable - but it's not.

 After experiencing her own life-changing losses after years of infertility, miscarriage, and losing her daughter in stillbirth, Jenn now helps others move through their own grieving process. She has an innate understanding of the ups and downs that come along with loss; from the depths of sorrow to the feeling of finding joy again. She has the ability to help you understand your grief, guide you to more clarity, and normalizing the grief process. Jenn gives you tools and the hope you need to move forward in your life after loss.

 Jenn's story:

 We lost our daughter, Loey, at 39 weeks in 2018.

We lost our twins at 22 weeks in 2013.

I lost myself in years of infertility and miscarriages, ovulation sticks,  fertility diets, supplements, acupuncture, IVF and Chinese herbs. We struggled with so many losses over these years and all we wanted was to have a baby.  

We finally were pregnant again with Loey and I thought my wishes were answered. Sadly that wasn't the case.

I will never forget the room, the smell, the voices, and the nurse saying -

"I'm so sorry, she doesn't have a heartbeat".

After losing Loey, I had to stop and take inventory. My soul was ripped into a million pieces, and it was in the middle of a breakdown that I asked myself, what do I do now?!

I was in the depths of PTSD, stuck in my limiting beliefs and experiencing a lot of trauma.

I CHOOSE to RE-DEFINE MY LIFE and created a life I wanted and a life I want my daughter to be proud of.

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Roots of AwakeningBy April Kurtyka