Trigger Warning- This episode includes conversations about suicide, death and infant loss.
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This month on Authentic Points of View, Danielle speaks to our amazing guest Barbara Hopkinson, who recognizes National Grief Awareness Day by speaking about:
- How she lost 3 sons and how her 21-year-old son died tragically in a motorcycle accident.
- After her son's passing, her marriage of 30 years fell apart due to them grieving differently.
- How she considered committing suicide and realized that she wanted to live for her youngest son.
- Why she started A Butterfly's Journey, which is now her Non-Profit and why she named it that.
- Some of the helpful tools and skills she learned, which includes Advanced Grief Recovery Method which she actually teaches as well.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Website- A Butterfly's Journey | Resilience After Loss (abutterflysjourney.org)
Website The Compassionate Friends-The Compassionate Friends Non-Profit Organization for Grief
Website Faces of Resilience Photos-Faces of Resilience | Just another WordPress site
A Butterfly's Journey Book Link-A Butterfly’s Journey: Healing Grief After the Loss of a Child: Hopkinson, Barbara J: 9781479795260: Amazon.com: Books
Faces of Resilience Book Link-Faces of Resilience: Cheldelin Fell, Lynda, Hopkinson, Barbara J.: 9781944328719: Amazon.com: Books
Grief Recovery Method Program- Grief Recovery Programs | A Butterfly's Journey (abutterflysjourney.org)
Suicide Hotline-Lifeline (988lifeline.org)
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