Did you know grief can be disenfranchised? Have you ever caught yourself welling up or feeling angry when parents of neurotypical, undisabled, healthy kids talk about the different milestones they’re experiencing with them? Do you judge yourself, feeling you should have accepted your child’s unique path by now? Well, you are NOT alone!

In this practical episode, Jessica interviews Meghann Crane-Russ, a therapist and licensed clinical social worker about ALL THINGS GRIEF. They discuss where grief comes from, what it means, how to move through it, and most of all, how it is ABSOLUTELY NORMAL. 

Meghann is a therapist who works with parents navigating childhood illness, individuals struggling with medical trauma, traumatic grief, and bereaved parents. Prior to private practice Meghann was a medical social worker caring for families in Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Intensive Care Units, and hospice. She has advanced training in Pediatric Palliative Care and is trained in EMDR (a trauma focused treatment modality). 

Connect with Meghann Crane-Russ, LCSW, PMH-C here!

Brave Together is the podcast for We are Brave Together, a not-for-profit organization based in the USA. The heart of We Are Brave Together is to strengthen, encourage, inspire and validate all moms of children with disabilities and other needs in their unique journeys. 

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Brave Together Podcast is a resource produced by We Are Brave Together, a global nonprofit that creates community for moms raising children with disabilities, neurodivergence, or complex medical and mental health conditions. The heart of We Are Brave Together is to preserve and protect the mental health of caregiving moms everywhere.

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