Susan, your host, is accompanied by Shannon MacFarlane to today's episode. Shannon is a compassionate human and grief enthusiast who creates art around big emotions (and teaches self-professed non-artists how to do the same). She started her first photography business in 2009 and decided in 2013 that end-of-life and medical stories were the ones that called to her, so she did what people told her she couldn't and became a grief photographer and memorial artist.

Today, Shannon shares her grief story that started when her pregnancy was at serious risk and she had to face a circumstance she wished she never had to confront. Shannon decided she will help others in their grief journeys by providing them with healing memories contained in photographs.

Key Takeaways:

• Shannon shares her grief story.
• Shannon faced the disappointment of meeting people that could not support her.
• Shannon shares how she became a grief photographer and memorial artist.
• People can be really judgemental when they get uncomfortable, but the truth is that nobody knows how they would react if they were in a particular situation until they are actually in it.
• Shannon shares how she helps people explore their feelings.
• Shannon finds her motivation to keep going in knowing that there are people who feel unsupported and unseen, giving them her time, tools, and accompanying them in their grieving journeys.
• Shannon talks about her company: Slobbered Lens
• Shannon shares the power of pictures to help process difficult times.

Resources

Tendrilsofgrief.com

Email Susan: [email protected]

Meet Shannon MacFarlane

Join Shannon on Facebook

Visit Slobbered Lens

Permission to Feel: 60 Prompts to Creatively Explore Your Grief