Dying of Laughter

How Grief Shapes Poetry | Losing Your Brother in a Car Accident & Mom to Breast Cancer with Therapist Mackenzie Studebaker


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Today we explore Mackenzie's poetry, informed by their own losses. Their brother was killed in a car accident at 19 and their mom died 5 years later from breast cancer.

Mackenzie is an associate marriage and family therapist, certified iRest Yoga Nidra meditation teacher and trauma informed yoga teacher. They specialize in working with grief and loss, having served the bereavement department of Pathways Hospice as a grief counselor. 

Mackenzie also specializes in LGBTQ+ issues, lifecycles and transitions, and has a particular affinity and skill for working with teens and young adults.

Mackenzie holds a Masters Degree in Integral Counseling Psychology from The California Institute of Integral Studies, and a bachelors degree in Gender Studies from Syracuse University. Mackenzie is a writer and poet, small dog enthusiast, and ocean lover.

https://www.mackenziestudebaker.com/

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