Jessica Correnti has been a Certified Child Life Specialist for 15+ years. Jessica's daughter, Maggie, was stillborn at 22 weeks nearly 7 years. She is the author of Forever Connected, a children’s book for bereaved siblings, and The ABCs of Grief, which will be released in Fall 2023. Jessica is the founder and owner of Kids Grief Support, a private practice that provides virtual and in-person sessions to grieving children and families across the globe through play, therapeutic activities, and emotional support.

We discuss so many things pertaining to parenting before stillbirth and after it. How children process it is explained and how we can navigate the conversations is broken down and simplified. Jessica, being a loss momma herself, provides invaluable insight on parenting after loss and opening the conversation about death and grief with young children.

We discuss:

• Talking very factually to children about death
• Looking for their grief coming out in behaviors
• Kids using their imagination regarding their dead sibling
• How kids process as they get older and how it changes
• Outsiders opinions regarding your parenting a dead child decisions
• Breaking the stigma in society about loss and grief
• Simple ways to start the conversation about death
• Creating something as the parent of a dead child.
• IT gets SO good at the end...so much we cover!

Her IG handle: @kidsgriefsupport

Her book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/44ICNa3

Here is Forever Connected: https://amzn.to/44ICNa3

Her book recs: https://www.amazon.com/shop/kidsgriefsupport/list/2RRQI076UAM8R?ref_=aipsflist_aipsfkidsgriefsupport

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I am not a doctor or a therapist. The views of my guests are not always reflective of my own.  I am just a real life loss mom describing her experiences with life after loss. These are my real experiences, and I'm putting it out there so you feel less alone.

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