Mourning Meeting

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If you, or someone you know, are thinking about taking your own life, there is help. Call The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-274-TALK (8255)

Mandi talks with grief educator Connie Palmer, about grief beliefs and the relationship between grief and shame — an important, but often misunderstood and overlooked topic. Through the lens of grief and loss, Mandi and Connie explore how false beliefs, fear and shame intersect and impact, not only our willingness to expose ourselves, but our ability to express ourselves. 

Connie Palmer is a licensed clinical social worker who is an experienced teacher, therapist and school counselor with more than 30 years of experience. She is currently a Grief Educator for Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss in NJ and the owner of Therapeutic Learning Connections, offering social-emotional learning workshops for schools, community organizations and workplaces. Connie can be reached at [email protected].

Where to Find Us: inner-harbor.org INSTAGRAM: @innerharbor_grief_support SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2T5Q6Te APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/3yIwhAi Reach out if you want to hear about a specific topic on the podcast or if you want to be a guest on the show: inner-harbor.org/contact.

Today, we are going to talk about eating disorders and grief, and how they relate to another. We talk about how eating disorders can bring on feelings of grief, related to our own sense of identity. We also explore how grief can create changes in appetite that can be the beginning of disordered eating. Often, grievers feel some lack of control, and controlling food intake may be one way to gain a sense of that back. In extreme cases, this control can turn in to severe restrictions of food intake. 

To reach out to Tziporah, find her on Instagram at @tziporaheisenstein.

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Preston Zeller is an artist who took a year after the sudden death of his brother to paint a picture every day to process and express his grief, including using his brothers ashes in his art. He and Lindsay Lederman, an art therapist from The Art Therapy Project, partnered to make a documentary called The Art of Grieving that highlights the benefits of using art to mourn. 

Where to Find Us: inner-harbor.org INSTAGRAM: @innerharbor_grief_support SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2T5Q6Te APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/3yIwhAi Reach out if you want to hear about a specific topic on the podcast or if you want to be a guest on the show: inner-harbor.org/contact 

Today on the show, I am interviewing two special guests, Emma Payne and Sarah Khatau. Sara shares what it was like to lose her father as a young adult and what supports continued to help her in the really painful times. One of those supports was Grief Coach, a subscription based grief support texting service. So we also have on the show the Founder of Grief Coach, Emma Payne. Emma shares how she came up with Grief Coach and how it has changed the way we can provide support to anyone.

If you are interested in a subscription to Grief Coach, go to www.grief.coach/innerharbor for $10 off a yearly subscription.

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inner-harbor.org

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Mandi talks with Wendy Sefcik, a mother who lost her child to suicide. They reveal the important strategies we can draw on to help prevent suicide in our friends, family and students. Mandi and Wendy provide valuable insight and resources to the listener about suicide and suicide prevention and how to confront the swell of emotion that accompanies the topic. By normalizing and removing the stigma surrounding the discussion of death and suicide, Mandi and Wendy leave listeners better equipped to support people who may be struggling.

Wendy serves as Chair for the NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council, as NJ Chapter Chair for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Board Member for the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County and their Child Advocacy Committee and is employed as the Suicide Prevention Coordinator for Bergen County. Along with her husband Steve and son Matt, Wendy created Remembering T.J. - A Story of Teen Depression, Lessons and Hope. They have shared their story with over 30,000 people to raise awareness of depression and mood disorders in teens and suicide risk. Wendy also provides hope to those dealing with these issues and to those who have suffered a traumatic loss.

To connect with Wendy, reach out to her at: www.rememberingtj.org.

Where to Find Us:

If you, or someone you know, are thinking about taking your own life, there is help. Call The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-274-TALK (8255)

Melissa Lunardini and Mandi Zucker both founded organizations focused on supporting people after a loss.  They are both frequently asked how they maintain their own mental health in such an emotional draining job. In this episode, Mandi and Melissa share some of their own strategies they use to avoid burnout and focus on their own self-care.

Where to Find Us:

Melissa Lunardini, MA, MBA, FT can be reached at www.radicalgrief.org. 

Mandi Zucker, LSW, CT can be reached at www.inner-harbor.org

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Joyal Mulheron and Mairead Peters talk about the efforts to make paid bereavement leave a reality for all Americans, and the current situation that allows for workers, particularly low-wage earners, to be fired for taking a day off of work after a family member dies. Mairead shares what it was like as a college student to lose two family members and the pressures she felt at work and at school to perform and make money.  Joyal shares what we can all do to get involved and advocate for employee support after a death.

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inner-harbor.org

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Joyal Mulheron can be reached at www.live-evermore.org

Mairead Peters can be reached at [email protected].

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