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Heidi Low shares her experience in loosing her 6 year old daughter to cancer. How did she move manage and maneuver through the diagnosis, the hospital stays and surgeries, and eventual loss of her daughter? My conversation with Heidi goes deep into finding gratitude even in the smallest of moments and how we can lean on that through the grief and into healing.

20 years ago in a few short months Heidi Low went from stay at home wife and mom to one terminally ill daughter and 3 bonus children to single girl working and going to school full time. 

She spent the next eight years researching like crazy, trying everything from therapy to energy healing. Most weren’t directly related to grief, but focused on growth – using her deep pain as a catalyst for creating something good.

Born out of that work, she walked away from an established career in health care policy to start 'Ohana Oasis, a non-profit serving bereaved parents nationwide with weeklong retreats. What began as her facilitating one small retreat, has expanded to retreats held regionally across the United States, a leadership training program and new cohorts being full supported by trained alumni leaders. 10 years later she’s developed, facilitated, and overseen more than 15 retreats. 

Now Heidi’s taking that retreat experience to show others who want to create their own heart-centered retreats, how they can do it too. 

Click here for the one tool you need in making all your retreat decisions.

You can also find Heidi at heidilow.com or on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/heidichristinalow/.

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
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Michelle Valiukenas is a mom, storyteller, and advocate.  Her three kids are Sweet Pea, who was lost to miscarriage, her angel daughter, Colette Louise, who graced their lives for nine precious days before getting her angel wings, as well as her only living child, Elliott Miguel.  

In the wake of her journey with Colette, Michelle and her husband Mark embarked on a mission close to their hearts. They established The Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation, dedicated to enhancing the outcomes of pregnancy, childbirth, prematurity, and infancy, and aiding in the grieving process. The foundation does this through financial assistance, education, and advocacy. At the heart of their initiatives is the flagship program offers financial aid to families navigating high-risk and complicated pregnancies, challenging NICU stays, and loss.  The foundation's impactful work is sustained by the generosity of donations and grants, and any support is warmly welcomed. 

Michelle is a writer, speaker, and presenter, sharing her personal story and addressing various topics such as infertility, pregnancy loss, complications, preterm birth, NICU experiences, infant loss, pregnancy after loss, surrogacy, and parenting after loss. She also actively engages in advocating for issues related to maternal health, maternal mortality, infant health and safety, and pregnancy complications.  These activities reflect Michelle’s deep commitment to equal access and treatment of all families.

Residing in Glenview, Illinois, Michelle shares her home with her son Elliott, her husband Mark, and their dog, Nemo.  Michelle strives to create a world where every choice is supported, every parent supported, and every family empowered.

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano

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We, as humans, get so used to routine that when something deviates from the norm, we tend to go into fight or flight mode. 
How can you calm that reaction and and bring yourself back to homeostasis?

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano

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While Kris isn't a pregnancy loss survivor herself, she has helped survivors of loss create beautiful memories and tributes of those gone.
For more of Kris's content, listen to Picture Love Podcast. You can also check out her services at www.KrisLeDonne.com & grab her freebie: Obliterate Overwhelm (over the state of your photos) 

You can also access her newest service here: https://mailchi.mp/krisledonne/2024replay

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano

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Support the show

Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano

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How do you look back at the year and see progress or change? What if you you don't want the days and weeks and months to blend into each other?

In this episode, I give you the tools to create you own block calendar. Listen in as to how to use the calendar or go to my website (www.kelilagreenspeaker.com) to order either one of my workbooks, Pregnancy Loss Grief Workbook or Activate Your Inner Strength Warrior to get an empty calendar ready for you to fill out. 

Happy New Year! May your best day last year be your worst day this coming year. 

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano

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I sat down with Rakefet who became a pregnancy loss survivor when at 6 weeks she suffered a miscarriage.
Rakefet used her skills and what she knew to create an incredibly moving short film, Still, calling attention to the world of pregnancy loss. 

“I hope that ‘Still’ encourages other mothers who have experienced infant or pregnancy loss to seek out
support, create closure and foster healing by sharing their experiences with other women dealing with
similar grief,” explained Rakefet Abergel, writer and director of “Still”. “These topics shouldn’t be taboo.
As I shared my grief in my circles, women all around me opened up about their experiences. These were
women I knew well, but I was never made aware of the painful losses they had suffered silently. We
need to end the fear and shame of sharing this experience.”

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano

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Urvi is  a mindfulness and spiritual coach for mamas, to-be-mamas and those on their fertility journey. I provide coaching and spiritual/mindfulness tools to balance all phases of the motherhood journey.
I welcomed Urvi onto Pushing Through Loss to discuss her expertise in helping women through their pregnancy journey but also to discuss her own infertility experiences and how she pushed through. 

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano

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In speaking about miscarriage and pregnancy loss, many times I hear talk of trying again. But what if you are done? What if that was the last try? What now?

Listen in as I share my thoughts on my obsession with getting pregnant again following the first miscarriage and then really going over what it is I want and if pregnancy is one of those things.

As always, you can find me on instagram @oursandyrs or on my website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano

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Beth Learn is the CEO, founder, and lead instructor of Fit2B Studio and fit2b.com where she has worked tirelessly since 2010 to integrate diastasis recti rehabilitation into mainstream fitness styles. She has traveled the world as a speaker and educator, fostering world-wide collaborations for her Fit2b Radio podcast, Ecourses, and hundreds of streaming workout videos. Her courses include Experts In Diastasis Recti, Proactive Perimenopause, 14 Days to A Better Neck, Get your Glutes In Gear, Comforting The Core: Moving through Miscarriage & Infant Loss, and many others which can all Fit2B. Beth has been immersed in the fitness industry since she began working in athletic clubs in 1995. She became a certified group fitness instructor in 1997 and received her Bachelor of Science in Exercise & Sport Science from Oregon State University in 2001. Since then, she has trained and certified in a wide variety of fitness specialities including: Yoga, Pilates, Level 1 Hypopressives, aerobics, spinning, weightlifting, prenatal/postpartum fitness, restorative exercise, and she is an endorsed Tummy Team Fitness Professional. Beth is happiest when she's helping people understand their bodies, overcome their fear of fitness, and learn how to move in freedom and simplicity. She enjoys teaching locally, consulting online, and her hobbies include reading historical fiction, race walking, skiing, hiking, and growing blueberries and goats on her small farm with her husband and two children.

https://www.facebook.com/bethany.learn

http://fit2b.us/

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Thank you for listening. Loss/death affects us all. As the saying goes, "death is a part of life". It doesn't make it any easier, however, to grieve.
However, you are the sum of your parts; your emotions and your experience do not define who you are. How you push through shows your character and strength.
It takes a village-- so, come join our community and find others who are living on the other side of grief (and not with grief).
If you or someone you know needs support, please don't hesitate to reach out.

website: www.kelilagreenspeaker.com
Instagram: OurAndYRS
Facebook: Kelila Beth Green
LinkedIn: Kelila Green Siciliano