Susan, your host, welcomes Sherrie Barch to today's episode. Sherry is the CEO of two Forbes-ranked top executive search firms and a leadership consulting company.

Sherrie is married with three sons. As a mom, she describes herself as a part-time pancreas for her two youngest sons who were both diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes within the same year. Playing this role for the last 12 years, she is relentlessly creating open and honest communication with her family and friends about this chronic and life-threatening condition.

Sherrie's passion for storytelling was a strong motivation for her to publish her preteen children's book Heaven's Bell. One of her goals for Heaven's Bell is to create and inspire a safe space for families to have serious and sometimes "heavy" conversations about death and dying in a natural and productive way.

Key Takeaways:

• Sherrie shares the motivation behind her book Heaven's Bell.
• Sherrie talks about the structure and message of the book.
• Peace and grief can be experienced together.
• Susan talks about what is necessary in order to process negative emotions.
• Children and adults grieve differently.
• Everyone grieves in their own way.
• Give permission to yourself to ask questions and create the space for others to start conversations about loved ones who passed away.
• Sherrie shares the pain of losing her father figure.
• Susan talks about how her daughter's school failed her terribly when she was grieving the loss of her father.
• Sherrie speaks about remote goodbyes.
• Celebrating the memory of someone you lost is not always easy, be present, be curious, and hold space to just listen to what someone grieving is going through.
• Grieve and, when you can, try to recall the one (or ones) you lost in your happy memories together, try to lean into those stories and feel a different connection with them.
• Sherrie is publishing a Grief Journal for families to capture memories, you can find it at Ring to Remember.

Resources

Tendrilsofgrief.com

Email Susan: [email protected]

Meet Sherrie Barch

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Learn more about Heaven's Bell.