Navigating Grief - Part 1 - with Susan Whitmore

About this episode

Dr. Sharon interviews grief advocate Susan Whitmore about her personal loss and the founding of griefHaven®.

Dr. Sharon interviews grief advocate Susan Whitmore, who shares how her personal loss led her to found the nonprofit organization griefHaven® and create resources for others. Susan defines grief as a normal, organic response to the death of something loved, including non-death losses (e.g., health, home, freedom, divorce, infertility), and notes pet loss can be profound. She challenges myths that grief is linear or defined by the “five stages,” that the goal is to “get over it,” and that bere...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Sharon Givens

Guest: Susan Whitmore

Topics covered

• grief
• loss
• mental health
• nonprofit
• advocacy

Keywords

• grief
• loss
• nonprofit
• mental health
• advocacy
• Susan Whitmore
• griefHaven

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: griefHaven®

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