A dialogue between Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and Joyal Mulheron followed by an opportunity for participants to reflect on growth and learning after the loss of a child.
Join Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and Joyal Mulheron – nationally-recognized champions for bereaved parents and other grievers – at the final session of this series. In this dialogue, Dr. Jo and Joyal will reflect on their experiences of grief and illuminate the power and purpose that comes with being an advocate for yourself and for others. The event culminates in peer-led breakout sessions, offering a space for shared reflection through the following guided prompts:

Your grief has a wisdom of its own. It seeks to be expressed and witnessed. What does it want to say today?

What is one thing you’ve been avoiding since your loss and what is one small, sweet step you can take to gently approach it?

Think of an aspect of your grief that feels particularly heavy. What’s one tiny act of self-compassion you can offer yourself around that?
Grief often shifts our priorities. Is there something new you’ve been curious about exploring or learning? What’s one small way you can start? (prompts courtesy of Nina Rodriguez, Grief and Light)

Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is a bereaved mother and the founder of the MISS Foundation, an international NGO that serves families whose children have died, and the Selah Carefarm, a sustainable restorative community that provides aid to anyone suffering traumatic grief. She is also a Professor and Senior Scholar in the Wrigley Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, spearheading the Graduate Certificate in Trauma and Bereavement. Her best selling book, Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief, is a national award winning best seller that has helped revolutionize the way our culture thinks, and feels, about grief. She works with and counsels families from all around the world who have experienced catastrophic deaths. She served on Oprah and Prince Harry’s Mental Health Advisory Board for several years and was featured in their docuseries ‘The Me You Can’t See.” Dr. Jo, believing that current practices around food production are a social, ethical, and environmental justice issue, is a vegan and hasn’t eaten meat since 1972.  She also teaches meditation, mindfulness, and compassion and ahimsa practices to students and clients from around the world. 

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