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Rock Your Shine

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Interviews, talks, and appearances

Radio, TV, and podcast interviews, plus conference speaking and workshops on grief, sibling loss, and the therapeutic power of writing.

Radio interviews

The Source 1370

01/10/2020 - 11:00 EST

MyndTalk with Dr. Pamela Brewer

01/15/2020 - 11:00 EST

Marybeth Conley Show

02/04/2020

WOJB

02/13/2020

TV interviews

KZoneradio

03/07/2020 - interview begins at 24.44

Empowering Women TV

05/10/2021

News Center Maine / 207

06/26/2023

WABI Channel 5 Maine

08/10/2023

Podcast interviews

Life, Death and the Space Between - Dr. Amy Robinson

03/12/2020

Opentohope.com

09/16/2021

Nowhere To Go But Up - Sean Dustin

02/27/2023

Conference speaking

BPUSA National Bereaved Parents Conference

Keynote speaker - 08/07/2022

Workshops in 2021

Rock On: Mining for Joy in the Deep River of Sibling Grief

I talked with bereaved parents about sibling loss and the impact it has on the surviving siblings. For my book, I interviewed 27 people from all over the world who lost one or more siblings. I shared my own grief journey and other stories on how these siblings felt their grief was minimized. I covered topics on losing anger, letting go of guilt, blessings that arrived through the grieving process, finding beauty in the pain, messages from the other side, and honoring our deceased siblings.

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The Therapeutic Benefits of Writing Through Grief and Loss

I helped the participants to understand how the art of writing can be applied as a therapeutic tool to facilitate emotional healing. There are numerous studies which document the benefits of writing stories that focus on traumatic experiences, and others that support writing about more strengths-based questions. This workshop provided participants with both the research on the benefits of this writing approach and the therapeutic directed-writing activities to do during the workshop.

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Parents and Siblings Idea Exchange - Sarah Kravits & Susan Casey

Bereaved parents and bereaved siblings were invited to join this workshop and learn from one another. It can be tough for bereaved parents and surviving siblings to understand one another and give one another the kind of support that is needed. However, the dialogue can flow more easily when parents ask questions of siblings from other families, and when siblings do the same with parents who are not theirs.

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