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Presenter(s): Maureen Desmond, Navigating Through Loss
It’s tough, but we’ve got to talk about it. Grief is one of the least talked about topics, yet it impacts all of us. Perhaps an awakening on the topic of grief has presented itself through the global pandemic. With more than 525,000 U.S. deaths by Covid-19 alone, plus add in the millions of people experiencing many types of significant loss and change in their lives, due to the pandemic, we’ve been affected and connected by what is called collective grief.
Companies across the nation have had to pivot their business models to adapt to the changing environment, both internally and externally, creating work-from-home models and new safety precautions, preparing and training our employees with new skill-sets and protocols. And we’ve learned more about transparency, accountability, and yes, grief.
Learning Objectives:
· Defining grief and exploring the many types of grief and loss, and why that matters
· Identifying myths about grief; turning the myths into new approaches
· Acknowledging the griever(s); how we respond, how we support
· Understanding the journey of a griever; and how each grief experience is different
· Identifying ways to help relieve the grief we or someone we know, carries.
· Identifying ways unresolved grief impacts us; what we can do
Maureen Desmond knows what it’s like to experience profound, life-changing grief. Having experienced several losses in her immediate family that wracked her, as well as her own cancer journey, Maureen understands how grief shows up in different ways at different times, and how this can be challenging at work, as well as in our personal lives. Acutely aware that how we as a society deal with grief has not yet ‘matured’, and that many are unfamiliar with how to sit with grief – either as one experiencing it or as a friend looking to help another going through grief – she founded her business, Navigating Through Loss. Maureen wants to serve as a platform to teach awareness and openness about a topic that is quite often uncomfortable and denied. She is as a grief coach and consultant with a practice in Fairfax, VA. Maureen offers corporate workshops and webinars, as well as online one-to one and small group grief support. (In-person sessions will be available once the pandemic is under control).