WELCOME TO OUR FALL 2020 ONLINE SERIES
Welcome back for the second week of our online fall series.
This week, we bring you video content that addresses the grief we feel stemming from COVID-19 and provides helpful commentary on grieving the loss of a loved one during the pandemic.
To ensure more inclusive and less distracted viewing, try watching videos in full screen view.
Volume may need to be adjusted during videos for the best possible audio experience.
This week, we bring you video content that addresses the grief we feel stemming from COVID-19 and provides helpful commentary on grieving the loss of a loved one during the pandemic.
To ensure more inclusive and less distracted viewing, try watching videos in full screen view.
Volume may need to be adjusted during videos for the best possible audio experience.
WEEK 2: September 21 - Grief During the Pandemic
We begin this week with a link that takes us to the PBS program ‘Amanpour and Company’. In this 15-minute interview that originally aired on March 26, 2020, grief and loss expert David Kessler discusses sharing our pain across new-found boundaries and what he’s learned from the loss of his own mother and son.
Click here:
www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=191&v=pSOZAnbzFuA&feature=emb_logo
This week's second video contains a 10-minute message from local grief counselor Ted Bowman and is made available through South Washington County Schools Community Education. In this video, Ted talks about grief, resilience and purpose while working towards hope, acceptance and peace.
Click here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkUEHV1IdI
Click here:
www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=191&v=pSOZAnbzFuA&feature=emb_logo
This week's second video contains a 10-minute message from local grief counselor Ted Bowman and is made available through South Washington County Schools Community Education. In this video, Ted talks about grief, resilience and purpose while working towards hope, acceptance and peace.
Click here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkUEHV1IdI
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David Kessler has authored six books and is founder of the website grief.com/. His personal experience as a child witnessing a mass shooting while his mother was dying launched him on his grief journey. His life was later turned upside down by the sudden death of his
twenty-one-year-old son. Visit David's website: grief.com/ |
Ted Bowman is a Twin Cities grief counselor, consultant, educator and author who specializes in change and transition. Whether change and loss occur in families, the community or within organizations, his emphasis is on helping people use both their own strengths and the help of others.
Visit Ted's website: bowmanted.com/index.html |
Recommended Website
grief.com/
Related Podcasts
www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/david-kessler-240
brenebrown.com/podcast/david-kessler-and-brene-on-grief-and-finding-meaning/
Related Recommended Reading from the GTL Committee
On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler;
Copyright 2014 (reprint): Scribner
The Wind Blows, The Ice Breaks: Poems of Loss and Renewal by Minnesota Poets,
edited by Ted Bowman & Elizabeth Bourque Johnson;
Copyright 2010: Nodin Press
Please visit our Recommended Reading page for more suggestions from GTL committee members.
grief.com/
Related Podcasts
www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/david-kessler-240
brenebrown.com/podcast/david-kessler-and-brene-on-grief-and-finding-meaning/
Related Recommended Reading from the GTL Committee
On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler;
Copyright 2014 (reprint): Scribner
The Wind Blows, The Ice Breaks: Poems of Loss and Renewal by Minnesota Poets,
edited by Ted Bowman & Elizabeth Bourque Johnson;
Copyright 2010: Nodin Press
Please visit our Recommended Reading page for more suggestions from GTL committee members.
WEEK 1: September 14
Beginning this week and over the course of the next four weeks,
we are posting suggested video content, websites and recommended reading
that we hope you find useful on your grief journey.
Conversations with Kelly at the Hastings Art Center
This week, we bring you a relatable conversation with local grief speakers Kelly Grosklags and Donna Mathiowetz. In their discussion, you will hear common threads of the grief experience that we hope you find reassuring and comforting. This hour-long event was recorded during the summer of 2019 and made available through Hastings, MN Community TV.
Click here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYIPfBEkp_4
Click here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYIPfBEkp_4
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Inspirational speaker and author Donna Mathiowetz has worked in the arena of loss and grief since 1997. Director of the Hastings Area Grief Group, she is the creator of “The Journey Card Deck” and author of “A Journal for Your Journey" and “What Have You Done Since I Left?”
Visit Donna's website: unfinishedbydesign.com/ |
Kelly Grosklags LICSW, is Board Certified in Clinical Social Work and has achieved her Fellowship through the American Academy of Grief Counseling. She has 24 years of experience in the fields of grief, loss, trauma, oncology/hematology, palliative care and hospice.
Visit Kelly's website: conversationswithkelly.com/ |
Recommended Website
www.griefanonymous.com/
Related Recommended Reading from the GTL Committee
Five Cries of Grief: Our Family's Journey to Healing after the Tragic Death of a Son, Merton P. Strommen, PhD & A. Irene Strommen; Copyright 1996: Augsburg Books
No Time for Goodbyes: Coping with Sorrow, Anger, and Injustice After A Tragic Death, Janice Harris Lord;
Copyright 2014 ( 7th ed.): Compassion Press
Now That You've Gone Home: Courage and Comfort for Times of Grief, Joyce Hutchinson & Joyce Rupp;
Copyright 2009: Ave Maria Press
The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change after the Death of our Parents, Alexander Levy;
Copyright 2000 (rev.): Du Capo Lifelong Books
Please visit our Recommended Reading page for more suggestions from GTL committee members.
www.griefanonymous.com/
Related Recommended Reading from the GTL Committee
Five Cries of Grief: Our Family's Journey to Healing after the Tragic Death of a Son, Merton P. Strommen, PhD & A. Irene Strommen; Copyright 1996: Augsburg Books
No Time for Goodbyes: Coping with Sorrow, Anger, and Injustice After A Tragic Death, Janice Harris Lord;
Copyright 2014 ( 7th ed.): Compassion Press
Now That You've Gone Home: Courage and Comfort for Times of Grief, Joyce Hutchinson & Joyce Rupp;
Copyright 2009: Ave Maria Press
The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change after the Death of our Parents, Alexander Levy;
Copyright 2000 (rev.): Du Capo Lifelong Books
Please visit our Recommended Reading page for more suggestions from GTL committee members.