85. I Masked My Grief- with Corchele Smith

Corchele Smith is the founder of a non profit, called Because of Breklyn. It’s mission is to help families who have experienced or will experience pregnancy, infant and child loss by giving them an unstuffed bear. In May 2016 her daughter, Breklyn, unexpectedly passed away 10hrs after birth. During that very difficult time they were given and un-stuffed Bear. Their Brek-Bear has helped to bring comfort and healing through the log grief journey. Since then they have been providing Bears to families. During our conversation, Corchele shares about her grief journey, and how she would hide her grief by pretending to be ok on the outside.. That led to a deep depression which she also hid and eventually turned to a point in my life where I was suicidal. Once she hit rock bottom and finally reached out for help is when she started truly experiencing, processing and coping with her grief and all the emotions that come with that. She did this by journaling, finding gratitude everyday, meditating, doing random acts of kindness but most importantly allowing herself to feel the deep dark feelings and also the highest and brightest feelings as well. Her own experience, has led her to now want to help others their grief journey as well. Links to get in touch with Corchele Smith and to find out more about Because of Brecklyn: https://becauseofbreklyn.com/ https://www.facebook.com/becauseofbreklyn/ https://www.instagram.com/because_of_breklyn/ To Contact Kendra Rinaldi for coaching or to be a guest on the podcast https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/