Ep. 67 How to Grieve Healthy! Strategies for Adults & Children!

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, my guest Jessica Frasier (LCP) offers practical strategies to help adults and their children grieve healthy to cope after any loss. After losing two loved ones to suicide and a brother to drunk driving, Jessica understands the harmful patterns that unresolved grief creates. Her early experience of unhealthy grieving led her to the work she does today as the founder of Hope Again Counseling located in Friendswood, Texas.As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional, and Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist, Jessica counsels bereaved adults and bereaved children. She has also provided counseling services in schools, private practice, trauma and grief centers and educates businesses about mental health and grief in the workplace.This was an enlightening and invigorating conversation that contributes greatly to our awareness of and about loss, grief, recovery and healing.TIMESTAMP:Welcome (0:00)Loss, grief, and healing with Jessica Frasier. (0:22Grieving, hope, and healing after suicide loss. (4:33)Grief, hope, and seeking help. (9:58)Grief, guilt, and connection. (15:10)Emotional literacy and healing in Western culture. (20:00)Emotional pain, grief, and healing through community support. (24:03)Unhealthy grieving and the need for connection and listening. (28:48)Grief, trauma, and healing through storytelling and support. (33:48)Grief and healing for children and adults. (39:36)Supporting children through grief and loss. (44:36)Grief, stigma, and honesty. (49:19)Disenfranchised grief and loss. (54:33)Grief, loss, and healing after tragedy. (1:00:15)Connect with Jessica:Websitewww.hopeagaincounseling.comEmailhopeagaincc@gmail.comFacebookwww.facebook.com/hopeagaincounselingInstagramwww.instagram.com/hope.again.counselingMentions:Dougy Centerhttps://www.dougy.org/National Alliance for Children’s Griefhttps://nacg.org/Connect with Vonnehttps://vonnesolis.com/ 🆕 📣 Text Me Fan MailYou can now text me directly about any episode. I personally read your messages and respond with practical, grounded insight. While I can’t offer long back-and-forth exchanges, I may respond directly or address your question in a future episode.Your voice helps shape the conversation.Subscribe to the podcast! Share your favourite episodes! Connect with me on LinkedIn and Facebook.