Tools to use While Riding the Wave of Resiliency with Karen Danlovich

Send us Fan MailC4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved.   We work with businesses, sports teams, hospitals, churches…anyone looking to RISE TOGETHER.  We also write children’s books and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other.   Please check out c4leaders.org to support our important work. Season 6 Episode #24 Karen Danlovich is coming from St. Augustine, Florida (inform, inspire, & transform)You can find Karen via her website tidalresilience.orgAbout our Guest: Karen is the Founder and Executive Director of Tidal Resilience Foundation, a nonprofit in coastal Florida supporting children and families navigating the loss of a parent or caregiver. Her life has been shaped by profound loss — losing her mom at nine, her dad at nineteen, and later her grandparents — experiences that taught her early what it means to survive deep grief and still keep moving forward. Karen built her career as an educator, teaching social studies, coaching dance, directing student programs, and later serving as an assistant principal. She also spent five seasons as an NFL cheerleader for the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving as team captain while teaching full‑time — a decade defined by discipline, leadership, and service. Her work today blends her educational background with the belief that the ocean is one of our greatest teachers. Through Tidal Resilience Foundation, she leads programs rooted in ocean‑based resilience, including Resilience Kits, Resilience Rides, community events, and The Reef, an online learning sanctuary offering free resources for families navigating the loss of a parent or caregiver. Each program is designed to help young people build grounding, emotional regulation, and connection as they move through grief. Karen’s mission is simple and powerful: to turn her personal story into a shared one — creating a community where grieving children and families feel seen, supported, and strengthened. She believes that when we take care of the ocean, the ocean takes care of us, and that its lessons can guide families through even the roughest waters of loss.Karen, thanks for sharing your vulnerability with people all over the world, thanks for guiding families through difficult waters and thanks for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients…welcome to the show.TOTD – “When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt.  But that is not what great ships are built for.”                       John A. SheddBuild a habit - to create intention - to live your purpose! In this episode:What was life like growing up?Love the name of your nonprofit…what is the deeper meaning to it…Grief meets the ocean…how does someone know they are grieving…Kubler Ross’s 5 stages of grief…Core Values – Compassion, Resilience, Empowerment, Connection, Stewardship, Education1 in 11 children by the age of 18 will experience the death of a parent or sibling…the cost of inaction…Tidal Resilience Foundation supports children and families navigating the loss of a parent or caregiver. Through ocean-centered experiences, resilience-building resources, and compassionate community connection, we help young people build coping tools, rediscover moments of joy, and move toward healing with support.Request a Resilience Kit and Join a Resilience Ride  and The ReefConnection and CommunityGrief supportTools to help…Move with grief…Legacy