Episode 74: Good Grief Parenting with Michele Benyo, MEd, CGRS

Have you or someone you know ever gone through the experience of losing a loved one? If so, you're not alone. In this episode, we explore stories of resilience, hope, and growth in the face of loss, and offer practical tips and insights for moving forward.

Michele Benyo, a certified Grief Recovery Specialist, early childhood educator and parent coach, and the founder of Good Grief Parenting. She shares her personal story, how she got into the field of helping grieving parents, how children experience grief differently than adults, and the challenges that adults face in dealing with it. Michele also discusses the importance of support groups during the grieving process and how spirituality can play a role in healing.

We all know that losing a loved one can be a harrowing and challenging experience; even for therapists who are educated to assist others in coping with loss, Michele offers encouragement and advice to therapists and grieving people.

Listen to this episode and discover the power of turning pain into purpose.

Episode Highlights:

Michele’s personal story and how she became a grief recovery specialist

Children's developmental stage and understanding of loss

Importance of support groups in the grieving process

Things Michele notices to her clients who is a parent grieving and also helping their child grieve

Working on spirituality at home

Early childhood child loss and sibling loss

How they grow closer to God

Michele explained what living forward is

Starting her course with what she called Your Way Forward After Child Loss

Is being spiritually positive and helpful for her patients as she walks with them? 

Words of encouragement and advice she gave to therapists who also go through grieving and people who are grieving.

About Michele Benyo:

Michele Benyo is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, early childhood educator and parent coach, and the founder of Good Grief Parenting. After her 6-year-old son died of cancer, her 3-year-old daughter said, “Mommy, half of me is gone.” This heartbreaking statement defined Michele’s life purpose. At a time when her steadfast Christian faith could have been shaken, Michele was able to remain steadfast, determined to discover gifts and offer blessings out of her pain. Her mission is twofold: to help parents through the unimaginable challenges of parenting while grieving the death of a child, and to equip parents to meet the unique needs of a child who has lost a sibling in the early childhood years. The desire of Michele’s heart is to see families live forward after loss toward a future bright with possibilities and even joy.

Connect With Michele:

Website| goodgriefparenting.com

LinkedIn| www.linkedin.com/in/michelebenyo

Instagram| www.instagram.com/goodgriefparenting

Facebook| www.facebook.com/goodgriefparenting

FREE RESOURCES:

The Good Grief Guide:  www.goodgriefparenting.com

Caregiver Letter:  www.goodgriefparenting.com/caregiver-letter