In this episode, Dr. E chats with Veleka Avant of Walk With Me Counseling about grief and how to cope with the grieving process. Be sure to listen and share this with others who may be grieving or wish to support others through grief. Show notes below:


Veleka Avant's website: walkwithmecounseling.com


Veleka Avant's Instagram: @avant_1111




Additional Resources on grief and grieving:


https://www.griefshare.org/ 


https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/20/1056741090/grief-loss-holiday-brain-healing 


https://news.arizona.edu/story/understanding-black-grief (article that relates to how grief shows up differently in the Black community)


Book - The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss. by Mary-Frances O'Connor


Book - What’s Your Grief by Eleanor Haley and Litsa Williams


Book - The Gift of Grief by Dr. Ajita Robinson


Grief Out Loud - Podcast


Grief Bully - Podcast


The Grief Safe Space -Instagram


The Grief Space – Instagram


Roberta’s House - https://robertashouse.org/


Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective (BEAM) - https://beam.community/


Therapy For Black Girls - https://therapyforblackgirls.com/


Black Men Heal - https://blackmenheal.org/


Therapy For Black Men - https://therapyforblackmen.org/






The album "Call It Morning" (Manny Voices) is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, etc). Buy it on Bandcamp to get liner notes too: https://mannyvoices.bandcamp.com/


Increase Your Lexicon: Prandial (adj)


Unsung Black Heroes: Najah Aqeel


Weird and Wonderful World of Wildlife: Immortal Jellyfish


Joyful Noise: Sy Smith - Until We Meet Again album (song featured: "Always Pick Up For You"


Kendrick Lamar - "United In Grief"


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