AfterGrief: Reassembling Your Identity Long After a Loss with Peg Conway

Susan, your host, welcomes Peg Conway to today’s episode. Peg writes and practices healing touch therapy in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she also volunteers at The Children’s Grief Center. Her essays about early mother loss and long-term grieving have appeared at The Manifestation, The Cincinnati Enquirer, and The Mighty. After earning a Master’s in Journalism and working in Corporate Communications, she became a certified Childbirth Educator and Doula.

Peg is the author of The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief a memoir about early mother loss.

 

Key Takeaways:

Peg shares her grief journey. Children grieve in different ways; their emotions can manifest through behaviors. Children’s grief reoccurs in different stages of their life. Peg talks about the steps that she took in the process of reassembling herself. Susan shares the most challenging parts of her own grief journey. It can be confusing but during grief the clashing of emotions is real; you can host two conflicting feelings at the same time. People get uncomfortable in front of a grieving person; some just don’t know what to say and others simply tend to be avoidant. As human beings with have the gift of renewal, we can reassemble ourselves in many aspects. Peg talks about Energy Healing and the benefits of being grounded and present in our bodies. Grief takes as long as it takes, it is a long and non-linear road.

 

Resources

Tendrilsofgrief.com

Email Susan: [email protected]

 

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The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief, by Peg Conway