The word grief and loss is so entangled in our reproductive journey. Whether it is the loss of your sex life, the loss of friendships, the loss of a biological connection to your child or the loss of a pregnancy, grief is present.
Join us this week as Cathie interviews Litsa Williams about what grief is, how grief it presents itself in our stories and how we can cope with grief.
Litsa Williams MA, LCSW-C is a co-founder of the grief community What’s Your Grief. Litsa received her master's degree in social work from The University of Maryland and has a master’s in Philosophy for The University of Warwick (UK). Litsa has been working in the field of grief and loss for 12 years and previously worked in homeless services in Baltimore, MD. Before founding What’s Your Grief, Litsa supported patients and families in the hospital at end of life in circumstances of unexpected and often traumatic death, and provided ongoing grief and bereavement support in the years following the loss. Feeling frustrated with the online and print materials that were available for grievers, she co-founded What’s Your Grief as a resource offering concrete, practical, creative, down-to-earth, and relatable grief support. What’s Your Grief has grown to be one of the largest online grief support communities, with over 5 million annual visitors and offering hundreds of free articles on all topics around grief and loss, a weekly podcast, and online courses. She has been interviewed as a grief expert for NPR, Washington Post, US News, The New York Times, Huffington Post, and the BBC.
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