Navigating Grief & healing with Jodie Gonzalez, LCSW – Episode 259 [Video]

It’s interview day on the podcast.

Jodie Gonzalez is cofounder of JAH* Grief Services, which offers grief support to those who have experienced the death of a significant person in their lives. 

Her book The Healing Tree: A Guidebook for Navigating Grief, offers an opportunity to use writing and mindfulness-based activities after a loss. 

She holds a masters degree from the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston. As a licensed clinical social worker in Texas, she spent almost ten years working as a hospital and hospice social worker, and four years as the director of community education for a non-profit bereavement center in Houston. 

Jodie continues on her own grief journey following the deaths of her sister and brother-in-law in 2004.

We Talked About: 

• The importance of witnessing grief of all kinds
• The tragic personal experience that led to Jodie entering into social work and bereavement care
• Healing through “Layers of Loss” 
• The stigmas associated with grieving and loss
• The self care that honors her soul and supports her in supporting others

Follow Jodie:

• Website: www.JAHgriefservices.com (http://www.jahgriefservices.com/)
• Buy her book: The Healing Tree (https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Tree-Guidebook-Navigating-Grief/dp/0578858002)

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