Lisa Boehm heard a knock at the door just as she had gone to bed, and it was the police coming to let her know that her teenage daughter had died in a head-on collision.
Lisa tells us how she picked up the pieces of her shattered life and how she found ways to thrive and not just survive. From getting support from other moms in her community she now offers support to grieving moms.
Lisa says:
I think I learned a lot from other grieving moms who were further down the path. Sometimes it was just little snippets that they would say or different things… They gave me hope and I think learning that everybody copes with grief differently, that little nugget right there was enough to carry us through.
Lisa Boehm
About this week’s guest
Lisa K. Boehm’s life changed forever when her daughter died suddenly in a car accident. She quickly discovered that our society struggles with death, loss, and grieving and has made it her mission to change that. In her book Journey to HEALING: A Mother’s Guide to Navigating Child Loss, she shares her experience with grief and how it intensified her love for her daughter. Now she focuses on gratitude and living intentionally as a way to honour her daughter’s memory. Lisa is an author, speaker, and certified grief educator who helps bereaved moms move beyond the pain to find peace and purpose.
Website: www.griefsupportformoms.com
IG @griefsupportformoms
Topics discussed in this episode
- The loss of her teenage daughter Katie
- Suicidal thoughts and anger
- Surrounding herself with other women in the community
- Journaling as a resource to deal with grief
- Differences in grieving styles among family members
- Teenager’s grief/sibling’s grief
Resources mentioned in this episode
- Instrumental and intuitive grieving styles described in the book Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple
- Grief groups by the Compassionate Friends
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Remember to keep breathing, I promise, it will get easier.
Lovely interview – thank you for your candour. Such important information. If you are interested, I delivered a TEDx talk entitled Loss & Found: Creating New Normals After Someone You Love Dies https://youtu.be/PQ27tYEb74Y
I hope it resonates with you.
Dear Corrie,
Thank you for taking the time to write a comment and for sharing your TedXTalk.
Thank you for doing the work and the support you give to the bereaved.
❤️ Nathalie
And, we absolutely share the opinion: grief is determined by the relationship and the meaning that the relationship has and not the person who died.
This is exactly how I felt when I lost my 17 year old daughter 6 years ago… I haven’t really fully grief -often just push the emotions aside till now… I burst into tears as I listened. One gets to read about it on websites but to actually HEAR Lisa say it in person her journey and sharing the same emotions – brought up all my locked up feelings which I denied…the dark times – suicidal thoughts.. and I also having a younger son who still needs me.
I love this whole heartedly….. her interview help me grief when I couldn’t before…in fact I have down loaded it on my phone now
Thank you a zillion times, Nathalie and Lisa, for having this podcast …
I believe ALL bereaved parents , siblings, relatives , friends should subscribe to this …
Thank you so much for your encouraging message, Alison.
This is why this podcast is here.
I’m so grateful you found it.
❤️ Nathalie
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xxx
You are so welcome Alison! I’m happy to hear that you felt connected to my grief journey and are allowing yourself to grieve. Sometimes it just takes the right moment, or the right person, or the right phrase in a book for us to hear a message.
Sending warm Mama hugs to you
XO Lisa