In this episode of The Teaching Journeys Podcast hosted by Dave Roberts, Grief coach Kate Mollison discusses her unique approach to grief and bereavement. As a widow, she shares her personal experiences and insights into her work with ‘On Tuesdays We Wear Black,’ a consulting company she founded to help people navigate grief. Kate talks about the inception of her business, her work advocating for legislative change surrounding bereavement leave, and her upcoming National Grief Awareness Professional Development Conference. She also delves into how grief has transformed her personal life, spirituality, and parenting style. The personal touch and professional expertise Kate brings to her mission of fostering visibility and understanding around grief, is apparent throughout the episode.

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Kate Mollison is a certified grief coach who uses a unique approach to promote awareness around the importance of grief. Using her own experiences as a widow, Kate adds a personal touch to an otherwise isolating and difficult topic. She is the founder and operator of On Tuesdays We Wear Black, a consulting company, working as a Grief & Bereavement specialist, where she focuses on helping others understand the connection between “grief” & “bereavement”. Kate has several years experience as a clinical case manager and as a certified “Playmaker”, she uses a modality that helps people unlock joy and find peace & meaning again after loss. By educating both individuals and businesses about the importance of grief integration, she provides Education that fosters visibility and support. Kate is also actively working for legislative change surrounding Bereavement leave laws and is the host of the National Grief Awareness Professional Development Conference. For more information, visit www.otwwb.com

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David J. Roberts, LMSW, became a parent who experienced the death of a child, when his daughter Jeannine died of cancer on 3/1/03 at the age of 18. He is a retired addiction professional and an adjunct professor in the psychology child life department at Utica University in Utica, New York. Dave also teaches psychology classes at Pratt MWP School of Art and Design. He is the host of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, which can be found on Apple, Spotify and other podcast platforms.

Dave has presented workshops at national conferences of The Compassionate Friends as well as for the Bereaved Parents of the USA. He was also a keynote speaker at the 2011 and 2015 national gatherings of the Bereaved Parents of the USA. Dave also co-presented a workshop titled “Helping Faculty After Traumatic Loss” for the Parkland, Florida community in May of 2018, in the aftermath of the mass shootings at Stoneman Douglas High School.

Roberts has been a past HuffPost contributor and has contributed articles to Medium, Open to Hope Foundation, Mindfulness and Grief, Thrive Global, and the Recovering the Self Journal. He has also appeared on numerous podcasts, as well as Open to Hope Television. In 2021,he co-authored and published a book with Reverend Patty Furino titled, When The Psychology Professor Met The Minister.