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Honoring Loss, Embracing Growth and Acceptance: Chris Mamone's Grief Journey

  1. Honoring Loss, Embracing Growth and Acceptance: Chris Mamone's Grief Journey Dave Roberts 45:44

In this episode of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, host Dave Roberts converses with Chris Mamone, an acceptance coach and the founder of the Empowered Grief Journey Coaching Practice and Podcast. Chris shares his personal experiences with grief, including the loss of his grandfather and son. He elaborates on how these experiences helped him find his purpose in life, holding space for others navigating grief, loss, and Trauma. Chris discusses his approach to coaching, emphasizing authenticity, compassion, and personal transformation. The episode also highlights Chris’s Empowered Grief Collective, a group coaching initiative meant to foster community and shared healing. Both Dave and Chris explore the importance of acceptance in the grieving process and how it can lead to personal growth and empowerment.

Chris’s Bio and Contact Information

Chris Mamone is an Acceptance Coach and the Founder of The Empowered Grief Journey Coaching Practice and Podcast. He helps individuals move from a place of pain into a place of hope and empowerment through their grief. Chris supports those navigating grief, loss, and trauma to rediscover self-acceptance and step into their personal power — so they can create an inspiring future grounded in healing, truth, and purpose.

Website Link: https://linktr.ee/empoweredgriefjourney

Social Media:

Facebook : @The Chris Mamone

Instagram and Tik Tok: @Empowered Grief Journey

To find out more about dave got yo davidrobertsmsw.com and his author page , psychologyprofessorandminister.com

Dave Roberts LMSW, Author, Podcaster

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.