In this comprehensive episode of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, host Dave Roberts engages with Carol Banens, a certified grief educator and grief to gratitude coach, to explore the intricate journey of grief and healing. Carol shares her personal narrative of losing her husband, Brian, and her journey from physical therapist to grief coach. The episode delves into themes of personal transformation, the impact of anticipatory and post-traumatic grief, and the importance of maintaining bonds with deceased loved ones. Carol highlights her unique grief program, ‘Choose,’ and her grief poetry book, ‘Kintsugi, Your Heart, the Art of Living with Grief.’ The discussion also critiques societal misconceptions about grief, emphasizing the need for self-compassion, the significance of expressing emotions, and the reality of grief’s physical toll. Methods such as poetry, journaling, and music are presented as tools for integrating and processing grief, promoting a genuine embrace of emotions over rigid productivity standards.

Carol,s Bio and Contact Information

Carol Banens helps individuals navigate their grief and reclaim their lives through her CHOOSE program, empowering them to move forward with confidence while maintaining a meaningful connection to their loved ones. As a certified Grief Educator and Grief to Gratitude Coach, Carol offers compassionate support with practical tools, guiding grievers to rediscover purpose and joy. Her transformative journey began with the loss of her husband in 2018, leading her to a profound exploration of grief that uniquely shaped her approach to helping others. Carol is also an Amazon #1 selling author of the grief poetry book Kintsugi Your Heart: The Art Of Living With Grief.

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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.