Grief Forward

Grief Coach Jenna Bonner is answering a common question today - What is a Child Life Specialist? To help her answer this question, she is sitting down with Samantha Bonner (yes, they are family). Samantha holds a recreational therapy degree and is a certified Child Life Specialist. She currently works as a Certified Child Life Specialist at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis and is a Certified Yo...

Today's topic is something that a lot of people dread, that's Pet Loss. Your host and Grief Coach Jenna Bonner is welcoming her friend and past college roommate, Kathryn McMillan to the show to discuss the journey of pet loss. 

Kathryn shares that she was in her 30's when she had her "first pet" that she shared with her ex-husband. After taking on a care-giving role, Kathryn quickly fell in love with the Boxer named Keller who unfo...

If you've never heard the phrase "disenfranchised grief" - this episode will introduce you to a real-life example, and a lot of you will relate to it. Disenfranchised grief is when a person loses something or someone important, but their loss is not valued or recognized by others. The term was coined by Dr. Kenneth J. Doka in 1989. This concept describes the fact that some forms of grief are not acknowledged on a personal or societ...

Grief Coach Jenna Bonner welcomes her husband Jairus back to the show for a tasty and meaningful "Grief & Food" topic. Jenna recalls her volunteer experience with a local Hospice group and the creative way they shared the beautiful connection of grief and food. 

Jairus is sharing stories about his late Grandmother - and her famous Pound Cake! Jenna took on the task of making her recipe so they could sample the memories while ta...

Grief and Loss Coach Jenna Bonner welcomes her next guest Max Denyer-Green who is a Grief and Life Coach. Jenna and Max share a powerful connection around parent-loss. In this conversation, you'll get a deeper understanding of the personal process of grieving the loss of a parent. 

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Grief Coach Jenna Bonner welcomes her husband Jairus Bonner to this episode to talk about their own personal journey with their two-year-old son Miles. As parents, Jenna and Jairus are grieving the loss Jenna's father recently - which also means their son Miles is grieving too. 

As parents, they are learning how to support Miles through this process of grief. Jenna has incorporated some new techniques to assist Miles in his journey...

Welcome back to the Grief Forward podcast. In this episode, Jenna is talking with a very special guest - Casey Gainey - who will be focusing on grief in unexpected life changes and exploring creative ways we can help ourselves get through grief. 

Casey is a creative soul. She's a therapeutic arts facilitator, trauma-informed coach, and yoga instructor. She combines these tools into workshops and classes th...

What IS Grief Coaching? How can you better support someone who is grieving? These important questions are answered in this powerful episode with our special guest - Grief Coach Jenny Dilts. 

Jenny is a "Mom of many hats" and a trained coach who guides people as they convert grief into growth in their own way without expectations, judgement, or despair. 

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It is said that there is no grief like the grief that does not speak. But what if we tried to give our grief empathy, space, sometimes tears, and maybe even words.

Welcome to the Grief Forward Podcast with your host – Grief and Loss Coach, Jenna Bonner. Jenna is married and is the mother of an energetic two-year-old boy. She's originally from southwest Ohio and moved to Savannah, Georgia in 2009 to attend SCAD - Savannah College of...