Kara Bowman is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in Grief and Trauma. She is the author of Heartbreak to Hope: Poems of Support for Grief and Loss.

In this conversation, Kara shares:

• the importance of remembering your resilience in difficult times

• what 'complicated grief' & 'disenfranchised grief' are and how they present in life

• how our backgrounds affect how we grieve

• tips for moving through grief and trauma

• her inspiration behind writing a book of poetry on grief and loss & recites two of the poems

• when you should seek help & support in grief, as well as the differences between grief and depression, and

• the biggest lesson grief has brought to her

You can connect with Kara & find her book at www.griefpoetry.com ; Any Bookstore/Amazon; and www.karabowman.com , as well as on Instagram @karabowmanbooks

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