Peggy Green is a mother, a teacher, a survivor, a speaker, a leader, a grief coach, and an Amazon bestselling author who has experienced the loss of two of her four children, her daughter Courtney by accident in 1991 and her son Connor by suicide in 2018. The remarkable ways Peggy overcame these two devastating losses informed her first book, titled Life After Child Loss: The Mother’s Survival Guide to Cope and Find Joy, which has helped hundreds of readers on their grief journey, and her second book, titled Survive Your Child Suicide: How to move through grief to healing, will be available in September 2022. You may not know that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among adults in the U.S. and the 2nd leading cause of death among people aged 10-24. This is an especially timely interview because it will air in September, which has been designated National Suicide Awareness Month.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

• Why it is difficult to accept the death of a loved one by suicide?
• The 5 types of fear that impede moving forward through grief.
• The life-long physical and mental problems not dealing with grief can cause in a person’s life.
• What people need to know to be able to understand suicide.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS PEGGY:

• Why were you inspired to become a grief coach in honor of your son Connor, who took his life by suicide?
• How is moving through grief to healing like walking across a rope bridge?
• Why is recovery from Grief also known as self-care?

YOUTUBE INTERVIEW:

https://youtu.be/aeligVVtzJM

EMAIL: peggy.griefrecovery@gmail.com

WEBSITE:

https://www.thegriefspecialist.com/

SOCIAL MEDIA:

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