EP 45: Grief Series 1: Supporting Bereaved Parents with Heidi Low

Grief is a topic people don't want to talk about or think about because the death of a child is unthinkable. Parents who are grieving often struggle connecting with others in their time of need as people are afraid to have these conversations. Dr. Laura Anderson invites Heidi Low onto the podcast today to create a space for aunts, friends, clinicians, and those surrounding people who have experienced unthinkable loss and how they can support parents. 

Heidi Low is the founder of ‘Ohana Oasis, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower bereaved parents to live a life of joy and purpose. She began the organization in 2013, nine years after the death of her daughter, Alison Belle, to a brain tumor at the age of five. 

What You Will Learn:

• Operating from a place of fear is not helpful

• It is better to say the wrong thing than to say nothing at all 

• Stop and think about what you're saying and how it would land if you were in this position

• Don't make the parent do the work

• Scripts for what to say when