Sharon Brubaker, a Santa Clarita grief counseling expert, has been invited to be one of six speakers to give a TEDx talk this month on “An Idea Worth Sharing.”
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The Certified Grief Recovery Specialist is set to travel to San Antonio, Texas to participate in the talk on Sept. 15 for a live audience, with video footage of the event available online for viewers around the world, according to Brubaker.
“I really want to change the world with how we deal with grief,” said Brubaker. “I’m just so excited to get the word out and let everybody know that I’m going to be talking about grief, what grief is, what loss is in our heart.”
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Brubaker plans to focus her TEDx talk around common myths that people believe about grief, with a particular emphasis on psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler Ross’ five “stages” of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Despite the widespread belief that these stages were identified in an effort to help grieving people heal after the death of a loved one, Brubaker clarified that they were actually meant for individuals with terminal diseases, and that there are actually no stages of grief.
“There’s so many amazing TEDx talks on grief … but I think having this little extra twist and putting this myth to bed about how we can actually come to recovery and how we can change in our heart and deal with it head on and know that grief is not a bad word (is important),” Brubaker said.
Sandi Atmore, also a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, seconded this, adding, “People think, ‘I just go through these stages and then I’m fine,’ and they aren’t actually grieving; they’re not actually getting better; they’re not actually recovering. And so not only is it a myth, but it’s a dangerous one.”
“We need to really get it out there,” Brubaker said. “I’m so honored to be able to do this and to be the person that’s on this team where we are changing the world, one heart at a time.”
Ed. Note: This article is a KHTS Community Spotlight based on the latest “The Grief Recovery Hour” with Sharon Brubaker, a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist.Santa Clarita grief counseling expert Sharon Brubaker has over 11 years of experience as a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist. The grief counseling expert specializes in the Grief Recovery Method in Santa Clarita, and offers an 8-week education program that she teaches in person, utilizing her free eBook titled “Grief Recovery.” As a grief counseling expert, Santa Clarita residents dealing with loss or other unfinished business who desire a lasting change can be guided on their journey of pain to find healing in their lives.
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