Episode Highlights With Sherry WallingHow she got into flying trapeze as an adult and the reason whyHer personal story around grief and how it led to her work as a psychologist in helping othersTips for navigating the experience of grief with kids and why this is so importantWords we can use with our kids to help them process emotionsThe stages of grief and how understanding them can help your experience of themWays to use movement to ease grief and painWhat somatic trained therapists are and how they can helpHow we can move our feelings through our body using movementDifferent types of movement to try to process griefWays to encourage kids to talk (at different ages) and how to support them through itOne of the biggest factors in someone not becoming significantly depressed from griefStrategies to protect the mental wellness of your familyOne of the biggest threats to mental well being for kids especially and how to mitigate itHer encouragement to dance every day!Resources We MentionTouching Two Worlds: A Guide for Finding Hope in the Landscape of Loss by Sherry Walling, PhDThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.The Gift of an Ordinary Day by Katrina Kenison

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