🦋 Certified David Kessler Grief Educator 🦋 I hold space for those going through grief so they feel heard and less alone. 💙 💚 Author | Speaker | Podcaster | Grief & Loss, Mental Health, & Disability Advocate 🦋 🦋 Founder, The Grief Curator 🎶 Founder, WGEN Radio 🍂 Founder, October Cottage (Open Sept - Nov) 🗣 Co-Founder, Firesiders 🎐Co-Founder, Two American Unnies/Eonnies **** "Grief is not a problem to be fixed. It is love with nowhere to go." 📖 Don't Tell Me to Get Over It - a memoir on love and loss, releases 2025! We all deserve better support when we're grieving than to be told to "just get over it." -------------------- Grief is complex and comes in many forms, including: 🌱 Loss of a Loved One 🌱 Loss of a Pet 🌱 Loss of a Job 🌱 Loss of a Culture 🌱 Loss of Identity 🌱 Loss of a Dream There is no "right" way to grieve and you don't have to walk it alone- there are signposts and fellow travelers. ‐----------------- Multi-passionate: 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 💔 The Grief Curator 🌐 Toastmaster 🐱🐱 cat-mom 📒🖍✒🖌📌 lover 🍏 Lifelong Learner (History | East/Southeast Asian literature | Learning Languages: Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, & Polish ) 🖼 Art lover (PRB, Monet, Carravagio) 🎶 is life (Bach to BTS and every genre in between) 💜 Borahae, Love Yourself, Speak Yourself 📺 K and C Drama addict 🍣 Foodie 💜 AAPI Ally 🖤 BIPOC Ally 👧she/her 👩‍🎨I/ENFP 👂Name pronounced: Meh-shell Gil (G like girl) 📍Washington, DC - EST Check out my website for more resources. Click the link in my IG bio.