Comments on: Lisa Niemi on Grief, Healing and Resilience at Women’s Conference http://www.celebrity-parenting.com/2009/10/28/lisa-niemi-on-grief-healing-and-resilience-at-womens-conference/ Share the Best Parenting from Your Idol Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:39:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Louise Smoler http://www.celebrity-parenting.com/2009/10/28/lisa-niemi-on-grief-healing-and-resilience-at-womens-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-6103 Louise Smoler Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:09 +0000 http://www.celebrity-parenting.com/?p=2605#comment-6103 I saw excerpts from your conference on Good Morning America. I live in Staten Island, New York and my story is also unique. Almost seven years ago, I lost both my father and my husband both to cancer. They became ill within a couple of months of each other and died 3 days apart. My father died on my 49th birthday and my husband died the morning of my father's funeral at only age 50. We do have to go on after death and I especially, also as a woman, had to hold it all together for my mother and my children as I now became head of the household. It was not an easy task and left me little time for grieving, having to work and take care of everyone else. The result and part of healing therapy for me was that I wrote and published a book about my life and the tragedy of our family and the aftermath of loss and grief titled "Mother and Daughter (no more soup) by Louise Joy. I have since spoken at bereavement groups localy sponsored by pax christi hospice, have book signings scheduled and have my book featured here in a program sponsored by New York City at the Greenbelt here in Staten Island. If you have any conferences scheduled in New York, I would love to be a part of it and share my story in helping others as well. You can view my book and all the info on my website at www.LouiseJoy.com or call the number also listed on my website. Networking to discuss grief is a wonderful and healing process Louise Joy Smoler I saw excerpts from your conference on Good Morning America. I live in Staten Island, New York and my story is also unique. Almost seven years ago, I lost both my father and my husband both to cancer. They became ill within a couple of months of each other and died 3 days apart. My father died on my 49th birthday and my husband died the morning of my father’s funeral at only age 50. We do have to go on after death and I especially, also as a woman, had to hold it all together for my mother and my children as I now became head of the household. It was not an easy task and left me little time for grieving, having to work and take care of everyone else.
The result and part of healing therapy for me was that I wrote and published a book about my life and the tragedy of our family and the aftermath of loss and grief titled “Mother and Daughter (no more soup) by Louise Joy. I have since spoken at bereavement groups localy sponsored by pax christi hospice, have book signings scheduled and have my book featured here in a program sponsored by New York City at the Greenbelt here in Staten Island.
If you have any conferences scheduled in New York, I would love to be a part of it and share my story in helping others as well. You can view my book and all the info on my website at http://www.LouiseJoy.com or call the number also listed on my website.
Networking to discuss grief is a wonderful and healing process

Louise Joy Smoler

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