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Welcome to Integrated Wellbeing podcast for people in grief and the professionals who serve them. Please subscribe 🙏

We are here to provide education, inspiration, and practical tools for our audience by interviewing those bereaved by loss, mental health professionals, and grief specialists. Our mission at the Integrated Wellbeing Institute is to awaken the griever to their Inner Peace through the guidance of their body.

Find me and learn more about Integrated Wellbeing Institute here: ⁠⁠⁠https://integratedwellbeinginstitute.com⁠⁠⁠

Contact me with comments, suggestions, and questions:

By phone: 503-309-3966 (USA)

Or email: georgena@georgenagrace.com

We explored these questions and more:
• What were your earliest griefs?
• What did the death of her cat Smokey result in?
• Who’s funeral did she avoid?
• What did the death of her stillborn daughter result in?
• What did Shara call the grief at birth of her son with health challenges?
• How does Shara define Disassociation and Symbolic Grief?
Shara is an independently licensed clinical social worker and former psychotherapist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She holds a Bachelor's degree in social work from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and a Master's degree in social work from Howard University School of Social Work. Shara has specializations in grief, personality disorders, family trauma, compassion fatigue, military counseling, mindfulness meditation, ADHD, and anxiety. Shara is a Board Certified Tele-mental Health Provider.

Shara is also a 5x-Amazon Best-Seller of a social work journal called, “90 Days of Prayer.” She is the author of her second best-selling social work journal “90 Days Of Inspiration,” which is a study companion for social workers taking their licensing exam.

Currently, Shara is the Founder and CEO of a consulting company called "Journey To Licensure." Her company combines wellness, clinical supervision, and professional development coaching to support social workers through licensure examinations. Shara's company "Journey To Licensure" was featured in Business Insider, Success Magazine and USA Today. Shara is also a LinkedIn Advisor and was most recently awarded "Top 15 LinkedIn Expert in Philadelphia in 2023." Shara was also awarded by Top Voice Of Social Work on Linkedin out of 1 Billion users on the Linkedin Platform in 2023.
Contact email: shararuffin@gmail.com

Watch this interview on my YouTube channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@georgenagrace⁠