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HealingTogether444mini-episode: grief with a lower-case-gGrief is most commonly associated with death, and the term grief may be less commonly associated with the messy, unique, combination of non-linear emotions after a huge variety of experiences such as divorce/change in relationships, changes of employment, changes with residences, changes with aging, changes with growing of children/teens, even births, graduations and weddings. As clinicians have discussed Trauma with a capital T, and trauma with a lower-case t, in this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, Certified Grief Support Specialist, theorizes and shares her thoughts that the same is true for grief, there is Grief with...
2026-08-0408 min
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#188 Finding a Voice for Unspoken GriefToday, I interview Beth Erlander, a grief expert and therapist who spent years believing she had to stop being a caregiver before she could truly support other caregivers. Although she had helped people through grief for more than 26 years, Beth hesitated to focus on this work because she was still living it herself. In our conversation, she didn't think she was ready, and she wasn't sure she had enough distance from her own experience to guide others through theirs. She shares what helped her stop waiting, why she finally became comfortable with not having all the answers, a...
2026-07-0240 min
RELEASE Grief Podcast64 Beth Erlander: Grieving What Was & Loving What IsLife was going in a positive direction for Beth in 2012 — she and her partner were even contemplating parenthood. But everything literally turned upside down when her significant other Michael broke his neck in a nighttime mountain biking accident, paralyzing him from the neck down. While he survived, the aftermath would be life altering.In an instant, Beth’s world shifted from that of being one half of an able-bodied couple, to that of grieving caregiver, trying desperately to navigate a new reality that was overwhelming and perplexing at the same time. The support groups and resources she discovered were...
2025-02-0346 min
Grief is a Sneaky BitchBeth Erlander | Accidental GriefABOUT THIS EPISODE: In 2012, Beth’s partner went mountain biking and that was the day their lives changed forever. In Accidental Grief, guest Beth Erlander explores what it was like to process the news that her life partner was quadriplegic, the grief that accompanied that news, how her personal, professional, and spiritual practices helped her healing process and how she’s using all that she’s learned to tend to those of us who tend for others. I really can’t wait for you to meet her. EPISODE RESOURCES:...
2022-01-0651 min
The Kerby Method PodcastEpisode 51: Beth Erlander, the Grief FriendPlease enjoy this timely discussion I have with Beth Erlander, grief expert and grief friend.
Beth is a Creative Grief Support Practitioner and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado. She has a private practice focusing in grief, loss and trauma reconciliation. Beth is a Transpersonal Art Therapist and Certified EMDR Therapist too. Her main passion is using a creative somatic approach to helping others navigate grief. Her own apprenticeship to grief gave me the inside experience to be with others as they come to grips with grief too.
Beth talks about the...
2021-01-2745 min