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GRIEF AND LIGHTGrief at Work: From Self-Advocacy to Compassionate Leadership with Bloomwell PartnersGrief doesn’t pause when you arrive at work, so why do so many workplaces expect us to carry on as if nothing happened?In this powerful episode of Grief and Light, host Nina Rodriguez is joined by Dr. Mekel Harris and Janet Gwilliam-Wright, co-founders of Bloomwell Partners, a consulting firm transforming how organizations handle grief and loss in the workplace. ***Watch on YouTube***Drawing from their personal experiences of loss and their expertise in psychology, leadership, and organizational dev...2025-07-0850 min
A Guide to After LifeSeason 2, Ep 8. How to Navigate Work After Loss: What Every Widow Should Know. A Conversation with Dr Mekel Harris and Janet Gwilliam-Wright. Are you struggling to balance your grief with work responsibilities? You're not alone. In our latest Guide to Afterlife podcast episode, we tackle the challenging topic of returning to work after loss. Our special guests, Dr. Mekel Harris and Janet Gwilliam-Wright, founders of BloomWell Partners, share invaluable insights on:
• Common challenges grieving employees face • How workplace culture impacts the grieving process • Practical accommodations employers can offer • Ways colleagues can provide meaningful support • The importance of grief literacy in organisations
Key takeaways:
Grief is invisible but profoundly impacts work performance
Both employees a...2025-03-1151 min
Stronger Together with Michael and AnneStronger Together With Anne and Michael - Episode 66On this weeks episode Anne speak with our first returning guest, Janet Gwilliam-Wright. Janet and Anne both lost a parent at a young age. Listen as they talk about their personal grief journey. If this is your first time listening to us and would like more information about funeral professional peer support or would like to financially support the work at FPPS please contact www.funeralpeersupport.com For more information on the Motherlove Project please visit www.motherloveproject.com For more information about Bloomwell please visit www.growwithbloomwell.com Here...2024-09-1853 min
The Power of Love Show‘Bloomwell Partners, LLC’ With Founders, Dr. Mekel Harris & Janet Gwilliam-WrightOn this episode of The Power of Love Show we are thrilled to have two extraordinary guests, Dr. Mekel Harris (returning guest!) and Janet Gwilliam-Wright, joining us to share their insights on mental health, grief and their groundbreaking work with Bloomwell Partners, LLC.
Dr. Mekel Harris received a B.A. in Psychology from Baylor University, M.A. in Psychology from Houston Baptist University, and a Ph.D. in Clinical/School Psychology from University of Houston. Further, she completed her pre-doctoral internship and two-year post-doctoral fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Since then, Dr. Harris has served in higher education, al...2024-05-2956 min
GRIEF AND LIGHTCompassionate Leadership: On a mission to build compassionate organizations | Janet Gwilliam-Wright's StoryJanet Gwilliam-Wright , a grief awareness advocate and educator, shares her personal experience of losing her mother and how it shaped her life. She launched the Mother Love Project as a platform for motherless daughters to share their stories, and co-founded Bloomwell Partners, a global training and consulting firm working to build more compassionate and grief-informed workspaces. In this conversation, Janet discusses the importance of honoring and remembering our loved ones, the complexities of grief, and the need for support and understanding in the workplace. Janet also shares...2024-05-0747 min
Be Freaking Awesome PodcastEP101 Transforming Grief Into Healing at Work with Bloomwell PartnersSend us a textWhen the silence around grief in the workplace grows too loud, it's experts like Dr. Mekel Harris and Janet Gwilliam-Wright who dare to break it. Our latest podcast episode features these two compassionate pioneers from Bloomwell Partners as they share their wisdom on nurturing grief literacy within the corporate culture. We are moved beyond words as they unveil a framework that doesn't just aim to support grieving employees but seeks to transform organizational empathy into a tangible, healing force.Grief doesn't punch out when we clock in; it follows us into...2024-01-0945 minStronger Together with Michael and AnneStronger Together Podcast with Anne and Michael - Episode 44On this episode Michael speaks with Janet Gwilliam-Wright. janet has fifteen years experience leading large organizational change and working on complex policy issues. A leader in the grief and loss space. Janet founded the Motherlove Project, a global platform for motherless daughters. Janet received her Master of Arts and Public Administration from Queen's University. She and her Partner Meghan live in Ottawa with there two daughters. For more information on the Motherlove Project feel free to contact www.motherloveproject.com If you would like to know more about Bloomwell please visit www.growwithbloomwell.com F...2023-12-111h 08
End-of-Life UniversityEp. 430 Workplace Bereavement: Education for Employers with Mekel Harris PhD and Janet Gwilliam-Wright
Learn about a project to train organizations and employers to provide better support for their employees who are grieving.
This week I’m hosting two guests who have teamed up to address the issue of bereavement in the workplace. Mekel Harris PhD is a licensed psychologist who specializes in coping and adjustment to acute and chronic illness, grief and loss, and health-related trauma. She is the author of the memoir Relaxing Into the Pain: My Journey Into Grief & Beyond along with The Grief Anatomy Toolkit and Re-Imagining Life After Loss interactive course. Janet Gwilliam-Wright is a leader in...2023-11-2058 min
The Grieving Mamas Club12. Losing a Parent but Finding Yourself with Janet Gwilliam-WrightThis episode is one of our favorites! Cara and Rashida meet their new grief bestie, Janet Gwilliam-Wright. Janet is a career coach, a depression survivor, and oh yeah a fellow motherless mama. Having lost her mom over 20 years ago, Janet is no stranger to the grief process. Through years of work on herself (and the patience of her wonderful, amazing wife, Meg), Janet has overcome all obstacles put in her path since that fateful day she graduated from high school and lost her mom within the very same hour. Her story is honest and it's one of the things we...2021-12-081h 10