As the founder & CEO of Reimagining Grief and host of the podcast, Grief is a Sneaky B*tch, she has taken her experience overcoming deep personal loss and made it her mission to provide guidance to others when it comes to bereavement. In this episode, she unveils the common misconceptions about grief– a topic so often misunderstood and ignored in our culture and communities yet something every person will experience in their lifetime, explains why the Stages of Grief model may not be helpful for healing, and takes a closer look at how we can show up for ourselves and for loved ones in these challenging times.  

 Lisa Keefauver is the founder & CEO of Reimagining Grief and host of the podcast, Grief is a Sneaky B!tch. Lisa’s wisdom as a grief and empathy advocate runs deep. Professionally, she has spent nearly 2 decades as a clinical social worker and narrative therapist. She witnessed first-hand the unnecessary suffering of so many individuals because their families, communities, and culture weren’t supporting them in their grief.

And then, in 2011 it happened to her too. At 40, Lisa became a widow when her husband Eric died in her arms, leaving her a single mother to their 7-year-old daughter. Just a few years later, she was by the bedside of a close friend when he succumbed to the ravages of Muscular Dystrophy. She’s seen it all and she’s tired of waiting for people to talk about this thing 100% of us will experience. Called the “Brene Brown of Grief and Loss,” (Tracey Wallace, Eterneva) Lisa uses her warmth, vulnerability, humor, and therapeutic skills to help us find language when we’re at a loss for words.