The Grief Series with Nikenya Hall: In this 6th interview of the grief series Nikenya, we again dig into grief by talking about the transition of Nikenya’s mom and her passion to Normalize Grief by Bringing it into the room. Making it part of the everyday conversation. As with our other guest this episode packed a lot of insights and ways to deal with grief and to hold space for others. We talk about her book – Letters To Grief available on Amazon. We talked expectations we have of people grieving and holding space with them especially holding space without you actually talking or having any conversation. We talk about parents pre-planning their funeral and the relief that brings when you’re also trying to mourn. Ms. Nikenya Hall is a transplant New Yorker from the Midwest. As founder and CEO of Achieving Balance Counseling & Holistic Center, LLC, Ms. Hall pulls from a combined twenty years of professional mental health and intuitive work experience. She is a Mental Health Counselor, Certified Intuitive Consultant, Energy Healer, Psychic Medium, Ordained Minister, author and public speaker who possesses her Masters of Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. As a Professional Healer, Ms. Hall’s mission is to bring the mind and body back to a state of balance using various therapeutic and energetic modalities through her individual sessions, seances, Intuitive Sister Circle, Energetic Healing, Grief workshops and books. Some of Ms. Hall’s passions are shoe hoarding, sitting on the cushion, and being a mom to a 15 year old Bichon Frise. She has been featured in The New Yorker, Manhattan Times and Madam Noire. Why the Grief Series Podcast? Why talk about grief? Why the Grief Series Podcast? Why talk about grief? As early as March a lot of people lost someone they held dear to them, it wasn’t until October that I too was personally and permanently affected by a death. My life changed the day I found out my dad died. Like everything else I do, I decided I wanted to find out more and share my perspective and to hear from others. That’s how the grief series started, with one podcast episode as the goal, but as I spoke with people to find that one person to interview I quickly came to understand that GRIEF was very deep. Who is today’s Podcast for, it really is for everyone who wants to find the tools to become better in all they do, to get to that higher version of themselves they were created to be? And this doesn’t mean that there is something wrong with those of us that aspire to be better, what we do know is that to do our highest work and to show up as our highest self we need to be self-aware. A few of what we talked about: Share your grief story, your mom transitioned in 2017…. How Nikenya processed her grief. I asked Nikenya to share tips on how people should process their grief. I asked Nikenya about her passion: why talking about normalizing grief and bringing grief into the room is so important? We talked about Nikenya’s book – Letters to Grief… and so much more. Where to find Nikenya Referenced Media and Resources on This Podcast Episode To visit Nikenya’s website – https://abcholisticcenter.net/ Her book is on Amazon – Letter To Grief You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Amazon, Audible, type in LOVING THE WORK YOU DO. _________ Change Watch: Do This – Drop everything you are doing right now and call, text, or send a letter/postcard to someone you know who just lost someone. _________ Don’t forget to: subscribe, comment, like and share this post. We are on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loving-the-work-you-do/id1503836991 We are on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kO9bgeclWo6RTCrSJt9ui We are on: Google Podcast We are on Audible and Amazon Music too!! ~ Gloria

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