How to Get From Grief to Recovery | Sharon Brubaker | TEDxPaloAltoCollege

In this talk, Sharon Brubaker - an advanced certified grief recovery specialist - explains a new method of recovering from grief. Sharon Brubaker became an advanced certified grief recovery specialist after the tragic accidental drowning of her 10-year-old nephew, Austin, in 2006. Her heart was broken, but she was lucky enough to find the Grief Recovery Method. Once she reconciled her grief, she knew that she wanted to guide others through their suffering. Brubaker is now part of the coaching program at the Institute, where she has assisted hundreds of grievers repair their own broken hearts by working through the pain, isolation, and loneliness that comes with loss. Brubaker the author of a soon-to-be released book, The Healing Place, and radio show host of the Grief Recovery Hour with Sharon Brubaker on KHTS in the Santa Clarita Valley, California. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@lolitzshelly7229]

So glad I found this talk. Thank you. I hope all grievers find more times of peace than ever before.

[@marcusrodgers5920]

My wife of 8 years died from stage 4 gastric cancer in July 9th 2021 she was only 29 we have two beautiful children she was diagnosed January 2021 very unexpectedly. Thanks for this video hope god continue give me the strength to stay strong!

[@vijuhima]

How are you doing now mate?

[@Peaceonearth2024]

My mom died last week at 60 years old, she was sick for 6 years with Early Onset Alzheimer's but ultimately she died of Covid which she got from a recent hospital visit. The rest of my family got Covid eventually as well. Now I'm recovering from Covid and grieving my mom at the same time. None of us were able to go to her burial and she wasn't able to have a proper funeral.

[@MonicaHall-zu9qw]

Thank you for this great presentation. I needed this help with my grief.

[@Aashka_The_Mystic]

Wow, that actually makes sense now that the stages of grief were really the stages one goes through when they themselves are dying. My father went through all of those before he passed away, just mixed up a bit and not in that order exactly. I was in a state of shock mixed with sadness for about a month after he passed and now I'm crying a lot and really processing those feelings. My sleep patterns are really messed up. I wake up in the middle of the night with anxiety. I just want to cry everyday.

[@fiberglass101]

So just what is the process for overcoming grief? I need to know.

[@mariarempel541]

Thank you so much for your talk. I so would ike to have someone like you that I could share and talk with. I am hurt and grieve so much. Thank you so much.

[@TheGriefSchool]

Erica is applying for a TEDx as I type. You can hear more of her story on our podcast at Healing Starts with the Heart @ iTunes, or Spotify

[@halos07]

Amazing!

[@billwong6077]

Hi! I am an occupational therapist by trade. I am also a 2 timer on this very stage. I am also autistic. Now, I am also a curator for one of these TEDx events. So, I have been listening to this talk online from 4 perspectives. Content wise- this is really good. You went quite deep and made yourself vulnerable. I can also tell that you have a strategy for your slides design. Meanwhile, I think this is one of the talks where humor is not too important. Rather, you have heightened people's attention through your stories. So, this made me understand that not all TEDx talks need humor to make their speeches great. As someone who was recently diagnosed with autism (mine was in 2010), although I accepted my diagnosis because I kind of expected it at that time, I still went through my share of grief. I think because of the time and context of when it happened, I really would have wished my classmates sat down with me and spent time to talk to me to understand how I felt. But, I didn't blame them because graduate school is a hard place to do that. That said... my classmates told me later that they were proud of how resilient I was and now I ended up having a great bit more professional success than they do. As an occupational therapist, mental health is an area we are supposed to be competent at. And sometimes there are some of us who deal with patients who are in this very state. Your presentation has raised some important points on allied health professionals on how to help this population.

[@LauraJayneWY79]

I can't really hear this.

[@MysticalHydra]

in grief, everyone is a comfort addict. Never a true fix shall be found. The gradual trip round homeostasis takes time, the "withdrawal" of loss

[@wendilandkammer8368]

What she said about comming full circle. How do you do that? I need to do that. Where do I find out how to do that?

[@PauloFerreira8]

What a great talk, on such important topic, Sharon. It was a blessing working with you! Very honoured by the opportunity!

[@ljh150]

Thank you for sharing your story. Could you point me to the Ted Talk of your sister?

[@katuggle1983]

I wanted to listen to this but the sound is SO VERY low that I can not hear one word of this. How sad.

[@dianediane1245]

I can't heat her talk.

[@juliantreidiii]

Get her a microphone!

[@leahcarmen]

where can i find "Erica's' talk? I would be interested to hear it.

[@TheGriefSchool]

she is applying with her talk now. wish us luck

[@OGSumoVIBE]

seriously, why would you post something that has the volume of an ant whisper?

[@akinderreality]

how do we overcome very low volume in the audio?

[@MysticalHydra]

You gotta Van Goh it. It's risky, but efficacious

[@citlallimiranda9071]

people who are dying, grieve their own death?

[@jennw6809]

Audio barely audible - please reencode!

[@sarahmeyers1773]

I annoyed I watched this whole thing and she still didn’t tell us how to recover.

[@SusanBussau]

😅