The Mourning Meeting: Season 4, Episode 7
Creative Ways to Support Student Mental Health on College Campuses
This episode focuses on creative ways to support student mental health on college campuses. From marketing and outreach techniques to educating teachers about the shame many students feel when they struggle academically, we need more people who understand the reality of students today. Mandi and Dr. Kimberly Quinn discuss how we can best accommodate, and encourgae the wellness of our students.
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Mandi discusses with Peter Grumbacher, a retired rabbi and public speaker, the trends towards using euphemisms for the word died, and the problems that it can create.
Mandi talks to Karen McMahon, a certified relationship divorce coach and founder of journey beyond divorce. We are going to talk about the impact of divorce on college students and when the right time, if there is such a thing, for when a divorce should happen.
Mandi talks to Joanne Tubbs Kelly, the author of Walking Him Home, Helping My Husband Die With Dignity. Joanne discusses her husbands her terminal illness and the decision they made to end his life on his own terms. Joanne also shares the sudden loss of her son and the difference with grief between a sudden loss and a terminal illness.
Mandi speaks with Darcy Krause the former Executive Director of Uplift Center for Grieving Children. They explore ways to discuss — with children — the death of someone close to them. They also discuss the ramifications the death of a public figure has with children and the questions that come along with it.