Grief Out Loud: Creating A Home For Grief

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Remember the last time you tried to talk about grief and suddenly everyone left the room? Grief Out Loud is opening up this often avoided conversation because grief is hard enough without having to go through it alone. We bring you a mix of personal stories, tips for supporting children, teens, and yourself, and interviews with bereavement professionals. Platitude and cliché-free, we promise! Grief Out Loud is hosted by Jana DeCristofaro and produced by The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families in Portland, Oregon.

Creating A Home For Grief - Laura Green 0

Mar 8, 2024

What if there was a place you could go in your grief and be both perfect and broken? That's the kind of place Laura Green dreamed up with her friend and co-founder, Sascha Demerjian. Together they created The Grief House, a community space for people to explore grief through movement, conversation, creativity, and care. Since she was very young, Laura can remember being afraid of death. Afraid of losing everyone and everything she cared about, especially her mother. Three years after starting The Grief House, Laura had to face that biggest fear when her mother, Grace, died in the summer of 2023.

We discuss:

Laura's current grief expression - clay
Why she feels so lucky to be her mother's daughter
The fear of death she's had as long as she can remember
How her mother's death story has influenced Laura's grief story
Why it was so important for Laura to spend time with her mother's body
The physicality of death and grief
The Grief House's origin story
What Laura and her co-founder are dreaming up next for The Grief House