Support groups can be very overwhelming, so even Jen surprised herself when she decided to join a sibling loss support group just a couple of days after losing her brother LB.
It's been six years since that time and now she is co-president of the COPE Foundation.
Connecting Our Paths Eternally (COPE) is a nonprofit grief and healing organization dedicated to helping families living with the loss of a child.
COPE offers professionally facilitated support groups, a grief support phone line, and monthly healing workshops, including yoga, meditation, Reiki.
In this week's episode, I am sharing about how Jen found out about LB’s passing, what led her to join a support group program for surviving siblings, her advice to fellow surviving siblings, Jen’s grief journey and what she has done to move forward with her grief, as well as COPE Foundation and how it can help surviving siblings.
In this episode I’m covering:
- Intro [00:00:00]
- Jen and LB’s story [00:02:11]
- What happened after losing LB [00:14:50]
- How Jen found COPE and acknowledging her grief [00:19:01]
- Jen’s first time at a COPE’s support group [00:22:13]
- Advice for Surviving Siblings [00:26:52]
- Jen’s grief journey [00:30:09]
- Moving forward in her grief journey [00:36:52]
- Everyone experiences grief in a different way [00:46:07]
- COPE Foundation [00:58:30]
For full episode show notes and transcript, click here
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Connect with Jen Schwartz
Instagram | @cope.foundation
Facebook | COPE (Connecting Our Paths Eternally)
Website | COPEfoundation.org
Email Jen | Jen@copefoundation.org
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Twitter | @survivingsibpod
Website | The Surviving Siblings
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