Emily is a Grief Transformation Expert and holds a Master’s Degree in English with a Concentration in Writing. She has been teaching writing and composition on the college and university level over 30 years. During that time, she published three writing textbooks. with Prentice Hall and Pearson Education.

She participated with the Bereaved Person’s Association in Bakersfield, California, which her husband co-founded. She also assisted her husband Jacques Thiroux, a bio-ethicist, with multiple revisions of his popular text Ethics Theory and Practice published by Prentice Hall and Pearson Education. She presents Writing Through Grief workshops.

In today’s episode, Emily shares her journey learning through loss. We don’t usually make any preparations for the reality of loss, many of us ignore it, or we assume loss won’t happen to us. When loss occurs, we tend to be totally unprepared. From her own personal experiences, Emily knows what loss feels like, and these experiences have led her to becoming a guide for others who need support on their journey as they start to live again and become open to loving again. As Emily shares, her calling and purpose in life appeared early in her youth, when she was fourteen years old she started going on Ambulance calls. Later, she became a licensed vocational nurse, where she also often dealt with crisis, dying patients, and their family. Emily shares her personal journey with loss, and her reflections, wisdom, and vulnerability will remind you that we can love and live through our grief and loss, and open our hearts to joy.

“We don’t usually make any preparations for the reality of loss. Many of us ignore it, or we assume loss won’t happen to us. When loss occurs, we tend to be totally unprepared. Most of us live in some state of detail until loss actually occurs, then we’re lost. Immediately our whole world stands still as we try to absorb what’s happened, and at the same time not being able to be sure of how we can begin to live again. I know what this poignant moment of loss feels like from my own personal experiences of losing many loved ones and dealing with other kinds of losses over the years. These experiences have led me to becoming a guide for others who need support on their journey, as they start to live again and become open to loving again.”

— Emily Threatt

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To learn more and connect with Emily visit her website https://lovingandlivingyourwaythroughgrief.com/ sign up for her weekly blog here https://lovingandlivingyourwaythroughgrief.com/blog/ find her classes on finding joy and writing about loss at https://emily-thiroux-threatt.mykajabi.com/store and on Instagram @emily_thiroux_threatt Facebook @emily.thiroux you can find her Facebook Group Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief here and Reclaiming Your Joy After Loss here and on Twitter @ThreattEmily and for speaking information click here

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