Losing Your Mom and Starting a Grief Community with Alica Forneret

Dying of Laughter

Alica Forneret is an educator and consultant from California. She runs a business in the end of life space and its mission is to facilitate spaces for people to navigate their grief. Her writing and work has been featured in the LA Times, NY Times, GQ, HuffPost, and more. For fun she likes to make epic (plant-based) cheeseboards. Today we discuss the loss of her mother to various complications. We also discuss the complexities of grief when you're adopted, and her fabulous event, CAREGIVING 2021, happening now!

Caregiving 2021 is event for those grieving the loss of their parent or caregiver.

https://alicaforneret.com/caregiving-2021

Formerly known as “Motherless Mother’s Day”, Caregiving 2021 is a virtual event built for people grieving the loss of a caregiver - be that a mother, a father, a guardian, or otherwise. This year, we’re expanding the offering and evolving the format to support during Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and all the days in between. We’re here to facilitate care for you, for your people, and for the community.

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