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Why Curate Grief?
Curating Grief is a creative, accessible way to explore grief and loss, through the objects — and the stories attached to them. Grief coach Charlene Lam explains how.
What does it mean to “Curate” Grief?
Curating is Choosing with Intention.
1. After the death of a loved one or a significant loss, we are often faced with difficult choices. What to keep. Who gets what. What to say or do.
When we’re faced with these situations, we can use curating as a beautiful lens for making these choices.
2. As grieving people, we are facing circumstances outside of our control. Death, loss, illness. It can be very empowering to see the choices that we do have. To see what we do have control over.
3. Everyone can curate. Whether you have physical items or not. Whether your loss is recent or years ago.
You are likely already curating. You are choosing what takes up space in your life every day. Physical space and emotional space.
Let’s choose with intention. Let’s Curate Grief.
hi!
I’m Charlene
After my mother died suddenly in 2013, I found myself drowning in grief … and her belongings.
It’s a common problem: Feeling overwhelmed, stuck and unable to move forward after the death of a loved one. My uncommon solution: Curating an exhibition about my mother!
Now I help other people with their grief and experiences of loss, using the lens of curating.
As curator of The Grief Gallery™, I present international exhibitions featuring the belongings of loved ones lost.
As a certified grief coach, I use my Curating Grief framework to help grieving individuals navigate loss in a creative, accessible way.
(And you don’t need to be an artist or creative, or to even have any physical objects, to curate!)
Grief Support
Free Grief Gathering
Join us for The Grief Gallery’s free monthly grief gathering, on Zoom the last Wednesday of every month at 2pm ET.
Curating Grief Podcast
Sharing my favorite grief coping tools, stories and interviews.
Individual Grief Support
Want personalized help with your grief? Feeling stuck? Find out more about individual grief coaching.
Newsletter
Sign up for updates, invitations to events and grief resources.
WHY OBJECTS?
Meaningful Objects and Grief
The belongings and physical objects can teach us a lot about grief — and be a starting point for healing and connection.
THE FILM
Curating Grief: Loss and Objects
A short film about Curating Grief by London-based filmmkaer Jamie Max Lee, shot on location in Lisbon.
HOW IT STARTED
Curating Grief: How to Choose What to Keep
Struggling with choosing what to keep after a loved one dies? In my signature talk, I share the origin story behind The Grief Gallery and some key Curating Grief concepts.
Grief Events
I love speaking about grief, from death-related loss to life's many transitions. Visit my Speaker Page or contact me at hello@charlenelam.com to learn more.
Monthly Grief Gathering
Join The Grief Gallery's free monthly grief gathering, on Zoom the last Wednesday of every month at 2pm ET/7pm UK.
Next gatherings: Wed Aug 28th and Wed Sept 25th
Grief and Identity Panel
How Who We Are Impacts How We Grieve: A panel discussion exploring the intersection of grief and identity with PAUSE and the Heartlight Center. Tue Aug 20th. Free.
Exhale Wellness Festival
A new online festival helping people to navigate life’s challenges and changes, from the team behind the UK's Good Grief Fest. Oct 5-6
Meet me in ...
Did you know I offer 1:1 coaching and private retreats in-person? You are welcome to come to Lisbon, Portugal where I'm based. Plus these options:
Los Angeles, Nov 2024 - End Well conference and more
NYC and the Berkshires, Jan 2025
Mexico, Nayarit Riviera (by Puerto Vallerta), Feb 2025
Contact me at hello[at]charlenelam.com to inquire
Charlene Lam
I help grieving people to feel lighter and less burdened after losing a loved one, using the lens of curating and the tools of coaching.
hello@charlenelam.com
New York, NY | Lisbon, Portugal
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