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Olá, TEDxLisboa!

I HOPE YOU ENJOY MY TALK, “GRIEF TAUGHT ME HOW TO HOLD LIGHTLY”!

When we talk about grief, loss and death, we are often really talking about life and living.

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I’m Charlene Lam

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!)

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THE BOOK

Curating Grief

A Creative Guide to Choosing What to Keep After a Loved One Dies

This new book from certified grief coach and curator Charlene Lam offers an innovative way of seeing meaningful objects, the physical stuff, and our relationships with the dead, the living, and ourselves.

Portugal and Europe: Purchase on Amazon.es as paperback

US: Buy on Amazon.com as paperback or eBook

Support independent bookstores: Buy at Bookshop.org

UK: Available on Amazon.co.uk as paperback or eBook

Or buy the eBook directly from me as a PDF or EPUB

Intro: Curating Grief

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5min INTRO VIDEO: Curating Grief is a creative, accessible way to explore grief and loss, through meaningful objects — and the stories attached to them. Grief coach and founder of The Grief Gallery Charlene Lam explains how.