Meet

Barri Leiner Grant

Chief Grief Officer™ : The Memory Circle
Certified Grief Coach and Educator

www.thememorycircle.com

@blg, @thememorycircle

CLASSES I TEACH AT ALTAR

The Artist's Way, The Memory Circle: Grief Relief, Grief Yoga

LiFT Circle: The Memory Circle - Grief Support

I'm a modern multi-hyphenate -- currently working in the grief space as a guide and Bereavement Leave advocate.

I DO WHAT I DO BECAUSE:

Everyone deserves to be seen and heard in grief.

I LOVE:

Family, yoga and bad words

PIECE OF ADVICE I'D GIVE MY YOUNGER SELF:

Be proud of yourself

I FEEL MOST AT HOME:

Back on the East Coast

I LONG TO:

Create a Ted Talk!

ONE OUTFIT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE:

Monograms, jeans & Birks

MY FAVORITE FORM OF PLAY:

skeeball

BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE:

The Beauty of What Remains by Rabbi Steve Leder, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Are You There God It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume, Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman

MY FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH:

Anywhere with my sister

MY NO-FAIL, GO-TO FEEL GOOD SONG:

Jersey Girl by Bruce Springsteen

I WOULD LIKE TO REVOLUTIONIZE:

Bereavement Leave

THE ALTAR OF MY LIFE IS:

A beach filled with shells at the ocean's edge.

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