Maria Kliavkoff, I am an author, keynote speaker, training leader, workshop facilitator and grief coach.  I was the founding Executive Director of the Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley, while there I studied with Dr. Alan Wolfelt and received my Death and Grief Studies Certificate, focused on complicated and traumatic grief, from the Center for Loss and Life Transition in Colorado.  In 2018 I stepped down from her position at the Hospice to resume my career as a keynote speaker and facilitator.  My new found passion was to create compassionate communities by teaching people the difference between grief and mourning, and the ways of healthy mourning.  I created the Healthy Mourning Revolution to revolutionize the way people think about grief and mourning.  During the covid pandemic and subsequent grief pandemic, I used the platforms of my podcast, Healthy Mourning Revolution Radio, the Healthy Mourning Channel (on You Tube) and the Healthy Mourning Revolution Live Launch to educate and disseminate vital information.  In 2019 I published my first book, Healthy Mourning, Happy Loving, 52 Ways to Convert Your Grief to Mourning with Ease and Grace.  My next 2 books, Healthy Mourning in a Grief Pandemic and Healthy Mourning for Womb Twin Survivors are currently in the works.