Gracelyn Bateman's guest appearances

Gracelyn Bateman

Death Is Hilarious

The Death Dialogues Project Podcast

UNSUGARCOATED with Aalia

Benjamin Franklin

Tim Ryan

James Joyce

Mao Zedong

Genghis Khan

Grace Lee

Michael Anthony

John Wilmot

Katharine Hepburn

Jack Parsons

Jennifer Lee

Lori LoCicero

Mathew Knowles

Mary Shelley

Charlie Chaplin

OwlTail

In this episode, I spoke with Gracelyn Bateman, one half of Luna Peak,  a foundation focused on creating books and products that elevate the stories of survivors in the grief and cancer communities, celebrate life, and give back. Gracelyn can also be seen on the foundation’s Instagram account, Snapshots of Life After Loss, which showcases authentic and often humorous grief perspectives. We chatted about the 5 year anniversary of when Gracelyn suddenly lost her dad, how she’s using her masters degree in sociology from Columbia to study the grief process, her professional opinion on using dark humor to cope, Luna Peak’s “The Grief Workbook” (a silly way to unpack your grief, reflective prompts funeral week bingo, loss word puzzle, and word search for condolences), how nerve wracking it was to step into the grief space, what it was like posting funny memes about grief on Instagram, the importance of representation and multiculturalism in grieving spaces, why we need to share our grief to open the door to broader conversations about coping mechanisms, how often grievers are silenced for laughing, surrounding yourself with people who understand, and the awkwardness of telling the cashier at REI your dad is dead.For more information about Death Is Hilarious, visit deathishilarious.com To get in touch, email deathishilarious@gmail.com. You can support the podcast by subscribing, becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathishilarious, or by simply sharing the show with your friends and on social media.

In this episode, I spoke with Gracelyn Bateman, one half of Luna Peak, a foundation focused on creating books and products that elevate the stories of survivors in the grief and cancer communities, celebrate life, and give back. Gracelyn can also be seen on the foundation’s Instagram account, Snapshots of Life After Loss, which showcases authentic and often humorous grief perspectives. We chatted about the 5 year anniversary of when Gracelyn suddenly lost her dad, how she’s using her masters degree in sociology from Columbia to study the grief process, her professional opinion on using dark humor to cope, Luna Peak’s “The Grief Workbook” (a silly way to unpack your grief, reflective prompts funeral week bingo, loss word puzzle, and word search for condolences), how nerve wracking it was to step into the grief space, what it was like posting funny memes about grief on Instagram, the importance of representation and multiculturalism in grieving spaces, why we need to share our grief to open the door to broader conversations about coping mechanisms, how often grievers are silenced for laughing, surrounding yourself with people who understand, and the awkwardness of telling the cashier at REI your dad is dead. For more information about Death Is Hilarious, visit <a href="http://deathishilarious.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">deathishilarious.com</a> To get in touch, email <a href="mailto:deathishilarious@gmail.com">deathishilarious@gmail.com</a>. You can support the podcast by subscribing, becoming a patron at <a href="http://patreon.com/deathishilarious" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/deathishilarious</a>, or by simply sharing the show with your friends and on social media.

Snapshots After Loss: Interview with Gracelyn Bateman

What does it mean to have cancer, survive it and then use that to help other cancer survivors go through their own journey?  Just ask Aalia and her friends Melody Lomboy and Gracelyn Batemen, with Luna Peak Foundation.  In this episode, they speak on the journey of advocacy and the challenges that it brings as well as Luna Peak's efforts with an upcoming book release intended to bring positivity and hope to newly diagnosed cancer patients through storytelling and photography.  Find tons of inspiration and beauty in this conversation about struggle, loss, and what survivors do to help each other through the difficult journey of whooping cancer butt.

E30:What Does Cancer Look Like? with Luna Peak Foundation's Melody Lomboy and Gracelyn Bateman