Nurse\\\'s Voice Summit Presentation
The Grief You Carry Home: Why Your Own Loss Can't Wait
First available August 1, 2026 - ongoing on demand
About the Presentation
Nurses hold space for other people's worst days, then walk back in to do it again, with little room to feel their own grief. This talk looks at what happens when that grief gets pushed aside, and why processing it isn't separate from your wellbeing as a nurse - it's the foundation of it. Unprocessed grief doesn't disappear; it shows up as burnout and disconnection. You'll leave with a clearer understanding of how grief affects you and your patients, plus a few honest first steps forward. Attendees get Maryann's free list of mindfulness techniques - simple tools you can use mid-shift, not just at the end of one.
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About Maryann Udel
Maryann Udel is a grief-informed consultant and coach who helps individuals and communities move through loss, change, and life transition with clarity and strength. She creates space for honest conversation about grief - not just around it - and gives people practical ways to find steadiness, meaning, and a path forward, even when everything has changed. Maryann draws on both professional training and her own hard-won experience with major loss, bringing that same directness to leaders and communities working to raise their impact.