My guest today is Jill Kottmeier, registered nurse and thanatologist. Jill is the director of Well-being and Bereavement Services at Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Illinois. For more than 2 decades, Jill has been supporting families at her hospital and accompanying them through the difficult process of having to say goodbye to their baby too soon. Her mission is two-fold, to support parents experiencing the loss of their baby and to support hospital staff so they can better care for families going through loss. This is a support that starts as soon as they get the news that their baby is not alive, but continues well after families have left the hospital.

It is an honor to have her on the podcast today, and hear all the insights that she’s gonna bring to us, the learning experiences and the wisdom accumulated while working with hundreds of babies and families at their most difficult time. It is my hope that this interview gives you a deeper inside into the world of perinatal loss, and gives you effective tools on how to nurture and support family, friends or clients going through this experience.

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Connect with Jill Kottmeier:

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-kottmeier-88419789

Endeavor Health Northwest Community Health Website

https://www.eehealth.org/blog/authors/jill-kottmeier/

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