When grief ends the performance | Elizabeth O'Donnell | TEDxFoggyBottom

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In her speech, Elizabeth O’Donnell explores the importance of prioritizing personal wellbeing. Through the loss of her daughter, Aaliyah, Elizabeth speaks of her motivation to create Aliyah in Action, an organization designed to distribute self-care items to help families suffering from perinatal, neonatal, and infant loss. Now, with thousands of packaged gifts delivered all across the globe, Elizabeth recounts her experiences and how she was able to stop acting and put herself first. Elizabeth O'Donnell is the founder and executive director of Aaliyah in Action, a nonprofit organization advancing compassionate, equitable support for families after pregnancy and infant loss while working to improve perinatal bereavement care systems nationwide. Elizabeth's work is rooted in lived experience. In 2020, her daughter Aaliyah was born ill after what appeared to be a healthy pregnancy. In the days that followed, Elizabeth encountered profound gaps in bereavement support, workplace protectio

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