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GNA-NM Adds Griever Section to Website to Better Serve the Community
In late October 2025, GNA-NM launched the newest addition to the website: A page for grievers to find resources. While GNA-NM is a professional community of practitioners and volunteers dedicated to supporting those who grieve, we want this virtual space to be a welcoming place for anyone who has been impacted by grief and loss. Please feel free to direct your clients, colleagues, and communities to this page as a resource and link to it on your personal or organizational website.
Do you have a grief support resource or program to share?
GNA-NM Hosts Fall Virtual Presentation by
Dr. Macy Burkett
On October 20, 2025, the Grief Networking Alliance of New Mexico, in partnership with HeartLight Center, welcomed 17 professionals for our Fall Virtual Presentation with Dr. Macy Burkett, a researcher at the University of Kansas, mother of two, and pregnancy loss survivor.
Dr. Burkett shared both her personal and professional insights into the often invisible and isolating grief that accompanies miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Through her presentation, participants explored ways to better understand this unique form of loss, recognize common experiences among grievers, and learn how professionals across all fields can offer meaningful support to those affected.
The discussion encouraged open reflection and collaboration, reminding us that while pregnancy loss is an under-discussed experience, it is far from uncommon. The Grief Networking Alliance is grateful to Dr. Burkett for her honesty, expertise, and compassionate guidance in helping our professionals better serve those who grieve.
GNA-NM Hosts the First Annual Grief and Loss Resource Fair for Professionals
We hosted our first (now annual) Grief and Loss Resource Fair for professionals at Daniels Family Funerals-Carlisle Chapel on May 15, 2025. Over 40 organizations and 75 attendees from all over the state attended to share their resources and be in community as support professionals.
The winner of our prize drawing was
Christi Rein, Death Doula, Angel Way!
GNA-NM Hosts Tour of Horses for Healing in Albuquerque
GNA-NM members recently had a truly moving visit to Horses for Healing, an incredible equine therapy facility in Albuquerque! We got a behind-the-scenes look at their work on August 12, 2025 and learned about their philosophy of treating horses as therapeutic partners. We even got to practice some of the techniques used with the horses firsthand. One of the most fascinating takeaways was the neurobiological component of this therapy. Because horses have larger hearts than humans, they generate an electromagnetic field that can help regulate our nervous systems and heart rates. It was a day of profound insights, with members sharing comments like, “I didn’t know how bad I needed this” and “Now I have more referral sources for my clients.” This visit was a powerful reminder of the deep connection between nature, animals, and mental well-being - and the need to care for ourselves as grief and loss professionals.
