05/29/2026
Series: PROTECT YOUR STUDIO: Legal Basics Every Dance Educator Needs to Know
Featuring: Damion Harmon, LCMHC, CGP, LCASA | Not Your Average Therapist
🎧 **EPISODE 4: Grief in Motion: Loss, Healing, and Resilience for Dancers and Athletes
⭐ Episode Focus:
In this host-only recap, Brianne Zborowski and Melissa McDaniel-Grisham reflect on their May series with licensed clinical mental health counselor Damion Harmon. They share their biggest personal takeaways on grief in competition, team transitions, community trauma, and injury -- and get honest about the language and habits they are each committed to changing in how they show up for their athletes.
TIMESTAMPS:
04:10 - TAKEAWAY #1 - Grief is everywhere in our studios. We just have to learn to see it.
07:01 - TAKEAWAY #2 - We minimize grief when it does not look like what we expect. Our job is to make room for the losses that do not have funerals.
13:10 - TAKEAWAY #3 - Injury grief is identity grief. And recovery is not just physical.
15:24 - TAKEAWAY #4 - Learning is only the beginning. The real work is what we do next.
15:45 - What was YOUR biggest takeaway from this series about grief and performance athletics?
RESOURCES:
16:17 - Get in touch with Damion!
16:20 - Social:
16:25 -Website: https://www.thecouchcollc.com
16:50: Resource for "A Loss is A Loss" Book & Workbook
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