Maggie Bauer

Bereaved Sister

Maggie’s beloved brother Chris died from suicide in August of 2012. Chris was Maggie’s older brother and only sibling. After the shock, numbness then intense pain decreased, Maggie moved back home to Minnesota where she found some resources including the Grief Recovery Institute® and became a Grief Recovery Specialist ®. Her local chapter of Compassionate Friends has been an extremely valuable resource for her as well. Maggie attended the Minneapolis chapter of Compassionate Friends for 8 years and is now on the steering committee and the sibling loss facilitator. In the years since her brother’s death, Maggie has spoken to hundreds of people about the loss of a sibling and general grief and in 2022 received the national Karen Snepp award for her advocacy as a bereaved sibling. Her goal is to help people get a grip on their own grief so they can live a full life again.

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