The Grief and Happiness Alliance
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A letter of endorsement form Marci Shimoff
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About the Founder Emily Thiroux Threatt

The Grief and Happiness Alliance

The Grief and Happiness Alliance provides support, comfort, love, and happiness for you.

About the founder,

We offer you:

  • Weekly gatherings on Zoom where you can meet other people just like you who are dealing with grief and are grateful for support. There is never a charge to come to our gatherings.
  • Sign up for our mailing list to receive our weekly newsletter helps you stay in touch and keeps you up to date on our Podcasts, our Blog, our activities, and other resources as they come up.
  • Join our Grief and Happiness Alliance Nonprofit Organization to help us grow.
  • Contribute to our Grief and Happiness Alliance Nonprofit Organization so we can provide even more services for you and fellow grievers around the world. Donate Now!

Our Founder and Facilitator Emily Thiroux Threatt said:

One of my friends said to me, ‘I just don't know how you can be so upbeat and help others deal with grief when you’ve lost two husbands. If I were you, I would have no idea what to do.’

I can understand her saying that, so I told her some things she could do. You can do these things to and discover how much better you can feel.

These are 3 things you can do that can start leading you to happiness, right now.

  1. Take good care of yourself.
  2. Set a goal for each day first thing when you get up.
  3. Laugh!

Please join us at our gatherings and use the resources we provide for you.
We are happy to become your new friends.

Questions? Write hello@griefandhappiness.com

The Grief and Happiness Alliance Nonprofit Organization

Formed by a group of compassionate supporters who see the value and necessity of loving and providing resources for those dealing with grief and loss. We are open to new members who share our vision. 

Our Purpose

  • Our purpose is to provide comfort and emotional support to those dealing with  the many expressions of grief and loss. Members will discover a supportive community and learn skills to recapture the experience of happiness.

Vision

  • Our vision is to create and sustain a supportive presence which provides a variety of resources addressing the needs of those dealing with grief and loss.

Mission

  • Our mission is to serve people dealing with grief and loss by providing online gatherings, building community, and offering workshops and retreats that teach skills for reclaiming happiness.

Core Values

  • Compassion
  • Integrity
  • Optimism
  • Philanthropy
  • Respect
  • Joy
  • Inclusion 

Include: 

All of the profits from the sale of The Grief and Happiness Handbook, The Grief and Happiness cards, and Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief go directly to the Grief and Happiness Alliance Nonprofit Organization to enable us to provide our services.

A letter of endorsement for the Grief and Happiness Alliance

November 26, 2022

Dear Happiness Supporter,

I have spent the last 25 years committed to teaching people how to live happier lives.   Through my NY Times bestselling books, including Happy for No Reason (which have sold more than 16 million copies in 33 languages), and my presentations all over the world, I realize the urgency of spreading the message of happiness.  I’ve witnessed the happiness work touch the hearts and rekindle the spirits of millions of people. That’s why I’m always thrilled when people discover new ways to share the gift of happiness.

Emily Thiroux Threatt realized that the work she was already doing to help people deal with grief could be greatly enhanced by also teaching them how to raise their happiness level. I met Emily in 2021 when she was a star student in my Happy for No Reason Certified Trainer Program.  During this program, she conceived of the idea to merge her brilliant work in the area of grief with the concepts and tools of Happy for No Reason.  Shortly after completing her certification, she founded the Grief and Happiness Alliance, a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve people dealing with grief and loss.  The Alliance provides profoundly supportive online gatherings and a space to build community and offers workshops and retreats that teach skills for reclaiming happiness–all free of charge.

It’s evident to me that Emily is a bright light on the planet who’s passionately committed to her mission of doing this work in the world. The core values of the organization are a direct reflection of her own values of compassion, integrity, optimism, philanthropy, respect, joy and inclusion. Yet, in order for Emily’s heart-centered non-profit to continue providing these valuable resources to an international community, The Grief and Happiness Alliance must rely on contributions from generous supporters.

I know from my years of research that supporting others is one way to raise your own happiness level and helping others learn how to be happier (even while dealing with grief and loss) is a powerful way to contribute to the world. So, if you’re feeling inspired to contribute, I encourage you to learn more about the
Grief and Happiness Alliance and donate at:  https://www.griefandhappiness.com.

I know your important contribution will go a long way to help support people’s happiness at a time when they most need it.  I’m grateful for anything you can do to contribute to this most inspiring and important work.

With every happiness,

Marci Shimoff,
#1 NY Times bestselling author, Happy for No Reason, Love for No Reason, and Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul

Meet Emily Thiroux Threatt

Short Bio

Emily has much experience in the grieving process including the death of two husbands, and through this, she has learned to face life with love, optimism, and joy.

She is a bestselling author, a podcast host, a speaker, and facilitator.

Her mission is to comfort and support those dealing with grief and loss focusing on happiness.

We all grieve and deal with loss throughout our lives. Emily invites you to explore with her how you can experience grief and happiness concurrently

More about Emily

Emily has much experience with the grieving process having dealt with the death of two husbands, as well as the deaths of her father, mother, sister, and many aunts, uncles, and friends. Through all this, she learned to face life with love, optimism, and joy.

She has kept journals and written to express herself most of her life. This led her to a career of teaching writing at the university level and writing textbooks. After her husbands died, she naturally turned to writing to help deal with her grief. Then she discovered that she could use her writing to help others deal with grief too. She created an online group to guide people through the ways writing provides comfort.

Emily wrote the book Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief: A Comprehensive Guide to Reclaiming and Cultivating Joy and Carrying on in the Face of Loss which provides guidance for navigating the downs and ups of that unfamiliar territory.

She felt something was missing in the work she was doing, and through the inspiration of author Marci Shimoff, she recognized the importance of helping people discover how allowing happiness to coexist with grief is essential. She created the popular podcast Grief and Happiness, but she knew she wanted to do more.

To help provide comfort, support, love, and happiness to those dealing with grief and loss, she founded the Grief and Happiness Alliance. This group meets on Zoom weekly to write about dealing with grief and to learn happiness practices. These meetings and other services are provided by the Grief and Happiness Alliance Nonprofit Organization so there is no charge to those who attend.

Emily retired on the beautiful island of Maui in Hawaii after a rich and varied career of teaching writing and owning and operating business ranging from an ambulance company to a live theatre, to a school of arts and more.

She spends her time now writing and teaching others how to deal with grief and loss and she teaches happiness practices.

Emily's Professional Biography

Emily holds a master’s degree with a concentration in writing. She taught writing and composition for over 30 years. During that time, she published three writing textbooks with Prentice Hall and Pearson Education.

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