Sherokee ilse biography

Author of 19 books and booklets on the subject of loss and healing, including my first and most popular self-help book for parents and families, Empty Arms.
Sherokee Ilse has both personal and professional experience with loss.
Sherokee Ilse, a Mpls author, has written/co-written over 17 books and booklets on infant loss and bereavement as the result of her miscarriages and the.

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Books by Sherokee Ilse

Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
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3.91 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions

Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for Grieving Mothers
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4.25 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions

They Were Still Born: Personal Stories about Stillbirth
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4.56 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions

Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss through the Arts
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4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions

Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions

The Prenatal Bombshell: Help and Hope When Continuing or Ending a Precious Pregnancy After an Abnormal Diagnosis
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4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions

Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Early Infant Death
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4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012

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Sherokee Ilse lost 3 babies of her own through a miscarriage, a full-term stillborn son and an ectopic pregnancy. She has two living sons and she is one of the early pioneers in perinatal loss and bereavement. Not only is she the author of 18 books and booklets about loss and healing, including her first and most popular self-help book for parents and families titled Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death, Sherokee also speaks, trains and consults across the globe. Miscarriage, stillbirth, NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) losses and sudden infant death along with child loss and general bereavement have been Sherokee’s areas of expertise for the past 30+ years.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

“The Dark Ages” when it comes to prenatal loss and bereavement.
What to say – and what not to say – to families who have lost a baby.
The importance of helping couples communicate and support each other at the time of loss and over time.
The difference between a grief counselor and a grief mentor.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS SHEROKEE:

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Sherokee has presented thousands of workshops on childbearing loss and general bereavement to national, regional and local groups in 45 states, Canada, Australia, NZ, UK, and Japan including:

Loss Family Advisor, Loss Doula certification trainer 2011-present (2023)
Christiana Care Health Regional Palliative Care Conference, keynote - 2016, 2018
Int’l Stillbirth Conference, Baltimore, MD 2012
Int’l Stillbirth Alliance Conference, Wash. DC 2005, Japan 2006, England 2007, Sydney 2010
Sands, NZ national conference, 2010, 2015
Lamaze International, Orlando 2009, 2016
Birth Int’l Childbirth Conference, Australia 2006/2010, England 2005
SIDS Int’l/Stillbirth Alliance Conference, Japan 2006
National Perinatal Bereavement Conferences 2012, 2010, 2008, 02, ’98, ’96, ’94, ’92, ’88, ’86
National Parent Care Conferences 1995, ’94, ’93, ’89, ‘88
Int’l Compassionate Friends Conference, England 1994
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Conferences 2005, ‘00, ‘99, ‘94
Int’l Childbirth Conferences, 2000, ’99, ’98, ’93, ‘89
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