Sherokee Ilse, President
Sherokee brings 3 decades of experience to this new paradigm of care. As a bereaved parent herself, she has helped to bring much positive change to how bereaved parents are cared for through her tireless work. In the early years, she championed the new idea of seeing, holding, meeting, and parenting babies who had died, which was uncommon and misunderstood. As a trainer and advocate for peer support for newly bereaved for 30+ years, Sherokee and a team of dedicated professionals and parents created the first Baby Loss Doula certification program to help ensure that more parents worldwide would be given continuity of care and wise advice throughout their loss experience. ** More
During 30+ years of presenting thousands of programs and inservices, Sherokee has encouraged and inspired caregivers to give more fully informed guidance along with compassionate care to families experiencing the death of their sons and daughters. As a mentor to many, Ilse persistently continues to advocate for change; lately her initiatives include infant loss research and prevention,, self-transport and home care after death following miscarriage, stillbirth, and other infant deaths, improved care for miscarrying parents, and reducing the rush to delivery after a baby dies. While advocating for peer support involvement with the newly bereaved has always been important, this latest initiative takes it much further.
Sherokee is the author of 18 books and booklets on infant loss and bereavement including her the book used by many hospitals to help newly bereaved families at the time of their loss--Empty Arms. She is the co-founder and president of a number of infant loss organizatins including Babies Remembered which has a consulting division. Her company Wintergreen Press publishes and sells many books, booklets, gifts, and other memory items for families and care givers. As an international parent advocate and trainer, she travels throughout the world speaking, consulting, and supporting families in need.
Visit her website to learn more about Babies Remembered Associates, Parent Support after Loss, and the Healing Hearts eShop at www.babiesremembered.org
Sherokee brings 3 decades of experience to this new paradigm of care. As a bereaved parent herself, she has helped to bring much positive change to how bereaved parents are cared for through her tireless work. In the early years, she championed the new idea of seeing, holding, meeting, and parenting babies who had died, which was uncommon and misunderstood. As a trainer and advocate for peer support for newly bereaved for 30+ years, Sherokee and a team of dedicated professionals and parents created the first Baby Loss Doula certification program to help ensure that more parents worldwide would be given continuity of care and wise advice throughout their loss experience. ** More
During 30+ years of presenting thousands of programs and inservices, Sherokee has encouraged and inspired caregivers to give more fully informed guidance along with compassionate care to families experiencing the death of their sons and daughters. As a mentor to many, Ilse persistently continues to advocate for change; lately her initiatives include infant loss research and prevention,, self-transport and home care after death following miscarriage, stillbirth, and other infant deaths, improved care for miscarrying parents, and reducing the rush to delivery after a baby dies. While advocating for peer support involvement with the newly bereaved has always been important, this latest initiative takes it much further.
Sherokee is the author of 18 books and booklets on infant loss and bereavement including her the book used by many hospitals to help newly bereaved families at the time of their loss--Empty Arms. She is the co-founder and president of a number of infant loss organizatins including Babies Remembered which has a consulting division. Her company Wintergreen Press publishes and sells many books, booklets, gifts, and other memory items for families and care givers. As an international parent advocate and trainer, she travels throughout the world speaking, consulting, and supporting families in need.
Visit her website to learn more about Babies Remembered Associates, Parent Support after Loss, and the Healing Hearts eShop at www.babiesremembered.org
