Suzanne Kapral<\/a> is a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children (CASA), Big Sister mentor, and Animal Welfare Advocate. Her day job includes developing programs and raising much needed money to best serve vulnerable children and at times, adults. Transformation through trauma and grief is tough, painful, messy, and terrifying. Yet, it is critical in order to move us individually and collectively toward a happier, healthier, and more sustainable life. The trauma Suzanne experienced growing up started a long journey of self-initiated nature and animal assisted therapy. This evolved into spearheading a local Children\u2019s Grief Camp. This camp, now in its 5th year, combines farm-based activities, farm animal assisted therapies, and grief education. <\/p>\n\n\n\nSuzanne believes the term unconditional love is redundant. True love, including self-love, has no conditions. Suzanne Kapral is a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children (CASA), Big Sister mentor, and Animal Welfare Advocate. Her day job includes developing programs and raising much needed money to best serve vulnerable children and at times, adults. Transformation through trauma and grief is tough, painful, messy, and terrifying. Yet, it is critical in order to move us individually and collectively toward a happier, healthier, and more sustainable life. The trauma Suzanne experienced growing up started a long journey of self-initiated nature and animal assisted therapy. This evolved into spearheading a local Children\u2019s Grief Camp. This camp, now in its 5th year, combines farm-based activities, farm animal assisted therapies, and grief education. Suzanne believes the term unconditional love is redundant. True love, including self-love, has no conditions. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7706,"template":"","tags":[19,27],"topic":[56],"class_list":["post-7705","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-telling-your-story","tag-trauma-informed-therapy","topic-benefits-of-care-farming"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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