Karen Danlovich, M.Ed.
Helping communities better understand childhood grief, and build stronger circles of support for children and families.
Karen Danlovich is the Founder and Executive Director of Tidal Resilience Foundation. Drawing on her experience as an educator, school leader, and nonprofit founder, she helps organizations better understand childhood grief and discover practical ways to support grieving children and families.
Karen partners with educators, healthcare professionals, nonprofit leaders, and community organizations to create conversations that inspire compassion, strengthen communities, and leave audiences with practical tools they can use immediately.
Topics Karen Loves to Explore
Karen enjoys conversations that help audiences better understand childhood grief, resilience, and the power of community. Popular presentation topics include:
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Supporting grieving children with compassion and confidence
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Building resilience after loss
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The healing power of nature and the ocean
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Helping families move with grief instead of through it
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Creating communities where children feel seen and supported
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What educators, organizations, and neighbors can do to help grieving families
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Turning personal loss into purpose and service
Signature Presentations
Supporting Grieving Children
with Compassion and Confidence
Children grieving the loss of a parent or caregiver need more than sympathy.
Karen helps audiences understand childhood grief while sharing practical strategies for creating environments where grieving children feel safe, understood, and supported.
Audience takeaway:
Leave with greater confidence supporting grieving children in everyday interactions.
Building Resilience After Loss
Resilience isn’t about leaving grief behind.
Karen shares practical lessons from education, nature, and community that help families and organizations move forward together.
Audience takeaway:
Learn practical ways to foster resilience without minimizing grief.
Ocean-Centered Healing,
Reflection, and Connection
The ocean teaches resilience, change, and hope.
Karen explores how nature-based experiences can become powerful partners in healing and emotional growth.
Audience takeaway:
Discover how outdoor experiences create space for healing conversations.
Creating a Community of Care
Around Grieving Families
Healing doesn’t happen in isolation.
Karen shows how schools, nonprofits, healthcare providers, volunteers, businesses, and neighbors each play a role in supporting grieving children.
Audience takeaway:
Identify simple ways every organization can strengthen its circle of care.
Presentation Formats
Every audience has unique goals, challenges, and time constraints. Karen offers keynote presentations, workshops, and interactive sessions that can be customized to meet your organization’s goals, audience, and available time.
Formats may include:
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Conference keynote presentations
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Professional development sessions
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Community workshops
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School presentations
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Nonprofit and volunteer training
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Panel discussions
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Retreats and special events
Ideal Audiences
A Great Fit For:
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Healthcare organizations
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Hospice and bereavement programs
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Schools and school districts
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School counselors and social workers
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Youth-serving nonprofits
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Community organizations
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Parks and recreation agencies
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Therapeutic recreation programs
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Faith communities
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Foundations and civic organizations
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Corporate volunteer and community engagement programs
The Story Behind Tidal Resilience
A Founder Who Turned Personal Loss Into Purpose
Karen Danlovich is the Founder and Executive Director of Tidal Resilience Foundation, a Northeast Florida nonprofit supporting children and families navigating the loss of a parent or caregiver.
Karen knows firsthand how childhood grief shapes a life. After losing her mother at age nine and her father at nineteen, Karen experienced firsthand how grief shapes childhood and young adulthood. Those experiences, combined with more than fifteen years in education as a teacher, coach, and assistant principal, inspired her to create Tidal Resilience.
Today, Karen leads a growing movement centered on compassion, resilience, and community. Through Resilience Kits, Resilience Rides, The Reef, workshops, and partnerships across Northeast Florida, she is helping children discover that while grief changes us, it does not define what comes next.
What Guides Karen’s Work
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Joy and grief can exist together. Children do not need to stop grieving before they can experience connection, laughter, or moments of happiness.
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Resilience means learning to move with grief. It is not about leaving loss behind or pretending it no longer hurts.
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Nature creates space for healing. The outdoors can help children slow down, feel grounded, and express what words cannot.
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Healing happens in relationships. Children are more likely to feel supported when caring people stay present through grief.
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Every caring adult can strengthen a child’s circle of support. Small acts of understanding, consistency, and compassion can make a meaningful difference.
Bring Karen to Your Organization
Let’s Start a Conversation
Planning a conference, staff development event, community workshop, or educational program? Karen would love to learn more about your audience and create a presentation that supports your goals.
Together, we can create conversations that inspire compassion, strengthen communities, and help grieving children and families feel seen, supported, and never alone.
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