PRESS AND AWARDS
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“The Grieving Project has become an innovative way to incorporate creativity (music, spoken word/creative writing, and art) to inspire meaningful and therapeutic discussion about the stages of grief among patients. The audiobook appeals to different patient populations of varying conditions/diagnoses, levels of functioning, and life experience. The patients enjoy listening to the audiobook chapters, which generate supportive and caring peer discussion of what it’s like to grieve the loss of what life was like for them before their illness, their struggles in their present situations, and their continued inspiration, hope, healing and resilience for the rest of their lives.”
Frances Ancheta-Becker, MS, RN, CTRS,
Supervising Creative Arts Therapist, San Mateo Medical Center
“I enjoyed the art and format. I felt so energized and connected to myself afterwards. Thank you so much for all your generous sharing. Your facilitating was superb. Will there be more sessions by you? I hope so. I enjoyed it immensely! I was also very moved by the video. It was very powerful. Thanks again for sharing your gifts.” Teresa S.
“Thank you so much for this workshop. I attended late but it was all so wonderful and everything resonated with me so much!! I can’t wait to listen to the program again.” Niki L.
“I’m so impressed with your art, music and compassion to help others cope with and grieve their chronic illnesses” Lisa W.
“I appreciate your journey and hope to find myself is a better place learning from your experience.” Tara
“Thank you so much for hosting this workshop. I found it extremely helpful and it was wonderful to have an opportunity to express myself.” Jessica
“As with the previous workshop, this one was equally empowering. Thank all your hard work and preparation. A close friend of mine who became my friend after DM attended and was very moved. She commented after that your workshop and The Grieving Project gave her insight into what we go through and other people with chronic illness endure. She was very moved.” Cindy
"Hello Lisa…I am registered for your Grieving Loss and creativity online workshop tomorrow. I am delighted to learn of people who are utilizing creativity as part of their healing process when confronted with loss in the midst of chronic health challenges... am excited to learn from you and to share with others. sending love and gratitude"
"Thank you so much for this work! It came in the mail today, and I just listened to the whole thing straight through. I am presenting on hospice/palliative care tomorrow in a class for non-majors, and I had included the cycle of Grief but was not planning to go through pieces of it simply due to time. I read your booklet while listening to the lyrics and will plan to share some of the pieces of your lyrics with the class. Also, I can use this not just for end of life issues but for a trauma program that we do at the jail with both adult inmates and also with the juveniles." Lee Anna
"I just read about your journey and your music CD The Grieving Project. It sounds amazing and I’d love to be able to use this with my groups." Debbie
“I appreciate how you have transformed your grief and created something so compelling and useful to help others." David
"We would love to receive a copy of The Grieving Project to share with our chronically ill teens! Grief is such an important part of healing and living with chronic illness! We would love to learn more! Looking forward to digging into this cool resource." Katie
"We appreciate you thinking of us and our patient population with chronic illness. I applaud you for creating such a powerful resource for grieving, as this is a subject we often encounter with our hospitalized population!” Danielle Flynn
“Thank you so much for this opportunity. I think this would be very beneficial with all the teens we are seeing with mental health struggles. I will be sure to share with our music therapist and other Child Life staff to reach as many people as possible.” Sharon Pesci CCLS ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital
"As the manager of Arts for Healing we use the arts daily to assist youth to explore their feelings and life experiences including those related to living with illness. I look forward to learning about your program.” Janice Baker
"Our Art Review Committee saw the Grieving Project and would like to incorporate it into our hospital. It will be housed at the Family Health Library, a free resource center on the first floor. Our bereavement team is especially interested in incorporating it into their support groups."
“I’m an art therapist in SC and one of my colleagues shared the info on your project. I am interested in a copy of your audiobook… Thank you for creating this! I hope that it helps many others who are struggling with the challenges of living with a chronic illness.” Ashton Sullivan, LPC, ATR
“Hi Lisa: I co-lead 2 groups for people with chronic illness and would greatly appreciate the resources. What great timing – we are just about to plan projects for September.” Meera Rastogi
“Hi Lisa. I learned of the opportunity for your audio book today through KAHCF. I serve with Bluegrass Care Navigators. We are a hospice and palliative care provider for 32 Kentucky counties. We serve both patients in homes and in nursing homes. I would love to access your work to integrate with our integrative medicine services, including music therapy. How can we get started?” Chad
“Yes! I’m interested in the Grieving Project. I am an art therapist, art teacher and am undergoing adjunctive treatment for colon cancer. As teachers we are grieving the loss of classrooms, programs, cohorts, and students. As a therapist our MO is empathy and an uneasy balance of self and selflessness. Thanks for recognizing that some of us put off grieving and offering a way forward.” Lisa Moore ATR, LPC
"There is a national need for the roadmap to the heart that Sniderman/ Aoede has produced... Not only does Sniderman/Aoede deserve a music award for her creativity, but she deserves a humanitarian award for turning her creativity into a pathway to thriving for the nation in a time of grief." Patrick O'Heffernan, Indie Pulse Music
"It's raw, painful and deeply poetic... so courageous, but also so compassionate...this is setting the bar for what the Spoken Word genre can and should be."
"...so deep and I can totally see it as a play. It reminds me a bit of Hamilton and dear Evan Hansen- with such important content and actors acting it out! This is amazing!"
"Appreciate the way you bring vulnerability to your work."
"...deep and synergistic; a treat for the mind, the ear, and the heart."
"[It] should be required listening in the schools!"
"Loved being able to experience the evolution of emotions through the combination of music and words. Raw and uncomfortable feelings that we all go thru at some point."
"...Made me feel like I was listening to a mini musical production. I was sucked right into it from the moment I pressed play… it really takes you on a journey from grief to joy from the perspective of these people who are living with said illnesses."
"So engaging, creative, honest, contemporary… I love the sound track to your poetic voice and story!!"
"This is absolutely inspiring and breathtakingly beautiful... fantastic and extremely relevant project. I am certain it will inspire many. I loved listening..."
"What a powerful idea for an album. Surviving to thriving - that's what we're all going for right now! I love that you go beyond the first difficult stages and into all those great positive phases beyond acceptance too."
"I think people need to hear this, and it is wonderfully done."
"You're a great artist and an amazing human being. Thank you for putting your pain into art and healing."
"Brave and cathartic work!"
"I immediately saw the work as a live multi-media production with musicians, dancers, actors, and projections. The work is meaningful, powerful, and beautiful artistry!"
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Living with a chronic illness for 13 1/2 years, Lisa Sniderman, also known as Aoede, creates, records, and shares her original musicals, art, music, and stories to express, to heal and empower others to grieve and thrive. She fosters healing by giving your creative spirit wings and inspiring you to share your story, and uses her arts and music to give a voice to, elevate and empower those with chronic illnesses and disabilities to improve their mental health and wellness, grieve and thrive.