Natalie Bowker has had a wide range of experiences that have led her to think deeply about loss, and even further, into ambiguous loss - what it means to grieve something we can’t define. During her talk at TEDxMcMinnville, she encouraged all to embrace the ambiguity in our lives. Natalie Bowker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Her 20 year long career has traversed many unique work environments, including: counseling in schools, wilderness therapy, grief counseling, consulting for Optum Global Health, and behavioral health consulting in a local OB/GYN. For the past 10 years, she has enjoyed teaching graduate students at various universities in Minneapolis and Portland. The lesser known topic of Ambiguous Loss is on she knows quite intimately, and has a clinical focus on this topic. Natalie is also a yoga instructor and mother of two girls. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx