Bryan Martin

Bryan Martin (Also known as Sealionbryan) is a marine biologist, educator, author and widower.

He achieved his Marine Biology degree for Salem University in Massachusetts and had an extremely successful career in animal care as an animal trainer and Director of Animal Care.

In 2018, he lost his partner Clayton to a terminal illness just 10 months after his father passed away. The storm of the first 2 years led into a pandemic and Bryan was trapped alone in his widowed world. He could feel the loneliness and depression sinking in. Watching others post about their pandemic grief reminded him of the start his grief journey. He had the choice to just give in, or take hold of the gift we all have inside - The ability to generate joy.

Bryan quickly learned he could use that gift to fight the darkness, and started to dance on social media. At the same time, Bryan began to share his widowed blog to show everyone there was hope to be had and that there would be smiles in their future. Social media was becoming a growing community connected and supported because of the combined grief. Through community we find support and that generates gratitude which, in turn, fuels the cycle to continue creating more positive energy and igniting the light that can guide others towards safe harbor.

His first book is the collection of social media posts, blog posts, insights and reflections that Bryan wrote from the time his partner Clayton passed away until they were able to have Clayton's funeral over 4 years later. It contains the writings as is without grammatical edits and sentence structure corrections because grief writes as it feels, corrections would dilute the honesty and authenticity of the emotions and experiences as Bryan truly felt them in the moment.

You can find Bryan on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok @SEALIONBRYAN