Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Maureen – Grief and Holidays

Maureen talks about feelings duing holidays

Jen – “1st year non-judgmental”

Jen discusses the ups and downs of the 1st year.

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Marija – The wilderness of grief

Marija discussed acknowedging all aspects of grief and living with grief.

Teresa – Understanding people with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa shares an example and discusses the importance of truly understanding people with intellectual disabilities when they are telling us their stories

Christian – “Grief in the opioid crisis”

Christian talks about looking for answers in great sadness.

Rev. Sky – “Wallowing”

Rev. Sky talks about how wallowing can help you release emotions and heal.

Michele – Normalizing conversations around death dying grief and loss

Michele discusses grief literacy, the importance of talking and that dying is a part of life

Michele – Talks about being a death doula

Michele explains what death doula’s do. Doula means servant. They support people on many different levels… for instance, emotionally, spiritually and physically

Carrie – Creating a photo narrative

Carrie explains how photography can give insight and express things that there reallhy aren’t words for. Photography can be one addtitional way in which to express and capture those moments of our sorrow, grief and pain as well as transformation and healing

Michele – My Story

MIchele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

Chantal – The benefits of the physical part of art making

Chantal talks about how art can release energy in a healthy cathartic way