Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Janice – “It’s never too late to grieve”

Janice talks about the importance of noticing feelings.

Craig – Grieving as a Single Parent

In this video, Craig talks about the challenges of grieving as a single parent. He shares his own experiences and offers advice on how to cope with grief, talk to your kids about what’s happening, and ask for help from others.This video is for any single parent who is grieving the loss of a loved one. It is also for anyone who knows a single parent who is grieving and wants to offer support.

Shannon – Growing through Grief

Shannon discusses post traumatic growth and how it can be an expectation

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

Maureen discusses grieving during the holidays and being lifter up by kindness

Christian – “Overdose Death”

Christian talks about an overdose death not defining who that person was.

Chantal – Giving space

Chantal discusses how it is good and honouring to the one you’ve lost to give space and feel everything

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Claudia – Waterlillies

Claudia talks about how she painted on panels big enough to hug to help her with her grief

Madelyn – Accept what you are feeling

Madelyn talks about how it’s ok to not be ok.

Janice – “Grief and the whole relationship”

Janice uses a personal story to talk about how loss can be related to the whole relationship not just the death.

Calls to Care, Calls to Action: Bearing Witness to Global Catastrophic Loss of Life and Traumatic Events

We bear witness to stories of mass loss of lives, stories of families in Gaza being forced from their land, loss of culture and traditions, and countless other ways systems of colonization and oppression can contribute to other non-death losses those who are directly affected currently and have historically faced. As we discussed in a previous article, we can also experience collective grief following natural disasters, accidents, international conflict, and acts of violence that have resulted in catastrophic loss of lives.

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.