Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Donna – “Living with grief”

December 10, 2018

Donna talks about the threads of grief and her personal experience.

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Claudia – Art and coping with grief and loss

August 2, 2022

Claudia talk about how art is especially beneficial for someone coping with grief and loss

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Who are we to Decide? The Many Paths through Grief

July 16, 2024

A lot of my work with clients involves hearing their stories, but also answering many questions about if their grief is “normal”. Their grief is overwhelming, and our dominant culture’s strong message is – that grief should be kept at its edges, I often find this pervasive intention creeps into griever’s experiences – and my…

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Keith – “Knowing what to say”

December 10, 2018

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

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Shannon – Enough

November 22, 2022

Shannon talks about us all doing the very best we can from the perspectives of a licensed clinical counselor and losing her husband to suicide.

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Reflections on Mother’s Day

May 8, 2023

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

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Madelyn – Expressing your feelings

July 8, 2021

Madelyn talks about being a 2nd generation Canadian chinese and keeping grief in. She explains the importnace of expressing your feelings and not feel guilty about it

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Keith – “Difference between grief and mourning”

December 10, 2018

Keith explains how grief is internal and mourning is external.

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Caleigh – Play Therapy

February 22, 2023

Caileigh explains how play therapy, a form of psychotherapy can help children in grief. It is specifically used when working with children and families and youth because it’s developmentally appropriate. They are never expected to sit down and to talk. And it is through the language of play that they’re able to learn about the confusing feelings of grief. They are able to learn new skills to cope with their grief, and they’re able to go at their own pace.

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Marija – Grieving Situational Losses in a Pandemic

June 2, 2021

Marija talks about feelings associated with grief and Covid

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Cara – Defining Intellectual disabilities and grief

November 6, 2022

Cara discusses how grief literacy needs to be improved across the board for people with intellectual disabilities to learn more about grief, death and dying. There is a great need to include them in this natural, normal part of life that we’ll all experience.

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Shannon – Growing through Grief

November 22, 2022

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

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