Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Cheryl – “What is grief”

Cheryl defines grief and talks about how we all grieve differently.

Janice – “Let the feelings come up”

Janice talks about how it can help to let the feelings come up.

Keith – “Hope”

Keith talks about time, healing and hope.

Maureen – “They are still your child”

Maureen explains how you find different ways of parenting.

Michele – Covid and support

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in griefMIchele talks about COVID restrictions, technology and ways to support

Keith – “Knowing what to say”

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

Jeff K – “What is grief”

Jeff discusses the many aspects of grief and how we are all connected. Jeff continues to grieve the death of his mother.

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Craig – How men process grief

Craig talks about his personal story of grief and how he learned to process his emotions in a healthy way. He discusses the challenges that men face when grieving, and offers advice on how to find healthy ways to cope with loss.Craig lost his wife, his mother, his job, and his home in a short period of time. He describes how he felt pressured to be stoic and strong for others, and how this made it difficult for him to grieve. He eventually realized that it was important to allow himself to feel his emotions, even the difficult ones.Craig shares some of the things that helped him to process his grief, such as talking to a therapist, writing in a journal, and spending time in nature. He also emphasizes the importance of finding support from friends and family. This video is a powerful and moving story of how one man found healing after experiencing a series of devastating losses. It is an important reminder that grief is a normal and healthy emotion, and that there are healthy ways to cope with it.

Marija – Permission to mourn

Marija discusses the value of being allowing yourself to mourn

Maureen – “Trust yourself”

Maureen talks about finding your own way in your healing process.

Maureen – “Anger”

Maureen talks about the power of anger and how to deal with it.