Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

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.

Christian – “When people say dumb things”

Christian explains how he deals with people who say dumb things.

Amanda – “Ministry of Presence”

Amanda discusses how being present with someone can be helpful.

Keith – “Disenfranchised Grief”

Keith describes disenfranchised grief.

Janice – “Crying”

Janice explains how crying helps physically and emotionally.

Rev. Sky – “Trauma, grief, and loss, sudden death”

Rev. Sky introduces herself and explains why she is in these videos.

Jessica M – Legacy

Jessica explains legacy and gives examples including her own.

Adrianna – Death doulas and grief

Adrianna explains what a death doula is

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Rev. Sky – “Why”

Rev. Sky talks about the question of why and how to look beyond it.

Michele – My Story

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

Rev. Sky – “Feeling stuck”

Rev. Sky describes being stuck and shifting.