Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Professional Insights Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of professionals helping people and families to cope with grief.

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

Adrianna – Death doulas and grief

Adrianna explains what a death doula is

Shannon – Growing through Grief

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

Maureen – “Grief is a messy non-linear place”

Maureen explains how you wind your way through grief and that is normal.

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.

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

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

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

Maureen – “Milestones and anniversaries”

Maureen talks about loss and what happens over time.

Maureen – “Pregnancy and infant loss”

Maureen explains how pregnancy and infant loss is often misunderstood or underestimated.

Chantal – You don’t have to be an artist to take part in art therapy

Chantal explains that you don’t have to be an artist to participate in art therapy and acutally if you have less art experience you will enjoy it more.

Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

Rev. Sky discusses the grief motto 80% listening, 20% talking and how to help someone in grief.