Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

Rev. Sky talks about going forward and growing in the grief process.

Nicole – Grieving as a community

Nicole discusses the power of grieving together as a community. Finding connection and trust.

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving self

Maureen – “My miscarriages and attachment”

Maureen tells about her miscarriages, attachment and understanding why she felt so terrible.

Madelyn -Healing and support group for Asian Canadian women

Madelyn discusses the value in having your voice heard

Preparing For and Coping with Special Days

Special Days can be days we have honoured with our loved ones that many others celebrate or more personal dates and milestones with your loved one. As these days approach, it can be difficult to figure out how to move through a Special Day. Do you do what you’ve always done? What do you do…

Left Out: Enfranchising Children’s Grief and Loss

By: Jessica Milette, MSW, RSW All human beings have the capacity to grieve: people with intellectual disabilities, those living with a traumatic brain injury, and children of all ages. However, many people can experience disenfranchised grief when someone dies. Disenfranchised grief is generally grief that is not usually openly acknowledged, socially accepted or publicly mourned.…

Maureen – “Milestones and anniversaries”

Maureen talks about loss and what happens over time.

Jen – “Breathing and grief”

Jen talks about how breathing and yoga can help cope.

Jacqueline – Crying

Jacqueline talks about how grief is love and how crying is natural

Rev. Sky – “It gets easier”

Rev. Sky talks about time and allowing emotion.

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.