Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

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

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

Keith – “Timeframe for grief”

Keith explains it is never too late to grieve and there is no timeline.

Shannon – Blessings and sadness

Shannon discusses how just showing up, being present is a powerful way of supporting to someone who has lost. Listen more – talk less.

Jessica M – It’s OK not to cry

Jessica discusses how grief is individual and finding the way forward can be different for everyone.

Claudia – Taking your art home after art therapy

Claudia talks about why sometimes not to take your art home after therapy

Christian – “Grief can shape you”

Christian talks about realizing the impact grief has.

Cara – People with intellectual disabilities need to be recognized and honoured in their grief

Cara talks about grievers living with intellectual disabilities and that it’s not about those of us who are neuro-typical, giving them a voice or providing them or saying things for them. Rather, it’s that they already have a voice. They already have these experiences and they want them to be recognized, acknowledged and honoured.

Shannon – Power of Presence

Shannon discusses how just showing up, being present is a powerful way of supporting to someone who has lost. Listen more – talk less.

Madelyn – Holding space

Madelyn explains how holding space can help anyone in grief

Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

Caileigh explains when a child experiences grief or a traumatic grief experience, there’s often behaviour that comes from that. Grief impacts behaviour. And sometimes it can be outward behaviour and sometimes it can be internalized behaviour. The good news about grief and behaviour is that it can be managed and supported through effective communication, through therapy and through coping strategies.

Donna – “Living with grief”

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

Jenn – Barriers to art

Jenn talks about the barriers that may prevent someone from including art as part of their grief or emotional process including judgment of your art skills and more.