Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “Feeling numb”

Rev. Sky discusses how feeling numb is a normal emotion and what you need to move forward.

Janice – “It’s hard work”

Janice explains that hard work is necessary to reach the calm and peace.

Donna – “Living with grief”

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

Caileigh – Working with children in grief

Caileigh shares why she likes working with and supporting children in grief. “Over the course of their lives, children and youth and families experience a lot of losses, and it’s an empowering job to empower others. I’m not only empowering them, but I’m also building parent capacity in recognizing that it does take a village and it takes a community to support a child.”

Jen – “Grief yoga”

Jen talks about how yoga may be beneficial.

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief

Jenn – In grief an art therapist can be there to walk with you

Jenn discusses how an art therapists can support you in those moments of pain. They are there to honour your stories and experiences.

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.

Thoughts on International Overdose Awareness Day 2023

We lead multifaceted lives, and the deaths of those we love who have died by drug poisoning contain multitudes. The death of a loved one can bring intense grief, shock, anger, shame, or guilt. People who use drugs, and those who love them that they leave behind, face stigma in North America’s dominant, settler culture.

Amanda – “It’s a gift to love someone”

Amanda talks about grief and it’s connection to love.

Grief, Breastfeeding, and Care

In this essay, I share a bit about my story of grief and breastfeeding. I also share some thoughts about the cultural grief some people are carrying about the lack of support afforded to lactating families whose goal it is to feed their baby from their body. I use some gendered language throughout this essay…

Jacqueline – How to help a grieving friend

Jacqueline discusses the power of just being there with someone in grief