Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen explains however grief comes back, you are OK.

Janice – “Go into feelings”

Janice explains how important it is to pay attention to your feelings.

Jen – “Releasing grief through yoga”

Jen discusses how some poses can help release stress.

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.

Tending to My Garden of Grief

So long as I remember the lives of those I have lost, honour their presence and impact on me and celebrate their spirit, they will continue to live with me and the pain will feel bearable. It will no longer stop me in my tracks. Instead, it will encourage me and propel me forward through the transmutation of that grief into something different, something more nuanced and fluid. I’d like to share a practice for processing grief which I have found to be especially helpful.

Jacqueline – Crying

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

Jacqueline – Advice to Younger Self

Jacqueline talks about seeking help and being kind to yourself

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

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

Claudia – Art therapy and costs

Claudia talks about how people may shy away from art therapy because of costs and how training schools can be an option

Cara – My story with intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara talks about how she came to see how people with intellectual disabilities need to be supported in grief

Jessica M – Legacy

Jessica explains legacy and gives examples including her own.

Jessica M – It’s OK not to cry

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