Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Janice – “Photographs”

Janice explains how photographs can be a doorway to help move forward.

Janice – “Crying”

Janice explains how crying helps physically and emotionally.

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Janice – “Practical tools”

Janice reveals some practical methods to help with grief.

Madelyn – Expressing your feelings

Madelyn talks about being a 2nd generation Canadian chinese and keeping grief in. She explains the importnace of expressing your feelings and not feel guilty about it

Chantal – What is art therapy?

Chantal explains how art therapy helps us express in ways that words can’t

Madelyn – Accept what you are feeling

Madelyn talks about how it’s ok to not be ok.

Maureen – “My miscarriages and attachment”

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

Maureen – “Carrying grief”

Maureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry griefMaureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry grief.

Janice – “The importance of listening”

Janice explains the importance of not being judgemental and listening when helping someone is in grief.

Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

Cara explains that people living with intellectual disabilities are growing to older ages, much like the rest of the population. And as folks are aging what we’re seeing is the need for families more so than ever, to do some advanced planning for who will take over any caregiving decision making or where that person may live, what sort of support they may need and what that’s going to look like after the parents or the guardians die so that this doesn’t become a crisis situation.

Rev. Sky – “What is grief?”

Rev. Sky talks about the universality of grief and how people grieve differently.