Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “What is grief?”

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

Rev. Sky – “If you have experienced sudden loss”

Rev. Sky discusses things you can do to help navigate emotions.

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

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

Christian – “Stigma of opioid death”

Christian talks about the social acceptance of an opioid overdose.

Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

Maureen discusses grieving during the holidays and being lifter up by kindness

Janice – “Crying”

Janice explains how crying helps physically and emotionally.

Keith – “Knowing what to say”

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

Janice – “Feelings”

Janice talks about the importance of allowing our feelings as that’s the only way to get through them.

Chantal – What is art therapy?

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