Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “Sharing”

Rev. Sky explains how sharing helps you heal.

Maureen – “Our 20th Anniversary”

Maureen talks about she dealt with her miscarriages and how she felt after 20 years.

Rev. Sky – “Retraumatization”

Rev. Sky discusses trauma and re-experiencing the initial emotion had at the beginning of a loss.

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Michele – My Story

MIchele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

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.

Madelyn – Accept what you are feeling

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

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

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

Rev. Sky – “Feeling numb”

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

Rev. Sky – “It gets easier”

Rev. Sky talks about time and allowing emotion.

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.

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in grief