Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jen – “Grief yoga”

Jen talks about how yoga may be beneficial.

Maureen – “Milestones and anniversaries”

Maureen talks about loss and what happens over time.

Christian – “When people say dumb things”

Christian explains how he deals with people who say dumb things.

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

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

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Jacqueline – Art therapy and grieving women

Jacqueline explains how helping connect to the heart and reslience with art therapy can be very helpful

Claudia – Art in community versus art therapy

Claudia explains how art therapists are trained and how what they do is different that doing art in community

Donna – “Living with grief”

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

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

Rev. Sky talks about going forward and growing in the grief process.

Jenn – What an art therapist can show us about processing grief

Jenn talks about how art can give a form to grief. It can give it shape and texture so it can be seen when it is often so invisible. It can also be messy which so like our grief experience

Corrie – We cry because we love

Corrie talks about crying, hurt and love