Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Keith – “Knowing what to say”

December 10, 2018

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

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Weaving the Tapestry of Love

June 12, 2025

Learning to become a better person is a wonderful consequence of being in a loving relationship with someone; you’re present in ways that help them grow into their best self. It’s an organic process you flow with on a journey we map out with intention, though in reality, it remains unknowable. That is why a…

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Christian – “Remembering together in a meaningful way”

October 1, 2019

Christian discusses the power of memories.

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Caileigh – A safe place to grow and heal

February 23, 2023

Caileigh talks about how accessing play therapy can support everybody. When children have that safe place to heal, everybody around them feels good and can heal, too.

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Left Out: Enfranchising Children’s Grief and Loss

August 13, 2025

By: Jessica Milette, MSW, RSW All human beings have the capacity to grieve: people with intellectual disabilities, those living with a traumatic brain injury, and children of all ages. However, many people can experience disenfranchised grief when someone dies. Disenfranchised grief is generally grief that is not usually openly acknowledged, socially accepted or publicly mourned.…

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Jacqueline – Digital Story

August 26, 2022

Jacqueline discusses what a digital story can be and how creatiing one can create positive breakthroughs

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Jacqueline – My Story

August 26, 2022

Jacqueline talks about getting through the feelings after her mother’s death

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Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

December 10, 2018

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

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Craig – Resilience in the Face of Adversity

August 1, 2023

Craig how he overcame a series of challenges, including the loss of his marriage, his job, and his home. He talks about how he found the strength to keep going and how he learned to be more resilient.

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Amanda – “Reach out”

December 10, 2018

Amanda discusses the importance of connecting with others.

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Chantal – My Story

August 5, 2022

Chantal discusses finding a release in doing a graphic novel to explore her grief as a thesis in art therapy school

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Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

February 22, 2023

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.

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