Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Maureen – “My miscarriages and attachment”

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

Maureen – “Anger”

Maureen talks about the power of anger and how to deal with it.

Cara – The real issues for grieving people with intellectual disabilities

Cara provides some context for the real issue of grief in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and those supporting them, including that we consider that there’s not a lot of education or information out there about how best to support someone with an intellectual disability who is grieving.

Marija – Permission to mourn

Marija discusses the value of being allowing yourself to mourn

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.

Jacqueline – Art therapy and grieving women

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

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

Rev. Sky explains triggers, identifying them and what you need.

Jacqueline – Advice to Younger Self

Jacqueline talks about seeking help and being kind to yourself

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Sara – My Story

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

Jessica M – My Story

Jessica talks about losing her grandfather at 14 when her mother was terminal, her mother and aunt died when she was 15. She felt alone until she found a peer support group