Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Cheryl – “What is grief”

Cheryl defines grief and talks about how we all grieve differently.

Marija – Permission to mourn

Marija discusses the value of being allowing yourself to mourn

Rev. Sky – “Sharing”

Rev. Sky explains how sharing helps you heal.

Jen – “Releasing grief through yoga”

Jen discusses how some poses can help release stress.

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.

Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving selfMichele talks about coping that since being a child how creativity helped

Amanda – “It’s a gift to love someone”

Amanda talks about grief and it’s connection to love.

Maureen – “Trust yourself”

Maureen talks about finding your own way in your healing process.

Shannon – Enough

Shannon talks about us all doing the very best we can from the perspectives of a licensed clinical counselor and losing her husband to suicide.

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Claudia – Art therapy and costs

Claudia talks about how people may shy away from art therapy because of costs and how training schools can be an option

Christian – “Remembering together in a meaningful way”

Christian discusses the power of memories.