Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving self

Jen – “Grief yoga”

Jen talks about how yoga may be beneficial.

Rev. Sky – “Why”

Rev. Sky talks about the question of why and how to look beyond it.

Madelyn – Rituals and the Chinese grieving process

Madelyn talks about expressing your grief in Chinese cultures and how rituals are a war of grieving providing comfort

Marija – Permission to mourn

Marija discusses the value of being allowing yourself to mourn

Maureen – Grief and Holidays

Maureen talks about feelings duing holidays

Reflections on Mother’s Day

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

Marija – The wilderness of grief

Marija discussed acknowedging all aspects of grief and living with grief.

Teresa – Understanding people with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa shares an example and discusses the importance of truly understanding people with intellectual disabilities when they are telling us their stories

Janice – “Crying”

Janice explains how crying helps physically and emotionally.

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.

Weaving the Tapestry of Love

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…