Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Maureen – “Grief is a messy non-linear place”

Maureen explains how you wind your way through grief and that is normal.

Amanda – “Hospice like home”

Amanda discusses the value of feeling like being at home during palliative care.

Maureen – “Our 20th Anniversary”

Maureen talks about she dealt with her miscarriages and how she felt after 20 years.

Maureen – “Milestones and anniversaries”

Maureen talks about loss and what happens over time.

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Sara – Music and grief

Sara discusses how music can connect and help by acknowledging grief and bringing comfort

Amanda – “Hospice”

Amanda talks about the comfort zone in palliative care.

Madelyn – My story

Madelyn tells her story and how she became a music therapist working in palliative care

Ripples of Grief: Supporting Ourselves, Others, and our Communities After a Death

By Jessica Milette, MSW, RSW When death knocks on the door of a community, each of us are impacted. Sometimes a death will touch many lives across a community, whether people knew the deceased personally or not. We may grieve the death of a family member, friend, or acquaintance, a well-known community member, or someone…

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

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

Amanda – “Reach out”

Amanda discusses the importance of connecting with others.

Maureen – “Your experience of loss is unique”

Maureen explains how your experience of grief is your own.