Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

Christian – “When people say dumb things”

Christian explains how he deals with people who say dumb things.

Chantal – Physical symptoms and grieving

Chantal talks about panic attacks and thinking she was having a heart attack

Shannon – Guilt vs Shame

Shannon talks about guilt can be a part of the grieving process but shame has to do with “is there something wrong with me”

Jean – Helping your children through grief

Jean discusses how helping her children through grief also helped her

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

Rev. Sky talks about going forward and growing in the grief process.

Janice – “Being triggered”

Janice discusses triggering, overreacting, under-reacting, and taking responsibility for the size of our feelings.

Carrie – Thanatology

Carrie explains how thanatolgy is the study of death dying grief and loss.

Rev. Sky – “Retraumatization”

Rev. Sky discusses trauma and re-experiencing the initial emotion had at the beginning of a loss.

Christian – “Grief can shape you”

Christian talks about realizing the impact grief has.

Keith – “You need not be alone”

Keith discusses getting help, resources and that you don’t need to be alone.

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.