Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “What is grief?”

Rev. Sky talks about the universality of grief and how people grieve differently.

Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

Michele – Talks about being a death doula

Michele explains what death doula’s do. Doula means servant. They support people on many different levels… for instance, emotionally, spiritually and physically

Janice – “Crying”

Janice explains how crying helps physically and emotionally.

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in grief

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Jean – My Story

Jean talks about isolation and grieving during a pandemic

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

Madelyn – Holding space

Madelyn explains how holding space can help anyone in grief

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

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.

Claudia – You do not have to be an artist to do art therapy

Claudia explains why you do not have to be an artist to benefit