Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Michele – Covid and virtual support

MIchele discuss support and how COVID has affected our grief in so many waysort

Keith – “Hope”

Keith talks about time, healing and hope.

Maureen – “Unresolved conflicts”

Maureen shares about her Dad, anger, love and some tools to manage unresolved conflicts.

Sara – Music at the end of life

Sara talks about the values of music at the end of life

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

Janice discusses waves of grief and how important it is to go with it.

Jenn – What does an art therapist do

Jenn explains how art therapist use the creative process to help people make positive changes to improve their overall health and to enhance their well being

Rev. Sky – “What is trauma?”

Rev. Sky discusses how trauma affects us on many levels.

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Amanda – “Reach out”

Amanda discusses the importance of connecting with others.

Janice – “Not feeling grief when someone dies”

Janice talks about why some people don’t feel grief and what it may mean.

Caileigh – Wanting to fix a grieving child

Caileigh gives advice about the desire to fix, especially to parents who are grieving themselves as well as supporting children who are grieving.

Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

Grief often comes with powerful, unpredictable emotional shifts that can be painful to experience. While it’s important to find ways to sit with these feelings, to acknowledge the pain of grief and accept loss, it’s also necessary to find ways to ease and manage the pain. There are several simple activities that you can explore to help.