Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Corrie – Getting comfortable with discomfort

Corrie talks about being comfortable and uncomfortable with grief

Christian – “Remembering together in a meaningful way”

Christian discusses the power of memories.

Madelyn -Healing and support group for Asian Canadian women

Madelyn discusses the value in having your voice heard

Madelyn – The power of music

Madelyn – discusses the potency of music and processing good and bad memories

Maureen – “Carrying grief”

Maureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry griefMaureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry grief.

Preparing For and Coping with Special Days

Special Days can be days we have honoured with our loved ones that many others celebrate or more personal dates and milestones with your loved one. As these days approach, it can be difficult to figure out how to move through a Special Day. Do you do what you’ve always done? What do you do…

Sara – Listening to music

Sara discusses how listening to music can help navigate loss

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.

Rev. Sky – “Youth alert”

Rev. Sky talks about youth and when it’s time to reach out for support.

Maureen – “Grief can change the landscape of your relationships”

Maureen discusses how relationships can be challenged by grief.

Jean – What grief feels like physically

Jean discusses the physical effects she has experienced in grief

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic