Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen explains however grief comes back, you are OK.

Claudia – Waterlillies

Claudia talks about how she painted on panels big enough to hug to help her with her grief

Marija – Latent grief

Marija explains latent grief

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.

Madelyn – Holding space

Madelyn explains how holding space can help anyone in grief

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

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

Donna – “Living with grief”

Donna talks about the threads of grief and her personal experience.

Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.

Janice – “More to deal with than death when someone dies”

Janice explains that when somebody dies it’s not just the death that you are dealing with but the entire relationship.

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.

Janice – “Risks”

Janice talks about risks in behaviour and progress.

Jessica M – The value of talking about grief

Jessica talks about living in North America and the fear many people have about talking about grief but that it is very important to talk. It makes us feel less alone and helps us move through our grief. It’s also how you can keep your lost one alive.