Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Claudia – Taking your art home after art therapy

Claudia talks about why sometimes not to take your art home after therapy

Craig – Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Craig how he overcame a series of challenges, including the loss of his marriage, his job, and his home. He talks about how he found the strength to keep going and how he learned to be more resilient.

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

Maureen discusses how relationships can be challenged by grief.

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

Marija explains how all of the losses we experience during a pandemic are compounded

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

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

Chantal – Anticipatory grief

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

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

Janice – “Feelings just are”

Janice explains the importance of listening to, trusting and honouring ourselves and our feelings.

Michele – My Story

MIchele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

Janice – “Let the feelings come up”

Janice talks about how it can help to let the feelings come up.

Shannon – Growing through Grief

Shannon discusses post traumatic growth and how it can be an expectation

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.