Weaving the Tapestry of Love

Chantal – Anticipatory grief

August 5, 2022

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Rev. Sky – “It gets easier”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about time and allowing emotion.

Rev. Sky – “Retraumatization”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky discusses trauma and re-experiencing the initial emotion had at the beginning of a loss.

Claudia – Art in community versus art therapy

August 2, 2022

Claudia explains how art therapists are trained and how what they do is different that doing art in community

Cara – People with intellectual disabilities need to be recognized and honoured in their grief

November 6, 2022

Cara talks about grievers living with intellectual disabilities and that it’s not about those of us who are neuro-typical, giving them a voice or providing them or saying things for them. Rather, it’s that they already have a voice. They already have these experiences and they want them to be recognized, acknowledged and honoured.

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

December 10, 2018

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

Maureen – “Your experience of loss is unique”

October 17, 2019

Maureen explains how your experience of grief is your own.

Shannon – Losing is a life skill

November 22, 2022

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.

Christian – “Grief can shape you”

October 8, 2019

Christian talks about realizing the impact grief has.

Caileigh – My own grief and supporting others

February 23, 2023

Caileigh tells about her own grief and now it has given her a really powerful lens on how to support children going through grief as well. Along with her professional education and training, there is now a different perspective on grief and how that fits in with supporting others.

Maureen – Preparing for holidays

December 21, 2020

Maureen gives some ideas to help during holidays like connecting and taking time out