Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Marija – Acknowledging feelings

Marija talks about our tools for coping

Chantal – Grief and art therapy group

Chantal talks about the honour of being witness to other peoples story and exploration of grief and art therapy

Michele – Covid and virtual support

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

Christian – “Grief can shape you”

Christian talks about realizing the impact grief has.

Chantal – Anticipatory grief

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

Maureen discusses grieving during the holidays and being lifter up by kindness

Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving selfMichele talks about coping that since being a child how creativity helped

Donna – “Grief in conversation”

Donna discusses language and talking about grief.

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

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

Chantal – What is art therapy?

Chantal explains how art therapy helps us express in ways that words can’t

Craig – How men process grief

Craig talks about his personal story of grief and how he learned to process his emotions in a healthy way. He discusses the challenges that men face when grieving, and offers advice on how to find healthy ways to cope with loss.Craig lost his wife, his mother, his job, and his home in a short period of time. He describes how he felt pressured to be stoic and strong for others, and how this made it difficult for him to grieve. He eventually realized that it was important to allow himself to feel his emotions, even the difficult ones.Craig shares some of the things that helped him to process his grief, such as talking to a therapist, writing in a journal, and spending time in nature. He also emphasizes the importance of finding support from friends and family. This video is a powerful and moving story of how one man found healing after experiencing a series of devastating losses. It is an important reminder that grief is a normal and healthy emotion, and that there are healthy ways to cope with it.

Maureen – Preparing for holidays

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