Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Caileigh – Wanting to fix a grieving child

Caileigh gives advice about the desire to fix, especially to parents who are grieving themselves as well as supporting children who are grieving.

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Ripples of Grief: Supporting Ourselves, Others, and our Communities After a Death

By Jessica Milette, MSW, RSW When death knocks on the door of a community, each of us are impacted. Sometimes a death will touch many lives across a community, whether people knew the deceased personally or not. We may grieve the death of a family member, friend, or acquaintance, a well-known community member, or someone…

Christian – “When people say dumb things”

Christian explains how he deals with people who say dumb things.

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

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

Jacqueline – My Story

Jacqueline talks about getting through the feelings after her mother’s death

Jean – Helping your children through grief

Jean discusses how helping her children through grief also helped her

Rev. Sky – “Feeling numb”

Rev. Sky discusses how feeling numb is a normal emotion and what you need to move forward.

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.

Professional Insights Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of professionals helping people and families to cope with grief.

Claudia – Waterlillies

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

Maureen – “If someone you know has experienced pregnancy & infant loss”

Maureen explains practical tools to help someone who is grieving.