Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jenn – Your art completely belongs to you

Jenn explains the wonderful thing about art is that piece belongs completely to you and you have the power to do whatever you wish with it . She makes some suggestions as to what you may want to do.

Community Grief Toolkit [Downloadable!]

This toolkit also reflects on how we support grief in the community. The tools to come together and honour our collective experiences and how to build the resources for further support.

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

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

Marija – The wilderness of grief

Marija discussed acknowedging all aspects of grief and living with grief.

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen explains however grief comes back, you are OK.

Craig – My Cumulative Grief

Craig shares his story of experiencing a series of significant losses over the course of two years. He talks about the shock, grief, and uncertainty he felt during this time, and how he coped with the accumulation of loss.Craig’s story is a reminder that grief is a normal and natural response to loss, but it can be overwhelming when it comes in waves. If you are experiencing grief, it is important to reach out for support from friends, family, or a therapist. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, and everyone experiences it differently. The important thing is to be patient with yourself and to allow yourself to feel your emotions.

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Carrie – Thanatology

Carrie explains how thanatolgy is the study of death dying grief and loss.

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

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

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

Caileigh – Advice to my younger self about grief

Caileigh talks about things that you can do to balance out feelings that it’s okay to experience all of the big feelings that you have, to find joy in little moments, and to find ways that you can cope with those big feelings.

Rev. Sky – “Sharing”

Rev. Sky explains how sharing helps you heal.