Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Michael – “A story of loss and longing”

Michael relays a story of a man coping after the loss of his wife.

Jacqueline – Art therapy and grieving women

Jacqueline explains how helping connect to the heart and reslience with art therapy can be very helpful

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

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

Sara – Lyrics

Sara talks about how lyrics can have an impact on how we experience music

Jacqueline – Where to store art works

Jacqueline explains how art can be like journal entries that you would keep private

Claudia – Waterlillies

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

Michele – Talks about being a death doula

Michele explains what death doula’s do. Doula means servant. They support people on many different levels… for instance, emotionally, spiritually and physically

Rev. Sky – “It’s OK to cry”

Rev. Sky talks about loss due to gun violence, that it’s OK to cry and finding an outlet.

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…

Keith – “We need one another”

Keith talks about the importance of story, understanding our journey and how we are connected.

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.