Tending to My Garden of Grief

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

December 10, 2018

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

Janice – “It’s never too late to grieve”

December 10, 2018

Janice talks about the importance of noticing feelings.

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

March 14, 2022

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving self

Caileigh – Working with children in grief

February 23, 2023

Caileigh shares why she likes working with and supporting children in grief. “Over the course of their lives, children and youth and families experience a lot of losses, and it’s an empowering job to empower others. I’m not only empowering them, but I’m also building parent capacity in recognizing that it does take a village and it takes a community to support a child.”

Thoughts on International Overdose Awareness Day 2023

August 30, 2023

We lead multifaceted lives, and the deaths of those we love who have died by drug poisoning contain multitudes. The death of a loved one can bring intense grief, shock, anger, shame, or guilt. People who use drugs, and those who love them that they leave behind, face stigma in North America’s dominant, settler culture.

Jacqueline – Humour

August 26, 2022

Jacqueline talks about how huour has a place in grieving

Jessica M – Legacy

June 13, 2023

Jessica explains legacy and gives examples including her own.

Jacqueline – You don’t have to be an artist

August 26, 2022

Jacqueline discusses how in art therapy we tap into that child in all of us that is not concerned about what is right or wrong

Corrie – Grief is like a rollercoaster

July 16, 2020

Corrie talks about grief over time

Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

February 23, 2023

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.

Christian – “Remembering together in a meaningful way”

October 1, 2019

Christian discusses the power of memories.