Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Corrie – Triggers

Corrie discuss the many types of triggers

Maureen – “Group therapy vs individual therapy”

Maureen talks about what kind of counselling may work for you.

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

Rev. Sky discusses the grief motto 80% listening, 20% talking and how to help someone in grief.

Jacqueline – My Story

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

Janice – “Feelings”

Janice talks about the importance of allowing our feelings as that’s the only way to get through them.

Caileigh – My own grief and supporting others

Caileigh tells about her own grief and now it has given her a really powerful lens on how to support children going through grief as well. Along with her professional education and training, there is now a different perspective on grief and how that fits in with supporting others.

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Janice – “Grief can be complicated”

Janice discusses disenfranchised grief and holding on to hurt.

Christian – “Jeff’s Story”

Christian tells Jeff”s story… the good and his struggles.

Amanda – “Hospice”

Amanda talks about the comfort zone in palliative care.

Shannon – Losing is a life skill

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.