Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Adrianna – Triggers and the ball in the box analogy

Adrianna gives some great insights on how to deal with triggers

Maureen – “Your experience of loss is unique”

Maureen explains how your experience of grief is your own.

Amanda – “Hospice”

Amanda talks about the comfort zone in palliative care.

Maureen – “Trust yourself”

Maureen talks about finding your own way in your healing process.

Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

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

Madelyn – Accept what you are feeling

Madelyn talks about how it’s ok to not be ok.

Sara – Music and celebration of life

Sara explains how music can play an importand and significant role in celebrations of life.

Claudia – My story

Claudia tells her story about art and grief

Madelyn – Grieving process as a 2nd generation Canadian

Madelyn talks about being a 2nd generation Canadian, some things she has learend working in palliative care as a music therapist

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.

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…

Amanda – “The Little Things”

Amanda talks about how little things can be a huge gift during palliative care.