Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

December 10, 2018

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.

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Christian – “Overdose Death”

October 8, 2019

Christian talks about an overdose death not defining who that person was.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death By Overdose / Grief and Trauma / Video

Michele – Talks about being a death doula

March 14, 2022

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

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Supporting Others / Video

Marija – Latent grief

June 2, 2021

Marija explains latent grief

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Jenn – Art can give voice

January 24, 2022

Jenn talks about the barriers that may prevent someone from including art as part of their grief or emotional process including judgment of your art skills and more.

Art / Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Janice – “Pay attention to our feelings”

December 10, 2018

Janice discuss the importance of being aware of your feelings.

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What Does Grief Support Look Like?

July 20, 2022

When we experience significant, on-going symptoms of grief that interfere with our adjustment to the reality of our loss, it can be time to seek professional help. It can be difficult to know where to find help and what grief support options are available.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Blog Post / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death By Overdose / Death During Service / Death of A Loved One / Grief and Trauma / Supporting Others

Jenn – Art can be grounding and meditative

January 24, 2022

Jenn explains how the textures , qualities and colours of art can be grounding and meditative

Art / Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Jen – “From funeral director to yoga for grief”

December 10, 2018

Jen talks about how being a funeral director and how yoga and grief became connected for her.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video / Yoga and Grief

Reflections on Mother’s Day

May 8, 2023

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Blog Post / Death of a Child / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Perinatal

Rev. Sky – “Grief is a journey”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about her personal loss and the positive changes that happen as we journey through grief.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Grief and Trauma / Video

Sara – Music at the end of life

April 30, 2021

Sara talks about the values of music at the end of life

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Music / Video