Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Craig – Grieving as a Single Parent

In this video, Craig talks about the challenges of grieving as a single parent. He shares his own experiences and offers advice on how to cope with grief, talk to your kids about what’s happening, and ask for help from others.This video is for any single parent who is grieving the loss of a loved one. It is also for anyone who knows a single parent who is grieving and wants to offer support.

Claudia – Waterlillies

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

Michele – Creative expression and processing grief

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving selfMichele talks about coping that since being a child how creativity helped

Craig – How men process grief

Craig talks about his personal story of grief and how he learned to process his emotions in a healthy way. He discusses the challenges that men face when grieving, and offers advice on how to find healthy ways to cope with loss.Craig lost his wife, his mother, his job, and his home in a short period of time. He describes how he felt pressured to be stoic and strong for others, and how this made it difficult for him to grieve. He eventually realized that it was important to allow himself to feel his emotions, even the difficult ones.Craig shares some of the things that helped him to process his grief, such as talking to a therapist, writing in a journal, and spending time in nature. He also emphasizes the importance of finding support from friends and family. This video is a powerful and moving story of how one man found healing after experiencing a series of devastating losses. It is an important reminder that grief is a normal and healthy emotion, and that there are healthy ways to cope with it.

Michele – My Story

MIchele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

Keith – “We need one another”

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

Amanda – “Ministry of Presence”

Amanda discusses how being present with someone can be helpful.

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

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

Jacqueline – Advice to Younger Self

Jacqueline talks about seeking help and being kind to yourself

Carrie – Thanatology

Carrie explains how thanatolgy is the study of death dying grief and loss.

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.

Janice – “Not feeling grief when someone dies”

Janice talks about why some people don’t feel grief and what it may mean.