Supporting Others

There One Day and Gone the Next : Art Therapy and Grief

This blog post contains information about using art therapy to process grief, including specific examples.

Community Grief Toolkit [Downloadable!]

This toolkit also reflects on how we support grief in the community. The tools to come together and honour our collective experiences and how to build the resources for further support.

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

John – The power of journaling

John shares how journaling has helped him so much

Jessica M – The value of talking about grief

Jessica talks about living in North America and the fear many people have about talking about grief but that it is very important to talk. It makes us feel less alone and helps us move through our grief. It’s also how you can keep your lost one alive.

Keith – “Knowing what to say”

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

Caileigh – Wanting to fix a grieving child

Caileigh gives advice about the desire to fix, especially to parents who are grieving themselves as well as supporting children who are grieving.

Matt – Telling my young son

Matt describes the death of his birth mother to his young son.

Cara – The real issues for grieving people with intellectual disabilities

Cara provides some context for the real issue of grief in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and those supporting them, including that we consider that there’s not a lot of education or information out there about how best to support someone with an intellectual disability who is grieving.

Zoreena – Support systems

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems