Supporting Others

Antoinetta – Things that help when struggling

Antoinetta talks about the first time she learned that it was ok that she was grieving and how to unpack all her feelings

Grief and Parenting in the Disability Community

In this blog post, Carrie writes about being the parent and primary caregiver to a child with disabilities and grieving the loss of a child dying from their disabilities.

Sunny- The Importance of Friends While Grieving

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

John Martin – Loss, Grief and Anger

John talks about grief and anger

Joyce- Learning to live with grief

Joyce shares a story of support from a friend and how she managed in her early grief

John Martin – Loss Grief and Recovery

John explains what is on the other side of grief and loss

Keith – “How can you help”

Keith explains that by imagining being in someone’s position can show you practical ways of helping them.

Amanda – “Ministry of Presence”

Amanda discusses how being present with someone can be helpful.

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.

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.