Supporting Others

Lisa – How to support someone in grief

Lisa shares what was helpful from other people when she was grieving

John Martin – Loss Grief and Recovery

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

Jim – Helping by listening

Jim – ” I talk about how to be a good listener to someone who is grieving. I believe that one of the most important things you can do for someone who is grieving is to simply listen. Don’t try to fix their problems or offer advice. Just listen and be there for them. It can be as simple as meeting for coffee or taking a walk together. You’re doing more help than you realize when you simply listen to someone.

Zoreena – Ask for help

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

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.

Betsy – You can’t know until you know

Betsy talks about support and what really helps when one is in grief

Maureen – “Peer vs professional support”

Maureen talks about getting help and what is right for you.

Andrea – Loneliness and support

Andrea talks about how tough it is to be alone and how her friends and family have come through for her

What I know about grief

The following are some things I know to be true about grief for me, based on my lived experience. Some of them may resonate with you as well. Grief is unique to the people experiencing it in each moment, so please take whatever makes sense to you from this share and leave whatever doesn’t.

Joyce – Walking beside people who are stuggling with addiction

Joyce explains why it so important to help people who are struggling with addiction

John Martin – The Shocking Reality of Painful Loss

John talks about shock and grief

Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.