Supporting Others

John Martin – Grief – Don’t Ignore Your Losses. Loss needs to be acknowledged.

John explains why it is important to acknowledge grief

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

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

Sunny- Supporting My Grieving Mom

Sarah K – Talking to my kids

Sarah discusses the challenges of discussing her kids about their Dad;s death to heroin and helping them on their journey through 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.

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

Valmy – Checking in on someone is good

Valmy explains how helpful it is to check in on someone who is grieving

Amber – Talking about death

Amber explains why it’s so important to talk about grief and her kids

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.

Betsy – You can’t know until you know

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

Amber – Support

Amber talks about following through on offers of support

John Martin – Loss and Grief- Not Much Help

John talks about the importance of helping people in grief