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Kate – Triggers

Kate discusses how she deals with her emotions when something triggers her grief

Kara – Starting a grief journey again

Kara explains how Covid-19 has made her have to relearn tools to help in her grief. The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

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

Amanda – “Hospice like home”

Amanda discusses the value of feeling like being at home during palliative care.

Kristal – Poetry, Comedy, & Art for Grieving

Kristal discusses using poetry and other forms of creative expression as a distraction from her grief and to disassociate in a safe and productive way. She discusses grief being love with nowhere to go, so she puts it into art.

Rev. Sky – “Sharing”

Rev. Sky explains how sharing helps you heal.

Angie – Cumulative grief, cumulative trauma

Angie discusses the challenges of policing and how trauma and grief can accumulate

Rosie Koostachin- “We Matter Campaign”

Rosie talks about her life, why you can’t give up hope and that life is important.

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.

Krista – “It feels good to get the anger out”

Krista talks about it feeling good to get the anger out. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

Maureen – “Group therapy vs individual therapy”

Maureen talks about what kind of counselling may work for you.