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Janice- “Stay with feelings”

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.

Karyn and Aidan – Support from others

Karyn and Aidan discuss how family, friends, and people they didn’t know in the community supported them.Talking, meals, dog walking are among the things that made a huge difference.

Amber – Support

Amber talks about following through on offers of support

Karyn and Aidan – Grief changes

Karyn and Aidan talk about how grief changes, coping, strength, crying, talking, comfort and support

Joyce – A favorite memory with music

Joyce tells a story about her son supporting her and the power of music

Angie – Grief and Policing

Angie talks about policing and priorities and the importance of self care

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.

Justin – My story with music and grief

Justin how he came to find music as grief therapy and how it helps him express his grief

Cheryl – “What is grief”

Cheryl defines grief and talks about how we all grieve differently.

John – My Story

John tells the story of his wife became ill suddenly and died

Bryan – Trauma

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

Professional Insights Playlist

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