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Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

Rev. Sky discusses the grief motto 80% listening, 20% talking and how to help someone in grief.

Donna B – “5 Generations of Service”

Donna talks about her son and how her family understands service. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

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.

Brenda and Dale – “Returning to Work”

Brenda and Dale discuss their experiences going back to work. They continue to grieve the death of their son by suicide.

Susan – “Death and Grief Phobia”

Susan discusses dealing with the process of dying and grieving.

Janice – “It’s hard work”

Janice explains that hard work is necessary to reach the calm and peace.

Maureen – “Counselling… a safe place”

Maureen discusses the right counselling space for you.

Kate – Time to process

Kate shares about time and processing her grief especially during COVID

John Martin – Loss, Grief and Anger

John talks about grief and anger

Rev. Sky – “Yearning”

Rev. Sky discusses yearning and how it’s OK to feel those emotions.

Sarah K – Humour to cope

Sarah discuss how humour has been a tool in helping her to cope

Krista – “Mental illness and self medicating”

Krista talks about mental health and self medicating. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.