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Kristal – Professional Experience and Work

Kristal discusses being a peer support woker, working on a one on one level with community members to help them with their goals related to substance abuse. She supports those in the community dealing with loss and grief. She speaks to everyone’s experience with loss and grief being very individual.

Michael – “A story of loss and longing”

Michael relays a story of a man coping after the loss of his wife.

Susan – “How love changes”

Susan discusses the concept of how love changes and the role of the dying spouse.

Susan – “Death and Grief Phobia”

Susan discusses dealing with the process of dying and grieving.

Donna B – “Brotherhood of Military”

Donna talks about support from the extended family of the military. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Sarah K – Grieving in isolation

Sarah discusses isolation, being in grief during the pandemic and the importance of keeping connected

Matt – Music helped my grief

Matt discusses how creativity and music help his grief

Rev. Sky – “Helping a friend”

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

Adrianna – What I would say to younger self

Adrianna talks about tools that helped her with her grief

Matt – Adoption and grief

Matt talks about how adoption and grief have similarities. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

Kristal discusses how the pandemic has created additional stigma surrounding those who use drugs. She dissuses how it seems like some losses are treated as more deserving of being mourned than others. Many people have had to grieve privately instead of publically within a community. She touches on the state of the public health system during the pandemic.

Maria – “Exhale meditation”

Maria guides an exhale meditation.