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Jane – Connection, place, and grief

Jane talks about the difference between living alone in Toronto while grieving during the pandemic compared to her experience once she moved closer to her family in Northumberland.

John Martin Understanding Grief part 3

John Martin Understanding Grief part 3

John talks about grief work and things you need to go through to come out the other side

Mary – What I would say to my younger self

Mary talks about what she has learned about grief

Rev. Sky – “What is grief?”

Rev. Sky talks about the universality of grief and how people grieve differently.

Margaux – “It never really hit me at one moment”

Margaux describes the experience of gradually processing her grief through individual and group therapy. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Krista – “Changes”

Krista discussed what has changed since her son’s overdose. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Jacqueline – How to help a grieving friend

Jacqueline discusses the power of just being there with someone in grief

Lynda – “Helping a griever during the pandemic”

Lynda shares tips on helping someone in grief

Janice – “Grief is a response to loss”

Janice discusses waves of grief and how important it is to go with it.

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Teresa – The journey in supporting people with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa talks about the importance of the philosophical change in helping people with intellectual disabilities die with dignity, how we can focus on what they need and the individual experiences

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.