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Doug – “My Story”

Doug talks about the accident that killed his daughter and his process of grief.

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

Rev. Sky talks about going forward and growing in the grief process.

Marija – Latent grief

Marija explains latent grief

Maureen – “Pregnancy and infant loss”

Maureen explains how pregnancy and infant loss is often misunderstood or underestimated.

John Martin – First You Must Realize What Has Happened

John talks about realizing the reality of grief

Carrie – Creating a photo narrative

Carrie explains how photography can give insight and express things that there reallhy aren’t words for. Photography can be one addtitional way in which to express and capture those moments of our sorrow, grief and pain as well as transformation and healing

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

Rev. Sky explains triggers, identifying them and what you need.

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Doug M – “Helping Children Cope with Sibling Death”

Doug talks about shock and the importance of making sure children get help. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Janice – “Feelings just are”

Janice explains the importance of listening to, trusting and honouring ourselves and our feelings.

Mary – Music as a tool

Mary talks about her involvement in songwriting and in hospice

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.