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Maureen – “Carrying grief”

Maureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry griefMaureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry grief.

Brenda and Dale – “Their Relationship”

Brenda and Dale talk about grieving differently and the challenges loss creates for couples. They continue to grieve the death of their son by suicide.

Keith – “Timeframe for grief”

Keith explains it is never too late to grieve and there is no timeline.

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.

Adrianna – Finding out my brother had died by suicide

Adrianna relates how she heard about her brother’s suicide

Sam – How grief changes

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about time and grief

Kate – Getting support

Kate talks about how difficult it is to ask for support

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.

Susan – “How love changes”

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

Marija – Latent grief

Marija explains latent grief

Jacqueline – How to help a grieving friend

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

Kristal – Story of Lived Experience

Kristal discusses experiencing homelessness at multiple stages of her life and how that informs her work as a peer support worker. It gives her an understanding of the nuance that surrounds the community. She uses this experience to support people who are experiencing grief related to death from drug poisoning.